 At the time of Not One Less ' release , DVD and VCD piracy was a growing concern in mainland China , and the China Copyright Office issued a notice forbidding unauthorized production or distribution of the film . This was the first time China had enacted special copyright protections for a domestic film . On 21 April 1999 , Hubei province 's Culture Office issued an " Urgent Notice for Immediate Confiscation of <unk> Not One Less VCDs " , and two days later the Culture Office and movie company joined forces to conduct raids on ten audio @-@ video stores , seizing pirated discs from six of them . 
