zatoicchi
02.07.08, 11:24
If you ask any Australian what the most annoying thing is about TV shows or movies, a common response is that it can take a long time for things popular in the US and UK to make it ‘down under’. Apparently, the Mafia has picked up on this, as they have started selling pirated movies and TV-shows on the streets, or have they?
When you get in any sort of reporting, you start to see the same sort of stories crop up. We’ve been writing for almost 3? years, and even in that short time, and in as narrow a field as I keep an eye on, we see the same things crop up. In that way, it’s like fashion, except instead of cycles of 20-30 years, its often only 3-4. One such example comes courtesy of yesterday’s The Australian. Under a headline of “Organized Crime gets into Video Piracy” is a number of claims.
Australian Drug Mafia to Sell Pirated DVDs? | TorrentFreak (http://torrentfreak.com/australian-mafia-to-sell-dvds-080701/)
When you get in any sort of reporting, you start to see the same sort of stories crop up. We’ve been writing for almost 3? years, and even in that short time, and in as narrow a field as I keep an eye on, we see the same things crop up. In that way, it’s like fashion, except instead of cycles of 20-30 years, its often only 3-4. One such example comes courtesy of yesterday’s The Australian. Under a headline of “Organized Crime gets into Video Piracy” is a number of claims.
Australian Drug Mafia to Sell Pirated DVDs? | TorrentFreak (http://torrentfreak.com/australian-mafia-to-sell-dvds-080701/)