When money is clearly off the table as a payment option, sometimes software and media pirates have to take what they can get when 'in a pinch,' me hearties! How about a box of crabs... and a 3,000 GBP fine for your trouble?

61-year-old George Clark of North Ayrshire, was recently busted for trading illegal copies of videogames, movies and music to trawler men in return for a crate of crabs, reports the ELSPA.

Having initially approached the returning trawl fleet in February of 2006 with the intention of exchanging his pirated media for cash, Clark discovered none of the crewmen were carrying cash, which then saw him accepting freshly hauled crabs by way of remuneration.

On November 05 of 2007, Clark pled guilty to ‘specimen’ (a representative sample) charges brought before him by the Ayr County Sheriff regarding the illegal sale of various forms of disc-based media.

mistermostyn via gaming.monstersandcritics.com »