Cops BUST RING, CUFF BLOKES in Skegness RAID

Microsoft and Adobe can rest easily in their beds tonight after the quack crack squad at the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit nabbed two men flogging dodgy software from their secret lair in Skegness. Specialist fuzz from the City of London Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) along with detectives from the …

[Anonymous Coward]

Well that took long enough

Haven't the Police ever visited that "theme park" just north of Skeg? Twenty-something market stalls selling CD's DVD's and games, all complete with badly photocopied boxart. The really good vendors even stencil the names on the discs instead of handwriting them. They've only been operating completely openly like that for over twenty years now.

[Rich 11]

Re: Well that took long enough

They've only been operating completely openly like that for over twenty years now.

Over thirty years. You can (or could) see them at Mablethorpe and Cleethorpes as well (I never, ever bought any VHS tapes from them at all, never).

[Anonymous Coward]

piracy underlords

yet another resounding VICTORY which is good for the British economy, good for the British public, good for the British workers! That's the spirit, champagne!

[John Brown (no body)]

Re: piracy underlords

"That's the spirit, champagne!"

No, that's a spakling wine. Are you trying to sell me a fake?

[Dan 55]

Bull

“The future prosperity of computing is paramount especially considering the rise of cloud computing and the need to keep such environments (sic) cyber-crime free,” he continued.

That's because GApps, Office Online, and iWork for iCloud can be pirated.

I've just thought of one good reason for the cloud - if it means we don't have to suffer quotes from these clowns then bring it on.

[Destroy All Monsters]

Oliver Cromwell, Lord protector of the Cloud and his warts

"The future prosperity of computing is paramount especially considering the rise of cloud computing and the need to keep such environments cyber-crime free,”

World police, Cloud police, TIME POLICE. Ratting out dodgy vendors from underneath the raised floor.

More citations like this, please.

[Chris G]

Skeggy

Ahh! Skegness the British Riviera!

I am not surprised there are crimelords there threatening the very existence of Britain's profitable cyber industry.A damn good thing their shenannigans have been nipped in the bud by our boys in blue.

Also a nice AwayDay for The City of London plod hope they had a chance for some cod 'n chips and a couple of sticks of rock.

[Wensleydale Cheese]

Does anyone in the real world have a name like this?

'the Federation Against Software Theft's general counsel Julian Heathcote-Hobbins said it is vital that the “genuine software reseller can compete on a level playing field”.'

Please tell me he has a plummy accent and wears a bow tie.