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Re: fake...beware...
Originally Posted by Madam Medusa
(Post 6054050)
stop it...
MM, xx |
Re: fake...beware...
Originally Posted by Confucius
(Post 6054056)
So you're saying that they're as real as they come,non???
anyway, how did my serious thread get hijacked so early on...you lot will regret it when you take some fake viagra, i'm warning you... MM, xx |
Re: fake...beware...
Originally Posted by Madam Medusa
(Post 6054062)
exactly...
anyway, how did my serious thread get hijacked so early on...you lot will regret it when you take some fake viagra, i'm warning you... MM, xx |
Re: fake...beware...
Originally Posted by Madam Medusa
(Post 6054046)
told you before...fake tits are the worst...
MM, xx |
Re: fake...beware...
perversely - the business you used to work in is potentially seeing the light at the end of the painful tunnel.... subscriptions for always available mid resolution will work... and lo res paid for ad inclusions is smart to combat P2P. I'll almost forgive Pete Gabriel with his digital companies for quiting singing and giving the world the bald dwarf warrior of Montreux....
... and the business I work in is going to experience a painful decade unless they learn some leasons 'cos memory and bandwidth will kill them otherwise... music, software and movies can't kill you but fake drugs, condoms and car parts....
Originally Posted by Madam Medusa
(Post 6053898)
…I just watched a really interesting channel 4 documentary on global counterfeiting and piracy.
It is really scary stuff…the global fake industry is worth now some US$500bn annually…and it’s not just fake bags and dvds/cds, the growth industry is now prescription medicines – fake breast cancer drugs and viagra, for example, have been found on sale in the uk in legitimate pharmacies. They showed fake condoms which had holes in being sold in africa, and fake malaria tablets - apparently 1 million africans die of malaria every year because of fake medicine… Basically, anything and everything is pirated...car parts, computers, mobiles - China has even manufactured fake eggs because they are cheaper to produce than keeping chickens!! Problem was, they contained chemicals that can cause dementia... China is the top producer of fake goods, but Cambodia is being used increasingly because of even cheaper labour. The conditions for the workers producing this stuff are horrendous – the factories are illegal, and so have no regulation at all. Workers put in 100 hour weeks and children are often employed. In Cambodia, the factories chain the people to the machines, working 20 hour days… The income from this illegal trade, of course, goes to organised crime… I am pretty anti fake goods because of a former job of mine, but I’ve let principals slip over the pirate dvds here. This programme was a good reminder of just what a dirty business this is…so the next time you buy fakes in karama, just remember where they come from…! Off my soap box now... MM, xx |
Re: fake...beware...
Originally Posted by Madam Medusa
(Post 6053898)
…I just watched a really interesting channel 4 documentary on global counterfeiting and piracy.
It is really scary stuff…the global fake industry is worth now some US$500bn annually…and it’s not just fake bags and dvds/cds, the growth industry is now prescription medicines – fake breast cancer drugs and viagra, for example, have been found on sale in the uk in legitimate pharmacies. They showed fake condoms which had holes in being sold in africa, and fake malaria tablets - apparently 1 million africans die of malaria every year because of fake medicine… Basically, anything and everything is pirated...car parts, computers, mobiles - China has even manufactured fake eggs because they are cheaper to produce than keeping chickens!! Problem was, they contained chemicals that can cause dementia... China is the top producer of fake goods, but Cambodia is being used increasingly because of even cheaper labour. The conditions for the workers producing this stuff are horrendous – the factories are illegal, and so have no regulation at all. Workers put in 100 hour weeks and children are often employed. In Cambodia, the factories chain the people to the machines, working 20 hour days… The income from this illegal trade, of course, goes to organised crime… I am pretty anti fake goods because of a former job of mine, but I’ve let principals slip over the pirate dvds here. This programme was a good reminder of just what a dirty business this is…so the next time you buy fakes in karama, just remember where they come from…! Off my soap box now... MM, xx I'm confused, does this mean I can or can't watch your hookey copy of I'm Not There!? |
Re: fake...beware...
Originally Posted by RitchieD
(Post 6056069)
I'm confused, does this mean I can or can't watch your hookey copy of I'm Not There!?
MM, xx |
Re: fake...beware...
Originally Posted by Autonomy
(Post 6054289)
pirated tits arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr worse.....
MM, xx |
Re: fake...beware...
Originally Posted by Autonomy
(Post 6054317)
perversely - the business you used to work in is potentially seeing the light at the end of the painful tunnel.... subscriptions for always available mid resolution will work... and lo res paid for ad inclusions is smart to combat P2P. I'll almost forgive Pete Gabriel with his digital companies for quiting singing and giving the world the bald dwarf warrior of Montreux....
... and the business I work in is going to experience a painful decade unless they learn some leasons 'cos memory and bandwidth will kill them otherwise... music, software and movies can't kill you but fake drugs, condoms and car parts.... the film industry is still lagging behind on this... and yeah, it's only the fake drugs/car parts/food etc etc which will eventually get people to stop and think seriously about the piracy business... MM, xx |
Re: fake...beware...
Originally Posted by Madam Medusa
(Post 6056154)
they have had to sort themselves out...it's been a painful process and they lost focus and support with the whole p2p thing. But with music sales falling year on year, they have had to accept that they move with the times and embrace new technology, or they are dead...
the film industry is still lagging behind on this... and yeah, it's only the fake drugs/car parts/food etc etc which will eventually get people to stop and think seriously about the piracy business... MM, xx God,that really is frightening stuff.Ok,we are all guilty of getting dodgy gear but I dont think anyone realises just how far it goes. |
Re: fake...beware...
Originally Posted by Madam Medusa
(Post 6056154)
they have had to sort themselves out...it's been a painful process and they lost focus and support with the whole p2p thing. But with music sales falling year on year, they have had to accept that they move with the times and embrace new technology, or they are dead...
the film industry is still lagging behind on this... and yeah, it's only the fake drugs/car parts/food etc etc which will eventually get people to stop and think seriously about the piracy business... MM, xx |
Re: fake...beware...
Originally Posted by Inselaffen
(Post 6057062)
now that Toshiba has pulled out of the HDDVD market you will see Bluray being more and more common. this I understand will make life more difficult for the Pirates.
MM, xx |
Re: fake...beware...
I did think this thread was going addressed to newbies coming for drinks tomorrow night!
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Re: fake...beware...
Originally Posted by Inselaffen
(Post 6057597)
I did think this thread was going addressed to newbies coming for drinks tomorrow night!
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Re: fake...beware...
Originally Posted by Inselaffen
(Post 6057597)
I did think this thread was going addressed to newbies coming for drinks tomorrow night!
MM, xx |
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