bearoninternet Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Guys, if you like amazon, you will love this plugin for firefox. :frusty: Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, is under attack by online pirates. An add-on for the Firefox browser called ‘Pirates of the Amazon’ makes it possible to shop at the Amazon store but leave without paying a dime. Instead, on Amazon product pages the add-on integrates links to ‘free’ copies on The Pirate Bay.pirates of the amazonThe timing of the ‘Pirates of the Amazon‘ launch could not have been more (un)fortunate. At the busiest time of the year for on- and offline retailers, this Firefox browser add-on offers users a download link to pirated copies of products that can normally be found in the Amazon online store.When the add-on is installed, it integrates a new “download 4 free” button into the Amazon product page when the same article is also available via The Pirate Bay. It works for CDs, DVDs, games, books and basically all products that can be converted to a digital format.With their mashup of the largest online retailer and the largest BitTorrent tracker, the project aims to “be a counterpart to the current models of media distribution”, and to “redistribute the wealth”.The people behind the project have chosen to link to The Pirate Bay, but clearly state that they act independently. “We are not affiliated with The Pirate Bay, and do not host or even link to any illegal content,” they write. “This artistic project addresses the topic of current media distribution models vs. current culture and technical possibilities.”‘Pirates of the Amazon’ is not the only pirate add-on for Firefox, in fact there are quite a few. IMDB, Last.fm, and Rotten Tomatoes all have their own pirate skin available. Most of them use the Greasemonkey add-on which allows the installation of all kinds of useful user scripts which customize the web to your pirate needs. Update: The site seems to be offline, here is a backup of the xpi file for the add-on. In Firefox > file > open file > select the xpi file.View article.This is how it looks like while browsing amazon.com: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entrimo Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Heh, don't use Amazon but I like the idea. =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marik Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Pirates = Win :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HATE9X Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 rofl, sweet plugin.. :cheers: but i don't need it.. but that'd be nice to convert n00bs to pirates.. but who'd buy the originals then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irefay Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Wow. Thats freakin awsome. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessjirval Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 That's cool this is bad news for amazon :sneaky: pirates are winning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumant30 Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Just getting a add on doesn't mean pirates are winning :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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