Finnish newspaper Iltalehti has a full page story of Miss Tanja Karpela Finland's own dear culture minister using pirated goods. She has been representing Finland on a official Finnish state visit to Slovenia with her FAKE Prada handbag. This is the same minister that made a her personal quest to criminalize import of pirate goods even for personal use. I am sure she left her fake purse to Slovenia before returning to Finland. We dont want criminals as ministers do we?
Karpela comments: "Oh my.. The purse was sold as genuine to me in Italy. If it is not real I was ripped off." She continues: "It is impossible for avarage tourist to know what is real and what is not. The responsibility lies with the distributor." No! Tanja according to the new copyright law (56a §) you pushed through the system, it lies with the person who imports such article into Finland. You are the one that is responsible. Double time!
I could not help my self photoshopping (the peg leg, eye patch and Pirate sword are mine but the fake Prada purse is hers).
Update: I just realised that Prada has never made the purse that Karpela had. This means that there might not be a copyright violation. -just bad taste.
Update: Digitoday found an exellent Karpela quote from parliament's site:
"Jokainen laiton kopio tai piraattituote on luovan työn varastamista. Tämä pitäisi meidän keskustelussa nyt tunnustaa ja tiedostaa, jotta tämä asenneilmapiiri olisi ehkä enemmän ymmärtäväinen sille, mitä asiaa me nyt oikeastaan käsittelemme."
"Every illegal copy and pirate product is stealing. This should be understood and recoqnised in order to set the right athmosphere for the matter in hand."
PWN3D
Posted by: Exquire | Thursday, 20 October 2005 at 16:16
LOL @ that stupid bitch. I figured the hoe was up to no good. I'm about to get drunk compliments of Absinthe.ProtoProtoss.net to celebrate the whore's downfall!
Posted by: Drunken Fuck | Thursday, 20 October 2005 at 16:49
If it has the PRADA logo on it, it is a trademark violation. The manufacturer is using the trademark without permission.
Posted by: Maximus | Thursday, 20 October 2005 at 18:51
Herra jumala että se on tollo.
(translation)My god she's an idiot.
Posted by: Claurianta | Thursday, 20 October 2005 at 21:08
The article states that Prada bags are sold at prices around 1000 euros, whereas the version Karpela has, costs around 15 euros in Italy. The authentic model with certificate and the copy can be seen in the picture:
http://koti.mbnet.fi/opairc/karpela_piraatti_laukku.JPG
She *knew* she was buying a pirate copy.
Posted by: John Smith | Friday, 21 October 2005 at 02:32
She's still going to have to pay a fine right? Remember the first tourist to be fined for buying a fake pair of Chanel glasses from a street-side vendor (wasn't is Chanel?) under the new law? She shouldn't be exempt just because of her stature.
Posted by: who me? | Friday, 21 October 2005 at 03:32
Salute!
Posted by: gunner | Friday, 21 October 2005 at 15:55
People like her (in every country) are not just stupid, but dangerous. Theiy are making laws without thinking about what it really means and expect that the ordinary citizens must behave accordingly. I'm sure for herself she's looking for an excuse to not be fined.
Posted by: Opinion69 | Saturday, 22 October 2005 at 05:59