7/27/2002: Pirate disk crush

Undertoad · 07-27-2002, 10:52 AM

The Philippines is one of the major pirating countries in the world. It's estimated that 45% of all music CDs sold there are pirated. Three pirate video or music CDs sell for about $2. But there's international pressure to get them to stop the practice.

So they went on a pirate-crushing venture where they arrested some of the offenders, took 2 million pirated CDs and DVDs, and crushed them all with four steamrollers. The event was watched by President Arroyo herself.

They have another 1.6 million in the hopper waiting to be crushed, and they haven't gone after the biggest piraters yet.

But the Philippines will never top China, where it's thought that 90% of all such goods are pirated.

The BBC story

And · 07-27-2002, 02:43 PM

And the RIAA thought that by suing Napster they'd make a difference... pah!

russotto · 07-27-2002, 07:11 PM

"Crush all you want, we'll make more"

jaguar · 07-27-2002, 07:53 PM

meh, if i remember correctly they usually get all the dud disks for this. Makes the amreicans happy - has zero imapct, all good =)

07-27-2002, 10:52 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	7/27/2002: Pirate disk crush The Philippines is one of the major pirating countries in the world. It's estimated that 45% of all music CDs sold there are pirated. Three pirate video or music CDs sell for about $2. But there's international pressure to get them to stop the practice. So they went on a pirate-crushing venture where they arrested some of the offenders, took 2 million pirated CDs and DVDs, and crushed them all with four steamrollers. The event was watched by President Arroyo herself. They have another 1.6 million in the hopper waiting to be crushed, and they haven't gone after the biggest piraters yet. But the Philippines will never top China, where it's thought that 90% of all such goods are pirated. The BBC story

07-27-2002, 02:43 PM	#2
And Conjunction Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Conjunction Junction Posts: 168	Humph! And the RIAA thought that by suing Napster they'd make a difference... pah! __________________ -And, Word Wrangler and Keeper of the Cuttlefish.

07-27-2002, 07:11 PM	#3
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	The pirates say... "Crush all you want, we'll make more"

07-27-2002, 07:53 PM	#4
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	meh, if i remember correctly they usually get all the dud disks for this. Makes the amreicans happy - has zero imapct, all good =) __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

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