Ice cream man convicted of selling pirated copies to kids

If only we'd thought of selling pirated DVDs, CDs, and PlayStation / Xbox / PC games out of the trusty Engadget ice cream truck to the impressionable youth we've long since been pushing sweets on, but alas that scam has apparently already landed one William Agnew in the slammer. Dude got busted and fessed up to selling such wares (warez?) by the truckful -- literally -- after being caught with four thousand pirated discs. So to all you would-be software copiers out there looking to get in on the racket, remember: intellectual property theft may well get you put away, so stick to the straight and narrow and just keep on peddling sweets to increasingly sedentary obese kids with type b diabetes, ok?

[Via Joystiq]

[Maff Mace @ Feb 6th 2006 1:50PM]

I'm sure Peter Kay did this in a comedey sketch in "That Peter Kay Thing" years ago

[Julian Bond @ Feb 6th 2006 1:57PM]

Could have been worse. He might have been selling crack!

[Paul @ Feb 6th 2006 1:58PM]

Is it me or does that animation of the pigs look like something a child molestor might draw?

[Chaz @ Feb 6th 2006 1:58PM]

In that peter kay thing he was selling porn videos not pirate games

[Phil @ Feb 6th 2006 2:00PM]

Mr. Softee Top

"If it wasn't for the porn, this business would be on its arse!"

[RIKT @ Feb 6th 2006 2:05PM]

That was dirty vids i think...didn't he open up a 'book exchange' when he quit the Ice Cream game?

[Dan Diemer @ Feb 6th 2006 2:19PM]

stupid to think that a kid isn't gonna brag about where he got his new copy of king kong from.

[TVGenius @ Feb 6th 2006 2:29PM]

Yeah, but who would let their kids buy stuff from the Engadget Ice Cream truck anyway... :)

[glad @ Feb 6th 2006 4:50PM]

hey those pigs are the world famous 'Pinky & Perky' so leave 'em alone. Mmm I must check out my local ice cream man!

[ScottE @ Feb 6th 2006 6:48PM]

It definitely could be worse, He could be molesting children instead of peddling warez.

[Music maniac @ Feb 6th 2006 9:59PM]

Well, as terrible as it is...it's pretty funny too. He was pretty smart to think of that. Too bad he should have just found a real job.

[Serg @ Feb 7th 2006 1:27AM]

Hey tard - It's Type II

[Dayna @ Feb 7th 2006 9:01AM]

To Serg - Watch your mouth - tard is a rude thing to say.

[Chris Taylor @ Feb 7th 2006 9:33AM]

Please repeat after me. "Intellectual Property Theft does not exist and can never exist."

You can infringe it but you can not steal it.

Chris Taylor
http://www.nerys.com/

[Tier @ Feb 7th 2006 11:19AM]

Serg - LOL - good one, it is Type Two ...tard tard tard tard tard tard tard tard tard tard tard tard tard tard tard. Type "b", good lord.

[John @ Feb 7th 2006 5:37PM]

Sorta like the "Old Dope Peddler" by Tom Lehrer:

When the shades of night are falling,
Comes a fellow everyone knows.
It's the old dope peddler,
Spreading joy wherever he goes.

[John @ Feb 8th 2006 6:53PM]

DVDs and Nutty Butty Cones have long been a favorite. First there was Fast Food - now drive-up Warez... Progress is a wonderful thing!

[David @ Jun 14th 2006 1:30AM]

Haha, royally owned!