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Aliens abroad

March 25, 2009 Follow Up, International

[This story](http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118001615.html?categoryid=13&cs=1) in today’s Variety seems to run counter to [last week’s post](http://johnaugust.com/archives/2009/cams-rips-and-release-dates) about how studios often delay releasing movies overseas in an attempt to reduce piracy:

> Russia and Ukraine aren’t the usual launching pads for Hollywood event pics, so it came as a surprise when Paramount and DreamWorks Animation decided to open 3-D toon “Monsters vs. Aliens” in those markets first.

Why would they do that? Wouldn’t that make it more likely to get bootlegged?

Ah, but wait:

> In a precautionary move to ward off pirates, Paramount supplied only dubbed prints of “Monsters” to Russian and Ukrainian theaters.

Animation works well dubbed, and most crucially, a cam in Russian or Ukranian is not particularly useful worldwide.

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