What book is this?

ariel · 10th September 2006, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by ausjulius

im looking for others on the net,, things like intelectual property are not respected in russia

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i have this and several other books , but to scan them all and make them into pdf images woudl be tomuch work .......

Like many other things in Russia "respect" is unidirectional: foreighners should respect all things Russian, but the reverse doesn't always work.
I have a friend in Moscow; both he and his son are lawyers for two large American firms specializing in intellectual property: they are pretty busy protecting Coca Cola and such from Russian knock-offs.
But a small Publishing House, like Atlant, is unlikely to afford much self-defence. I ordered a book from them once: had to send personal check to the name of the receptionist and waited 2 months for the book. All my inquiries got standard nonchalant messages: " what's the hurry? it will come one day... " The funniest thing, it did come: well packed, with a lovely postcard, obviously mailed 2-3 days after the check was cashed.... They still have to work a bit on their "customer relations" issues

It was Gorelik's book " Arms and Armour of the Ancient East". Absolutely brilliant! (Gorelik wrote a big chapter for Elgood's anthology on Islamic weapons). Truly a benchmark of erudition, professionalism and academic excellence! Nicolle's books pale in comparison.

ausjulius · 10th September 2006, 05:44 PM

yeah , fake goods are a bit industry here,
i know for shure 80% of the coca cola here is totaly fake

fakes shoes, .. fake water . fake car parts...fake petrol
.here there is a BP petrol station :P.. asked one chap off hand what it meant , he laughted and said it was VR , the owners initials. B=V and P=R in russian script ... its an exsact copy of a normal BP petrol station)
, fake knives (there is every month many fake compies of our knives forund,, we now mark them with a laser,,,, which the guys doing them in the back yard dont have

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i think one cant buy a pair of real levis in the whole country :O ..
the thing is theyer still selling the fake jeans for 100$ or more !!!!! insane,,,,,,
the weird thing is people buy them,,, and other peopel get rich from it.

10th September 2006, 05:44 PM	#2
ausjulius Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: musorian territory Posts: 444	yeah , fake goods are a bit industry here, i know for shure 80% of the coca cola here is totaly fake fakes shoes, .. fake water . fake car parts...fake petrol .here there is a BP petrol station :P.. asked one chap off hand what it meant , he laughted and said it was VR , the owners initials. B=V and P=R in russian script ... its an exsact copy of a normal BP petrol station) , fake knives (there is every month many fake compies of our knives forund,, we now mark them with a laser,,,, which the guys doing them in the back yard dont have ) i think one cant buy a pair of real levis in the whole country :O .. the thing is theyer still selling the fake jeans for 100$ or more !!!!! insane,,,,,, the weird thing is people buy them,,, and other peopel get rich from it.