Rainbow Centre, Karachi

Rainbow Centre, Karachi

The Rainbow Centre is a building in Karachi that is famous as the hub of video entertainment in Pakistan and the country's video piracy industry. It can be considered as one of the largest hubs of pirated CDs in the world. It is in the area of Saddar.

In 2000, it was estimated that more than half of the 350-400 shops housed in the Rainbow Centre were exclusively engaged in video piracy. [ [http://www.pakistaneconomist.com/issue2000/issue11&12/cover.htm "Piracy: Present copyright law is weak and needs to be strengthened" (cover story), Pakistan Economist, March 13-26, 2000] ] .

The building is famous for being one of the oldest buildings in Karachi Fact|date=February 2007 and also for the selling of DVDs, VCDs and VHSs videos. One can find CDs for all consoles and systems at relatively cheap prices (due to piracy).

ee also

* Copyright protection in Pakistan

Notes

External links

* [http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C03%5C05%5Cstory_5-3-2006_pg7_52 "Rainbow Centre business bombs 60% in raid aftermath", Daily Times, March 5, 2006]
* [http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/may2005-daily/23-05-2005/business/b4.htm "Crackdown on CD trade to hit 0.4m people", Business News, May 23, 2005]


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