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September 20, 2005

Real piracy isn't so pretty

EthanZ reports on the not-so-amusing piracy that steals 850 tons of rice intended for tsunami victims. Talk like a pirate? Sure. Steal food like a pirate? Not so funny. [Tags: TalkLikeAPirate EthanZuckerman tsunami]

Posted by D. Weinberger at September 20, 2005 03:13 PM


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Something seems to be wrong with the link. This one works.

Posted by: Richard | September 20, 2005 03:35 PM


Hmm. Seems to be working now. Thx for the alert...

Posted by: David Weinberger | September 20, 2005 04:03 PM


I don't know where you got the idea that any rice was stolen from the Tsunami victims. The only piracy is about the music that gets downloaded. The only it can be stopped is by rewriting the code in the manner I described in a previous post. But which wouldn't probabaly appear because it would probably not get approved. What a bloody shame. You are the pirate. Not the rice thieves that don't exist.

Posted by: Satish Bhardwaj | September 20, 2005 06:17 PM


I don't approve on the basis of content. I only disapprove if it's spam. So, sorry if I mistook your previous post. I get a lot of comment spam so I sometimes make mistakes.

I got the idea that rice was stolen from tsunami victims from Ethan's post, to which I linked.

Posted by: David Weinberger | September 20, 2005 07:05 PM


And from the news stories and shipping advisories linked from Ethan's post.

There's a real disconnect sometimes in the weblog world. I think it's pretty funny that other webloggers are freaked out about the New York Times putting their op-eds behind a paywall. I mean, so what? The real deal--the news reporting--is still out there for all to use. If webloggers can't write their own op-eds with all that at their disposal, what's the point?

I like Frank Rich, too, but people, get real!

Go buy your own clippers, darlin's, and D.I.Y. that Bush!

Posted by: adamsj | September 20, 2005 09:37 PM


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