Comments on: Janke, Yankee, and How Early America Was a Nation of Pirates http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9480/janke_yankee_and_how_early_america_was_a_nation_of_pirates/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:03:25 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: broder otuktad http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9480/janke_yankee_and_how_early_america_was_a_nation_of_pirates/#comment-189042 broder otuktad Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:35:33 +0000 #comment-189042 great flag, too lazy to read the hole article :) great flag, too lazy to read the hole article :)

]]> By: binsymusic http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9480/janke_yankee_and_how_early_america_was_a_nation_of_pirates/#comment-180285 binsymusic Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 #comment-180285 This is old news as the book has been out for ages good analysis though. And the book is well worth checking out. Great read. This is old news as the book has been out for ages good analysis though. And the book is well worth checking out. Great read.

]]> By: bozobalbo http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9480/janke_yankee_and_how_early_america_was_a_nation_of_pirates/#comment-180286 bozobalbo Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 #comment-180286 Interesting point. It seems that the paper back has had a May 1st release bringing the book to a new readership. I wonder how Mason feels about his book being pirated as an eBook? http://torrentfreak.com/book-authors-see-bittorrent-as-a-promotional-tool-080428/ Interesting point. It seems that the paper back has had a May 1st release bringing the book to a new readership. I wonder how Mason feels about his book being pirated as an eBook? http://torrentfreak.com/book-authors-see-bittorrent-as-a-promotional-tool-080428/

]]> By: bgeer http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9480/janke_yankee_and_how_early_america_was_a_nation_of_pirates/#comment-180287 bgeer Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 #comment-180287 "For he argues that the reason why the United States was able to industrialize as quickly as it did during the 18th and 19th centuries is because we basically ignored European copyright laws and patents." The use of slave labour on a massive scale might have had something to do with it too... “For he argues that the reason why the United States was able to industrialize as quickly as it did during the 18th and 19th centuries is because we basically ignored European copyright laws and patents.”

The use of slave labour on a massive scale might have had something to do with it too…

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