That principle also didn't jibe with one of Pinterest's main rules: Don't pin anything you don't have a license to use.

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Outside Athens some in the public sector see their jobs as a sideline to earn pin money while their main occupation is farming.

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But Hollywood's studios now realise they can't pin the future of their precious video sales (today one of their main sources of revenue) on a game console that has failed to ignite widespread interest outside a dedicated circle of hard-core gamers.

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