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Posted by simoniker on 12:34 AM -- Thursday July 03 2003
from the also-stealing-ringtones-from-cd-section dept.
ipandithurts writes "According to a report from Tokyo via IOL, Japanese
publishers have launched a campaign to stop 'digital shoplifters.' These
'digital shoplifters' are using cellphones to photograph magazine pages in
bookstores, rather than buying them. 'Digital shoplifting is becoming a big
problem as camera-equipped mobile handsets are spreading fast and their
quality is improving greatly,' said Kenji Takahashi, an official at the Japan
Magazine Publishers Association. Will entry into a bookstore soon include a
'cell-phone patdown?'"
The story the little blurb links to is:
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=qw1056959460701B215
-Hack
+/- Hackop
from the also-stealing-ringtones-from-cd-section dept.
ipandithurts writes "According to a report from Tokyo via IOL, Japanese
publishers have launched a campaign to stop 'digital shoplifters.' These
'digital shoplifters' are using cellphones to photograph magazine pages in
bookstores, rather than buying them. 'Digital shoplifting is becoming a big
problem as camera-equipped mobile handsets are spreading fast and their
quality is improving greatly,' said Kenji Takahashi, an official at the Japan
Magazine Publishers Association. Will entry into a bookstore soon include a
'cell-phone patdown?'"
The story the little blurb links to is:
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=qw1056959460701B215
-Hack
+/- Hackop
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