H'wood enters China fray; boycott possible

April 25, 2007 Hollywood is threatening to raise the stakes in the war of words over piracy and trade restrictions in China, with MPA CEO Dan Glickman saying the studios back the recent U.S. complaint over Chinese product piracy and could choose to boycott the fast-developing media market in protest against barriers to entry. In an interview, Glickman said it was "always a possibility" that Hollywood could divest from China in response to the quota that effectively limits to 20 the number of imported films allowed into the nation each year and policies that bar majority foreign ownership of movie theaters. The U.S. accuses Beijing of violating trade commitments by failing to stop widespread product piracy and blocking imports of U.S.-produced media.

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