Submission + - Harry Potter and the Deathly Print-house
Tamas Feher from Hungary writes: "Daily Mirror and other media have been reporting that a quarter million copies of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", the seventh and final installment in J. K. Rowling's wizard-fantasy series, are now being printed in the small german town of Poessneck, near the czech border. According to locals the security measures introduced in and around the GGP print factory resemble those at the height of Cold War. Employees under threats of fines had to sign secret anti-sneak contracts and are body and vehicle searched after every workday. What's more, to prevent them reading or copying the book they have to work in PITCH DARK!
I simply cannot imagine the work safety implications of this. In a high-capacity printing office machines 15 feet across unfold one-ton rolls of paper at a rate of several dozen miles an hour. Have a hand or piece of apprel entangled and it will rip out your whole arm! How could anyone work in the dark with such equipment? Supposedly the European Union is notable for its focus on workplace safety — but now it looks like for mere profits we have degraded to the level of black Africa, where underpaid diamond miners are x-rayed every day for body cavity contraband, without regards for their radiation exposure. I'd say it is no longer Voldemort who should be public enemy no.1, but rather that Lord Franchise!
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http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/harry %20potter%20book%20made%20in%20total%20darkness_10 32245"
I simply cannot imagine the work safety implications of this. In a high-capacity printing office machines 15 feet across unfold one-ton rolls of paper at a rate of several dozen miles an hour. Have a hand or piece of apprel entangled and it will rip out your whole arm! How could anyone work in the dark with such equipment? Supposedly the European Union is notable for its focus on workplace safety — but now it looks like for mere profits we have degraded to the level of black Africa, where underpaid diamond miners are x-rayed every day for body cavity contraband, without regards for their radiation exposure. I'd say it is no longer Voldemort who should be public enemy no.1, but rather that Lord Franchise!
Read the original article here:
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/harr