Cheeky little pirate

Indeed. We decided it was easier to take a step sideways to defuse the
situation rather than enter into a legal battle where we were
technically in with a chance of winning but financially didn't have a
cat in hell's chance.

I understand that the "Old Bike Mart" case is still rumbling on.

People selling pirated stuff deserve everything they get, though, and I
hope they get a much less gentle and polite treatment than we did.

RM

 

Ding. If he's small scale, he will be invited to cease & desist.

 

<scouse accent>
"You askin?"
"I'm askin"
"I'm desisting"[1]
</sa>

[1] although this does seem goon-ish in some way - must be something
like Puckoon.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, The Older Gentleman belched forth and ejected the
following:

Hmm.. I have been wearing sunglasses on my head all day.

I think that may require further investigation..

OK, look, I only clicked on the first ad which proffered thus:

<looks>

Eh?

That *ain't* the link I clicked on this morning. Honest, Guv!

She's a fair cop.

****. I swear to God I saw a BiKE reference this morning.

<Mumble, mumble>

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Glaarp belched forth and ejected the following:

If they are as yet undiscovered, how would we know?

 

LOL!

 

Couldn't find a PC, but I think I will go and get one of these tomorrow

http://www.lidl.co.uk/uk/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20061218.p.1GB_USB_Stick.ar7

Because

http://www.genunix.org/distributions/belenix_site/download.html

I can


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not every one is friendly"
http://www.ytc1.co.uk

 

Expensive!
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/101593
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/116102

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KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

 

OK, here's what's happened so far.

The two clowns selling the pirated stuff have both been contacted by
the lawyers, who, it would seem, made their displeasure clear.

One tried some flannel, and then got a bit panic-stricken and has
agreed not to do it again, thank you sir, probably realising he's had a
narrow escape.

The other, it turns out, has been quite a busy little bee, and has made
a few hundred quid from his copying. With him, negotiations are still
proceeding. Apparently, he's a little bit panic-stricken too. And that
was only the first bit of digging that turned up how much he'd sold.
Who knows if there's more to come?

Also, who knows if it's just restricted to Classic Bike? It's unlikely
that someone pirating stuff is only restricting themselves to one
single magazine, IYSWIM.

Possible outcome here: surrender of all monies made from his sales,
plus the signing of some very legal documents, and the payment of some
very legal fees.

 

Hmm, well I could go and get it from Lidl tomorrow for 14.99 or have it
posted for next day for
Shipping Band:£2.74
Shipping Surcharge:£4.00
Subtotal:£15.21
VAT: £2.67
Total: £17.88

Or wait 5 days for £13.18

So, not so cheap really

 

So what is the progress so far, Tog?

 

Ah. Haven't checked since the last update, actually. The gist of that
was:

Classic Bike (or rather, EMAP's legal eagles) discovered that of the
two clowns doing it, one had only flogged three or four and was happy
to accept a stern "Don't do it again" warning.

The other had made a couple of hunded quid out of pirating CB Dossiers.
Bear in mind you can only search auction details up to 60 days old on
Ebay's site. So it's quite possible (indeed, likely) he'd been at it
for quite some time.

It was also suggested to the legal bods that they might enquire after
other magazines. Someone in my office said that (of all things)
knitting patterns from the knitting magazines are frequently pirated. I
must say I wouldn't have thought of that (I was thinking along the
lines of the classic car mags), but yes, I could see her point. It is
considered very unlikely that he's only copying CB stuff, anyway.

AIUI, the job is now to find exactly how much stuff he's been pirating
and what. There are two ways to do this: tell him to make a completely
clean breast of everything, or to persuade Ebay to open up their files.
Or both. That would take time.

It is unlikely that any lawyer will let him keep the ill-gotten gains,
so I imagine (as I say, I haven't been pursuing the matter) that he'll
have to pay it all over. I also imagine that he'll be looking at some
hefty legal bills. I can't see it going to court, because I can't see
him being silly enough to contest it.

I do know that they came down on him, hard, once they discovered t
wasn't an isolated incident, and once they discovered he'd been making
an appreciable sum from it, and that he wasn't just being let off with
a warning, as per the other clown. I was told that he called EMAP up,
"very frightened".

So, as I suspected, that was his Christmas spoiled. Silly bastard.

I'll try and get some more info.

 

Nice, I like the one below that article too :

The BBC has failed in an initial attempt to close down a rogue
Teletubbies site which shows the characters getting drunk and taking
drugs. The BBC had threatened the US student who designed the site with
legal action but is now reported to be reconsidering its position after
a civil liberties group said that using intellectual property for
parody was protected under the US Constitution.

VVBG

Cheers,

Paul.

 

Okay, we need the URL.

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TOG@toil, ,

<Bad form post alert>

OK, latest info is that they've backtracked as far as they can on Ebay
(which is 60 days, as you know) and he's made £800 in that time. The
enquiry continues.

Those who shouted that nothing could be done, and that he'd get away
with it, and what was the point of pursuing him anyway, etc etc etc,
are invited to consider what they think is likely to happen now that
the lawyers for a very large publishing company have discovered that
someone has been pirating their stuff and earning (pro rata) about
£5000 a year doing it.

And that's only the stuff they know about, of course.