How Broadcasters Forced Bob the Millionaire to Become a Pirate

Many of us have commented on the idiocy of broadcasters, publishers and media owners trying to stagger country and region launches to suit their own purposes.

The new Harry Potter book is not due in German for some months, but already, you can download German translations, produced by teams of people for free, just because they think kids here should have Harry at the same time as everybody else in the English speaking world.

The irony of wanting to legally obtain something, being unable to buy it (for any money) and so having no option but to download a superior quality pirate copy is explored in this great cartoon of How Bob The Millionaire Became a Pirate.

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So if you know anyone at any of those afore-mentioned companies, let them have this cartoon, as it really spells out in very simple terms, what troubles they're causing - and storing up - for their own industry.

Via MobileRead

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[Koush]

We're currently involved in various ventures to bridge the digital (and more widely service) gap in Africa : We have a lot of African Bob the millionnaire,...they made Celtel (african cellular player with 14 countries presence) sharholders rich (actually $3,4 billions richer) but worldwide business community is not getting the picture : Africa is just poor, poor...that's good fur we're next line to bring to bring new services to poor little rich Bob...