Through Chinese free movie websites PPStream and PPLive, people can watch movies online or download them legally for free.
Copyright Problems of Free Online Movies
China has free movie download and online watching websites such as VeryCD.com, the Chinese version of emule, and Tudou.com and Youku.com, Chinese copies of Youtube. They offer many movies and TV plays in the world. But many of the contents in these web sites are piratical. Download or watch movies from these websites may cause copyright problems.
But PPStream and PPLive are different. They have solved the copyright problems and disputes with filmmakers and TV program makers.
For example, PPStream has signed agreements with the Shanghai Media Group (SMG), Hunan TV, a few Chinese filmmakers, and international movie agents to buy the copyrights of the movies and TV programs in their web sites.
Though sometimes PPStream and PPLive still have copyright disputes with a few American TV shows makers, they solve the copyright problems with other countries very well. Movies usually can be watched in the web sites or their software legally after the films have been screened in cinemas for a few weeks.
Free PSP Movies from All Around the World
PPStream and PPLive are peer-to-peer streaming video network software. They offer free PSP movies from all around the world.
PPStream and PPLive have no English versions. But if you can’t read Chinese, don’t bother. Most of their films are free English movies, and some of others have bilingual captions – English and Chinese captions.
Except for free American and European movies such as British movies and Russian movies, PPStream and PPLive also offer many legal free online Asian movies, including free Chinese movies, Korean movies, Japanese movies, Indian Movies, and free Arabic movies. Sometimes they also play free African movies such as Nigerian movies.
Sort by categories, their free PSP movies include free cartoon movies, romance movies, boobs movies, and free action movies. There is no any free erotic movie, but sometimes it has movie segments to introduce Japanese AV and girls movies stars without illegal contents.
Advertisement Supports Free Online Movies
PPStream and PPLive pay for the copyright of the movies and TV plays. They make money through advertisement, which support them to continue the free strategy. For example, the advertisement income of PPStream increased 100% a year in the last 3 years and reached 40 million yuan in 2008, according to an August 6th 2009 report by Tencent Technology.