Update to the Dagu Lu DVD situation: Apparently, it'll all get better in May. According to City Weekend, the Dagu Lu DVD sellers said that thanks to stringent pre-Expo checks, they will only seel legitimate DVDs until the end of April. "The authority is currently doing the pre-EXPO checking. It is very tight. Things will probably loosen up after the EXPO actually begins," the seller said. Wait a minute - they actually had legitimate DVDs?
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