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China Pirates Austrian Village

Posted by samzenpus on from the imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery dept.

First time accepted submitter thecoolstacks writes "Knockoff Apple Stores are one thing...but a knockoff Austrian village? That's some hardcore piracy right there, but we guess leave it China to do what it does best. From the article: 'After a year of construction and a price tag of $940 million dollars, the Chinese have successfully recreated the Austrian village of Hallstatt in its entirety over in the Southern Guangzhou Province. And let’s just say not every Austrian’s a fan of having their UNESCO heritage site ripped off. But since China is Austria’s second largest trading partner, what are you gonna do?'"

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  1. Oh God.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Oh God... the ninjas... they're turning into pirates!

    1. Re:Oh God.. by azalin · · Score: 5, Funny

      Oh God... the ninjas... they're turning into pirates!

      Thank you for the image of a black clad ninja with a wooden leg and a parrot on his shoulder. Now all they need to do is to find out how to move silently while saying "Arrrrh!" at the same time.

  2. Re:Already Posted to Slashdot by deniable · · Score: 4, Funny

    China pirated the story.

  3. Re:Dupe by phantomfive · · Score: 5, Funny

    Quick! Go find a +5 post and past it into this story! Instant karma! Like I did copying this post from the previous dupe!

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  4. Re:Dupe by ignavus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dupe.

    http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/06/05/2332224/china-secretly-clones-austrian-village

    To be fair, its more than a day or two. But only 2 weeks ago.

    So, it is a duplicate of a story about a duplicate of a village?

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  5. Re:Dupe by LordLucless · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think you mean "pirated"

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  6. Re:Pirates? by Lumpy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sorry, I did not read the stories of how Blackbeard the pirate would copy someone's idea.

    Yarr me maties! Le'ts copy that ship! Get out yer measurin' thingies and cameras!

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  7. Re:Pirates? by Idbar · · Score: 4, Funny

    You just wait... when the Village Industry Association of America (or Austria) comes after them... it's not going to be funny.

  8. Re:Pirates? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You probably found the reason for the European economical problems. Can you imagine all those tourists in Vegas that should actually be spending their money in the Eiffel tower, Venice and others? If a CD goes for 100,000$ penalty, then a single Eiffel tower with thousands of tourists every week could probably wipe out the entire European debt.

    Problem solved.