Digital Shoplifting From Bookstores?

ipandithurts writes "According to a report from Tokyo via IOL, Japanese publishers have launched a campaign to stop 'digital shoplifters.' These 'digital shoplifters' are using cellphones to photograph magazine pages in bookstores, rather than buying them. 'Digital shoplifting is becoming a big problem as camera-equipped mobile handsets are spreading fast and their quality is improving greatly,' said Kenji Takahashi, an official at the Japan Magazine Publishers Association. Will entry into a bookstore soon include a 'cell-phone patdown?'"

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hate to break it to you, but

[Anonymous Coward]

If I had a choice, I'd rather look at a magazine to view porn than a washed out 120x160 image on a cellphone screen. That's just me I guess.

and, one more thing, what the fuck is some bullshit place in south africa care about japs taking 120x160 pictures of porn mags?
Shouldn't they be disinfecting AIDS or something like that?

stop drooling over jap shit. at least america still sells phones designed for talking.

Re:it gets worse

[Anonymous Coward]

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Re:sounds like a big hassle

[stephanruby]

"Obviously, libraries are evil."

Actually, they are. They extract money from people who don't want to support them (taxes). They don't let you bring coffee. They don't let you talk. And unlike Barnes&Noble, they don't allow homeless people to go in.