Tea Party leader arrested on piracy charges

[Ruby the Liberal]

Source: CNET News

A leader of a South Carolina Tea Party group has been arrested for allegedly selling pirated software, according to reports.

Anthony Trinca, 61, is accused of selling versions of Microsoft Office, Windows, Adobe Photoshop, and Rosetta Stone language programs that were counterfeit, news site TG Daily reported today, one of several outlets to write about it. Trinca, president of the Grand Strand Tea Party, was arrested after someone to whom he allegedly sold software resold some of it and refused to give a refund when a buyer insisted it was pirated, the report said.


Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20084409-245/reports-tea-party-leader-arrested-on-piracy-charges/?

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There's your free market enterprise right there, aye?

Screen shot of their lunatic website is at the link (it is apparently offline now)

Edit to fix link

[Drale]

1. You know what happens to pirates right?

Hang high until their feet stop twitching.

[cyberpj]

8. not walking the plank? ! LOL

[edbermac]

2. Shiver me timbers!!

[KansDem]

3. Are these the same TeaBaggers who skipped out on their Vegas bill?

:rofl:

Losers!!!

[kestrel91316]

4. A teabagger who steals profits from his corporate overlords??

[ShockediSay]

9. +

[ShockediSay]

10. I think they are all crooked, stealing the last election with Big Corporate

money funding their campaigns and the Right Wing Propaganda Machine.

[Snotcicles]

5. . Down Goes Frazier! nt

[SoapBox]

6. Lolololol!!!!!

[SpiralHawk]

7. Scurvey Scuzzbucket Suckers = TeaBaggers with Republicon Family Values

eeewwwwwww

[Wednesdays]

11. So, THAT'S what they mean when they have an Arrrrrr! after their names!

:rofl:

[joshguitar]

16. that was awesome (nt)

[Kievan Rus]

12. Arrrrrrr!

[and-justice-for-all]

13. Thieves and Liars, Thieves and Liars

Some of the comments at link are absurd, people trying to justify the teahadist actions and of course blaming the media for false represntation.

[Downwinder]

14. Teabaggers. Couldn't give it away, had to sell it.

Need any more proof that they are GOP?

[joshguitar]

15. i do not see any hypocrisy here

i mean, completely unregulated capitalism right? and selfish actions by the wealthy can only benefit the poor right? i bet he thinks the "socialist" (govt employed) police that arrested him would be better off following his example and "generating wealth" instead of wasting taxpayer money and trampling his business plans.

(meant to be satirical: read the subtext again if you angry as you read this sentence)

[ladyfutura]

17. Tea Party People are Hypocrites, as Usual

[originalpckelly]

18. Well, there's a douche for you.

People who pirate software and cannot pay for it, and limit their piracy to the software they themselves want, are not technically doing any material harm to anyone.

However, pirates who go out and sell pirated copies of software, for other people to use, those people are thieves, because they deprive the company of potential sales, so long as the person purchasing the software had a legitimate avenue through which to get the software at a price they could afford. Even if they don't, it is then unethical to charge for something you stole.

[KurtNYC]

19. They yell at people to "Speak English!" then he sells them pirate Rosetta Stone

What a business model!

[Evasporque]

20. Fiscal Resposibility! YARGLE BARGLE BLAAARRG!!...nt