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(CD) Pirates Take to the Ocean
rammstein_rulz writes "www.cdfreaks.com reports that asian CD pirates now produce thousands of pirated VCD's on anchored ships in international waters to avoid getting caught. Malaysian marine police have been asked to be on the lookout for pirate ships"
ARRR... hoist the jolly roger and walk the plank
Beware the fury of a patient man
- John Dryden
The RIAA's. Just wait for them to start issuing letters of marquee.
How appropriate!
ArrrrMS says information *wants* to be free!
1) Forge documents from media companies, ordering large batches of CDs and DVDs from established manufacturers.
2) ????
3) Profit
Well, if you want to spend lots of time moored out in the sea, running your computer off a battery or generator, at threat from real pirates and so forth, be my guest.
:)
Count me out tho.
They only nabbed those four because they were late on there "insurance" payments...
--WooooHoooo--
I don't know about you, but I get my towels from a towel licensing firm. I'm only allowed to use them for a restricted set of purposes, but I get the benefit of regular maintenance updates and, um, patches.
There should be a moratorium on the use of the apostrophe.
Max V.
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There's the real humor: What are the chances these guys will be gotten by real pirates? It's still a big problem in the southern Asian seas. "Arrrr, gimme all yer CD-Rs." "Aye matie, but we'rrrrre pirates too." "No ye arrrrrn't, yerrrrr just geeks. Well tanned geeks. Arrrrr."
There should be a moratorium on the use of the apostrophe.
Max V.
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I believe that a vessel in internation waters is subject to the laws of its flag country -- the country in which the vessel is registered.
Then register pirate ships in Freedonia, whose flag (called "Jolly Roger") is a white skull and crossbones on a black field.
Will I retire or break 10K?
We got fifteen discs on a dead exec's chest..
:(
Yo ho ho and a bottle o' cap'n.
Arr, ye scaliwags. Be handin' over yer wenches and yer discs, or we'll be sendin ye to Laaaaars Ulrich's locker.
Hilary Rosen?
Arrr. Ye can keep harrrr. We said wenches!
Now I have another excuse to talk like a pirate. Bless you, you ingenious content thieves, bless you.
But damn the media. Now I won't be able to release Pirate Linux without people being afraid to use it.
And I was going to make everything display in pirate speech.
"Shiver me timbers! Yarr kernel has been keel hauled!"
The us has about as much chance of agreeing to join the european union as france has of seceding from europe and becoming the 51st state.
Hilary Rosen declared today that the RIAA would be offering letters of marque to aid in the hunting down and destruction of the Content Pirates of the South Pacific.
When interviewed, Rosen stated, "We will not stand for this! The Crown will pay a thousand marks to any who bring in the heads of these scourges of the entertainment industry!"
Several daring captains of the IT industry have joined forces with the RIAA, becoming privateers. However, not all recording artists agree with the actions of the RIAA.
"I was there for the announcement. This one guy, he came up to me and said, "Arr, don't be worrying matey, I'll be sinkin' those music pirates! And then he pulled a flintlock on me and stole my watch!", said Lars Ulrich.
The pirates in question could not be reached for comment.
Q: What do pirates use to copy movies?
A: CD-Arrrr
*ahem*
I like my women like my coffee... pale and bitter.
That's a reason why the US can't join the European Union.
And here I thought it was because the US is *not in Europe*.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur.
OK, then I'll register my ship with the principality of sealand, or maybe I'll launch a satellite, and form a moon base to make my copies.
- passion
Further evidence that pirate jokes are among the funniest things in the world.
:-)
Though they're CD-arrrrrrs.
There should be a moratorium on the use of the apostrophe.
Max V.
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So what do these guys do with those huge chests of burned cds? Bury them and make a map?
Ah, back to the good ol' days of pirating. Well, good new days? Who knows, all I know is that it'll be interesting to see walk the plank for poor quality, or stealing the captian's mead.
Or maybe the crap artists who are in it just for the money will stop making CDs, and the "art for art's sake" folks will carry on with what they do, living by contributions or concert tix or something, distributing their music on the Internet, and generally making music for the reasons that people started making music. To express themselves. To have fun. To entertain. To praise $DEITY. Because they wanted to, not just because they could make money off of it (though I will admit that making money is almost always a nice secondary effect).
"The best argument against democracy is a five minute chat with the average voter."
--Winston Churchill
Why don't you just give peace a chance?
The best way to avoid war is to disarm.
Oh yeah? Tell that to the frickin' laser-totin' trigger-happy whales!
Mike van Lammeren
It will challenge your head, your brain, and your mind.