Bowie Bootlegger Booted - Goodbye Mr. Spic

Adios, Spic.

When last we heard from this greasy bastard, he was nickel and diming FOUR biographies by David Bowie, slimy R.L. Stine's garbage "Goosebumps" set, every magazine he could find on the torrents, "The Revenant," and the complete Tom Clancy. And naturally, the ignorant or the bratty were leaving him NICE feedback comments.

Bootleggers like this have two choices. First, they can prominently state in their ad, "This is an e-book and I will e-mail it to you" (which anyone can report as a violation). Do it often enough and get caught enough, and eBay eventually will suspend.

The second choice is the trickier "I own copyright or I own re-sale rights or this is public domain" caveat, which means eBay shrugs and looks the other way. A copyright owner must file a take down, but since this involves major annoyance for eBay, and an employee actually reading a complaint and physically removing an item, only a few of those and it's suspension.

Perhaps this was a combo of both. Thanks to diligent enforcers who know that piracy of this type isn't "a good thing." 9 times out of 10, a prick like this doesn't come back (it's hard to get a new bank account and a fresh ID with a new address and phone number).

One less parasite. Or as George R.R. Martin would Tweet, "Here's a picture of the pie I had for breakfast. I've been very busy on the throne ever since. I think I'll take lunch while sitting on the throne. The delivery truck should be here any minute. Mmm, five quarter-pounders, a double order of super-sized fries and two extra-large sodas! You do the math...I'll be busy eating!"

And since he and his arrogant book company don't check piracy problems, he'll offer a few more Tweets. Like: "Hey fans, who do you think would like pie more, Brienne of Tarth or Davos Seaworth?" "One more: if you had two straws and wanted to share a 60 ounce soda, would you chose Bronn, Gilly or Gendry??? Have fun guessing! Post your answers on one of my thousand Facebook tribute pages but don't expect me to respond! PS, Thanks for making me rich and fat!"