And then the issue is just when you make a purchase, you ought to be able to enjoy that song on any device, in any situation that you want - that music consumers aren't by default thieves.

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"Barefooted, swimming in dirty lakes, selling fruit, picking mango trees, hoping not to get caught because they don't take kindly to thieves in Africa, " he adds, laughing.

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As one official put it, "Perhaps that's because our justice is swift"--although, unlike some of its neighbors, Dubai doesn't cut off the hands of thieves.

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Thieves generally don't care about data anyway.

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The thieves hope the victim doesn't report the cards stolen so "further fraudulent charges can be made without immediate suspicion, " the report said.

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On Aug. 4, Carvel's widow, Agnes, 89, died in London -- estranged from a family she considered thieves -- but her death hasn't ended the dispute.

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The thieves, who carried automatic weapons but didn't fire a shot, appeared to have carried off the robbery using inside information, people familiar with the investigation said soon after.

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"Although we can't be certain, there is a strong possibility that the thieves are targeting the golf clubs in order to sell the metal to scrap dealers, " he said.

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The thieves were so flippant about law enforcement that they didn't even bother to conceal the origin of their mailings, a common practice for international hackers.

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Credit cards make inviting targets for thieves because even when canceled abroad, many still can be used for small purchases that don't require approval from central banking computers.

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