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Originally Posted by Supersonic
Meh, it's really not that common like the internet would like you to believe.
When I was in Russia I went to several CD stores. Both sketchy stores and "official" ones like HMV in the UK is/was. They really mostly sell original stuff. Even the stores selling bootlegs don't really sell knock-offs. Those who still buy CD's over there don't care for unofficial stuff, a second hand CD costs about half of what a new one costs in Europe so if you're buying a second hand CD there you want it to be an official one.
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Nowadays bootleg CDs are mostly distributed through the internet, but it's been prevelant since back in the 80s when a lot of western music just wasn't released in Russia. Russia and China have always been kings of the knock off, but of course they are not going to be sold in HMV type stores. If you buy a professional looking bootleg online it will almost certainly come from one of those countries. Not just CDs, but DVD/Blurays too.