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Re:Poles Take anti-ACTA Protests to the Streets by adambyrtek on Thursday January 26, 2012 @03:42PM (#3515895)
I'm sorry, but this is just a load of bullshit. GDP per capita in Poland is 46th in the world (comparing to 127th position of India), it has one of the fastest growing economies in Europe, and one of few that were immune to the recent economic crisis. If you want more information, you can find it on the web[1].

It's true that in the early nineties, just after the fall of communist regime, intellectual property wasn't regulated and piracy was sprawling, but a lot has changed since then.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Poland

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Re:Poles Take anti-ACTA Protests to the Streets by test1663 on Thursday January 26, 2012 @04:04PM (#3515988)
Yes, I said enough money for good hardware but not for software.

Why nobody uses Iphone, Xbox, Playstation, Gamecube in Poland? Because it is hard to jailbreak and pirate.

I know someone who bought Mac from UK. Disk wasn't erased, there were hundreds of mp3s in Itunes and some apps. And we all thought it is a computer from an abosolutely crazy richman.

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Re:Poles Take anti-ACTA Protests to the Streets by kisielk on Thursday January 26, 2012 @06:23PM (#3516443)
That's plain BS. When I was in Warsaw in December and iPhones were everywhere. During the holiday season I saw tons of people buying legitimate non-pirated music, movies, and games at stores like EMPIK. In fact after the new year when I went to buy some albums it was hard to sort through what was left on the shelves because so much of the stock had been cleared out and made a mess of in the holiday buying rush. It's true that a lot of people in Poland may be income limited due to low wages, but I think making it seem like everyone there pirates everything because that's the only way to get it is totally wrong.
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