Dirty Downloaders Workplace Warnings

Dirty Downloaders Warning at Work

You've all probably had the memo about piracy and file sharing:

Not only is this activity illegal, it is also commercially damaging and embarrassing for the company.

If you are caught misusing the company network for illegal activities, not only will this result in disciplinary procedure, but may also result in a criminal prosecution

Does the government or corporations seriously think that, had nobody ever shared files, that they would have actually bought the digital media that everyone now has?

Of course not. Everyone would have the usual 20 albums or so that they had back in the pre digital days.

People have better things to spend their money on than large amounts of digital media. If it had to be paid for, a massive, massive number of people would simply do without it - as they do anything else expensive that's a luxury.

My bet is that the massive computer industry has grown in part because of the ease of access of free media.

Why is it that ISPs give customers an allowance of, say 10GB per month to downloaded if they are not implicitly acknowledging that file-sharing takes place? What else are people dowloading other than moving image or audio files? I suppose you could argue that most of these are not copyrighted.

A music related point - having bought the vinyl, then the pre-recorded tape, then the CD, then the re-mastered CD, then the' legacy edition' with bonus disc - how many times are we expected to pay for essentially the same product?

Is downloading an avi file of a recently broadcast television programme that's not available for commercial purchase, then burning it onto a dvd for your own use or watching it on your laptop, essentially that different from recording on a VCR? Am I now supposed to buy expensive Blu ray discs to replace DVD as well?

I don't think the media industry loses that much money, no-one's got any more to spend - its just that the 'entertainment budget' goes to cable/satellite/internet providers rather than Sony/Universal etc - they should sort it out between themselves rather than trying to get the government criminsalise a large part of the population in order to protect dirty big businesses as they work out further ways to get our money.

Used Vans - Tricks to Sell Used Vans

Vans - Used Dirty Vans For Sale

Remember when we got down with the hilarious messages left on dirty vans, now it has come to our attention that many of the vans featured were not hired but cheap second hand vans.

Used vans often fail to attract a decent price - due to the obvious expecation that they have been mis-used by the tradesmen that previously owned them - as the time to change van approaches it is unlikely that the van will be well maintained and cleaned and it is destined to become just another of the many used vans up for grabs on the motoring auction sites.

Tricks to Sell Used Vans

Used car salesmen have a reputation for using sharp practice but the sale of used vans takes dirty tricks to a new level.

There is no price guide so think of a number - think about printing off some prices of similar models of van that are the same age or have smilar mileage to the van you arethinking about buying.

As vans are often stolen (primarily for their content - a typical self employed tradesman can have thousands of pounds worth of tools and equipment not to mention stock on board) so there vans are a target for crooks. Savvy van thieves out to make that extra income don't fail to miss a trick and will offer the stolen van for sale to save money disposing it. make sure the vpn matched the chassis and other documents that accompany the van.

Recently we read about a clever so and so that was buying used vans for one way trips in order to import and export a range of products between France and the UK. Cider was taken to Paris for Les Cidre Billy Francais while cheese and lingerie filled a van for the trip back to England. When asked if the cheese affected sales of the sexy lingerie the van man explained that it was easy to convince "those stupid English" that the latest en vougue style was for wearing sexy lingerie that had a cheesy whiff.

Frotage au fromage.

Dirty Books - Second Hand Books - Dirty Tricks

The sheer downright dirty nerve of some people never fails to amaze.

Reading this post about the sale of second hand books on the Telegraph anyone would think that Oxfam are an evil world conquoring organisation that is using mafia style dirty tricks to squeeze out the good booksellers from our high streets with unfair competition over the dirty book shops..

The fact that essential revenue is earned by the sale of second hand books in both Oxfam's high street shops and online through its charity gifts pages seems to have been completely overlooked - the focus instead being on poor old Pikey Pete and his mates trying to pull a fast one by buying dirt chep books and reslling them for the postage profits on Amazon Meerkatplace.

To be honest the thought of rummaging through heaps of dirty books isn't my cup of tea but for some it is bliss. The hope of discovering a first issue, rare classics or out of print collectible books is enough to tempt many into the wonders of dirty books.

Good luck on your hunt for more dirty books.