Show Film Thieves Help Americans on Edge BERLIN May May May- 2 By By A. A P. P P.- P. Picture pirates Keep American moving picture agents on the Jump In the Balkans There are no copyright laws and treaty provisions provisions provi provi- provI I which protect American films tUms in Turkey Turley Rumania and Bulgaria and consequently these countries I Iare are the h happy hunting ground for tor film thieves A film fUm stolen in transit transit transit tran tran- sit is copied and the copies sold in inthe inthe inthe the Balkan countries As a result of this illicit trade American producers are now rushIn rushing rushing rush rush- ing In their new films Immediately Into the markets where there is no protection and selling them before before before be be- fore pirates have a chance to get hold of them It is not uncommon according to film agents in Berlin to discover American films of the most expensive expensive ex ex- pensive sort showing under another title in the cinemas of Turkey Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria Bul Bul- garia and Rumania where the movIng moving moving ing picture men snap their fingers at agents who demand rent aid d dare them to try to collect In the courts |