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Peru's DVD Pirates Have Exquisite Taste

In Pasaje 18 of Lima's Polvos Azules shopping mall, you'll find racks of DVD burners humming away while flourescent lights cast their glare across the glitter of thousands of bootleg movies in their telltale cellophane wrappers. If you want it to be, it's a scene right out of cyberpunk. But for many Peruvians, whose access to things like Netflix is hampered by some of the slowest internet speeds on the globe, bootleg DVDs remain a primary source for accessing current movie releases.

English
  • Originally Aired March 24, 2014
  • Runtime 6 minutes
  • Network YouTube
  • Created September 5, 2025 by
    AddingStuffIsFun
  • Modified September 5, 2025 by
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