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Piracy
« on: February 14, 2006, 01:27:09 PM »
Here's an interesting headline from PW today:

Piracy Losses Put at $606 Million
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6307509.html
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Re: Piracy
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2006, 04:50:57 PM »
That's very interesting.  Wow, that's a lot of money.  Man... I guess I see why artist are so upset, not that I didn't before...anyhow...
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Re: Piracy
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2006, 05:21:45 PM »
Yeah. Normally, I think of DVDs or CDs when I think of piracy. Not books. But it's definitely a scurvy problem!
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Re: Piracy
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2006, 09:34:52 PM »
Ouch.

From this I am thoroughly reminded of that Harry Potter knock off a couple years ago--what was it? Harry Potter and the Leopard Walk up to Dragon or something?
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Re: Piracy
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2006, 12:52:26 AM »
Well I feel bad for them, but at least this is one form of piracy I am 100% NOT guilty of!

I have one website that I buy ebooks from, legally, when I have the spare cash and the rest of my books are all non-stripped paperbacks, as my burgeoning bookshelves can attest.
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Re: Piracy
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2006, 01:51:48 AM »
Did you notice how Japan wasn't mentioned as one of the countries where this is a problem? Ninjas>pirates.
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Re: Piracy
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2006, 09:20:14 AM »
I don't understand how people can possibly think that pirates are better than ninjas anyway. Pirates have no specific skills, pass out right away from rum binges, and frankly, smell bad.
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Re: Piracy
« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2006, 01:17:48 PM »
oh I see an anti pirate racist.

Well Ninjas smell like poo.
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Re: Piracy
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2006, 01:37:16 PM »
Pirates are not a race. And it's this form of ignorant stupidity that gave me the opinion of pirates I now have.
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Re: Piracy
« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2006, 01:47:03 PM »
Says you...

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Re: Piracy
« Reply #10 on: February 15, 2006, 08:54:54 PM »
On the other hand, I get really tired of people saying 'omg, ninjas were so awesome they could actually kill anyone!!!'. I mean, get a grip ffs.
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Re: Piracy
« Reply #11 on: February 15, 2006, 09:02:01 PM »
omfrpg13, ninjas were so awesome they could actually kill anyone!!! i totall like saw an article on this site twg and it had a d00d on it who was a ninja running around the city and at home and he was like l33t!!!!!
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Re: Piracy
« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2006, 09:11:39 AM »
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On the other hand, I get really tired of people saying 'omg, ninjas were so awesome they could actually kill anyone!!!'. I mean, get a grip ffs.

This is only because you're a liar who can't stand the truth.
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Re: Piracy
« Reply #13 on: February 23, 2006, 09:40:52 PM »
http://www.realultimatepower.net/

Though most of you have probably seen this
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Re: Piracy
« Reply #14 on: February 23, 2006, 09:59:50 PM »
Last year called, yeah, they want their cheesy ninja site back. They've threatned to flip out and kill us, because that's what ninjas are for, see, if we don't give it back. I'm heard rumours some of the ninjas are monkeys.
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