Chinese music pirates have issued a set of Michael Jackson commemorative DVDs less than a week after his death, with the pop star's Complete 50 Year Record on sale in Beijing video shops today.

Sweating outside the theatre or worse, spending the badly wanted weekend running from one multiplex to another is a thing of the past now. An online DVD rental service offers the facility to rent DVD movies online.

RealNetworks has released software that lets people copy films on DVDs, sparking a heated legal battle with Hollywood film studios fearful of rampant piracy.