Ice Cream Man Convicted for Videogame Piracy

[TomO]

A man running a counterfeit piracy operation, selling fake games, CDs and DVDs from his ice cream van has been convicted.

William Agnew from South Lanarkshire was sentenced at Hamilton Sheriff Court after admitting to the offences. 4,000 DVDs, CDs and games (PlayStation, Xbox and PC) were seized during a raid on the man's business premises. The goods, if sold new, are estimated to be worth in the region of £100,000.
Full story (http://www.pro-g.co.uk/news/nid/2219/)

[KidCactus]

What do they mean with "fake"?

[bean19]

Well, he could have been selling drugs. :)

Honestly, though. . . ice cream van drivers should have to get a "not creepy" license.

[kokyunage]

LOL. Reminds me when Cupelix and I leaved in a Beltsville MD (a couple miles from College Park, Md). We were pretty sure the ice cream truck/man did nothing but sell drugs out of his truck. It never moved outside of the complex, had more bars on it then a prison, and it only seemed to attract shady looking adults.

[BabyJesus]

Good Humor Man!!!!!!

[MaiXu]

Dumbass.

That is all.

[fitbabits]

"Hmm, let me see. A 99 cone, a Snickers, a can of Irn Bru, God of War, Halo, and Resident Evil 4, please. Oh, and 20 Lamber & Butler while you're at it."

How I miss the ned-ridden days of my youth.

[Magnanimous Gnome]

Chocolate, Vanilla, or Barbie's Pet Rescue?

[destoo]

What do they mean with "fake"?

I though the answer would be obvious, but you're right. No details in either articles.
http://news.google.ca/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ie=UTF-8&q=elspa++%22ice+cream%22&btnG=Search+News


Nothing on the ELSPA press release (http://www.elspa.com/about/pr/) page yet. Weirdness.


But a modder on wheels.. interesting concept.
"Hi kids. Bring me your PS2. Gimme 20 minutes.. There. Modded."

The term "Fake" might mean he was just selling blank CDs printed with the rigt labels and with possibly legit-looking dvd-case. but then the "worth 10,000 pounds" argument drops to 0.

[Deadend]

So he had around 500 unique titles? Or 600 copies of Halo 2?

Still, the shits who try and sell pirated good are so evil.

[Grifter]

I think who ever wrote this article was a bit confused and by fake he meant

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/8682/finnishpirate21bj.jpg
(http://imageshack.us)

[dr_wily]

"100k pounds"*

*not actual sales nor even potential sales, since people who buy warez would never have bought it at retail even if there was no pirate channel.

[Megalith]

It was Sweet Tooth.

[amusedtoe]

It's always those ice cream men and pizza delivery drivers. If only dude was jacked with a pumpkin by Darth Vader.