literally harpoon signals from space
March 17th, 2009 by Fitz
The modern day pirate doesn’t sport a patch or walk with a limp.
His weapon of choice is an unassuming pizza-sized satellite dish that can literally harpoon signals from space – and provide lucrative and illicit profit.
And it’s happening across the country. The Canadian Motion Pictures Distribution Association estimates that the total loss to the industry from satellite piracy in 2001 alone was about $1 billion – and that number is likely far higher today.
What is more ridiculous – the idea of pirates flinging harpoons into space, or the $1 billion in “lost revenue”?
Satellite piracy costing TV industry billions (Thanks, Mel)
March 25th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Does this mean there is some satellite, a completely white satellite, that literally taunts us and could nearly, literally drive a man literally crazy on a vengeance-quest? Literally?