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Real pirates pillaging video games at sea.
The popularised concept of the modern pirate generally involves someone making digital copies of copyrighted material. Or perhaps a drunk Johnny Depp. Whatever it may be, it’s typically far removed from the actual article. But that doesn’t deter the real, gun-toting pirates of the seas from making a name for themselves – and while stealing video games, just to spice things up a notch.
As reported by Reuters, pirates off Somalia are launching attacks on international merchant ships and this apparently could have a noticeable effect on game distribution. According to Sam Dawson from the International Transport Workers’ Federation, gamers in the West could well be among those hit hard come the festive season, and we’ll have nothing to blame but the other kind of software pirate.
“Despite all the publicity over piracy it will really hit home when consumers in the West find they haven’t got their Nintendo gifts this Christmas,” he says. ‘Nintendo’ is likely a layman’s synonym for ‘video game’, although it would be a convenient explanation for those infamous Wii shortages.
The attacks are reportedly increasing in scale quite dramatically and the pirates are not “just guys in little fishing boats anymore. We know there are three probably ex-Soviet trawlers acting as mother ships,” says Dawson.
In the end, I think the sea-lubbing pirates will likely get what they deserve, as the software will treat them like ordinary, money-paying customers.
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