I agree...
Doug White wrote:
> No moral dilemma at all:
>
> Contact the dude and tell him you know it is a pirated copy and you
> want your
> money back (do not even mention returning the merchandise) If he
> doesn't then
> report as needed to both eBay and whoever else will listen.
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Matthew P. Smith
> To: CF-Community
> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 4:37 PM
> Subject: slight moral dilema...
>
> So, let's say that I had been looking all over town, amazon, etc etc for
> a certain dvd and no one has it. I finally turn to ebay and find a nice
> little listing that links to the guys site, which has a catalog of
> 50-100 dvds, including the one I've been looking for. It's actually an
> import, and a variation of the film I did not know was out there. So, I
> gladly spend my $36 and get the dvd in the mail a few days later.
>
> Filled with excitement, I try to plunk it into my trusty gateway
> destination.
>
> No disc error. Hmm, this is like when I ripped my own dvd to a dvd-rw
> just a couple days ago. I pull out the disc, and low and behold, the
> inside of the two discs both have "verbatim dvd-r 4x". A closer look at
> the disc label, dvd case label and such shows a definite home grown(but
> very well done) copy..
>
> O-o
>
> Now, don't get me wrong, I'm all about creative business ventures, but,
> ummmm, yeah, you get me.
>
> So, I can:
> 1. politely ask for a refund, or at the very least the original.
> 2. blackmail my homeboy Mr. Rip A. Lot and get his entire catalog
> sent here for, oh, say, $0.01 a disc. :-)
> 3. call up mpaa and the fbi or whoever is in charge of
> infringement; maybe a reward? Ebay as well; I'm sure the guy would get
> pulled in an instant.
>
> Anyone know the penalties for the guilty party per count of illegal
> copying? What is the reward for the rat that turns them in, either
> before or contingent upon conviction?
>
> Also, if it is per count, should I just buy everything they have for
> sale to up the evidence and per-count numbers?
>
> I mean, I'm not going to call the cops on a friend burning a cd or dvd
> once in a while (an entirely different discussion), but this is full-on
> commercial pirating.
>
> The PO box it was sent from is in the states, so he/she could be
> prosecuted, I would think. How hard is it for a government agency to
> walk back from the po box to the actuall person. I would think it
> requires at least some kind of ID, though I would invest in a good fake
> it I were to attempt this.
>
> What would you do?
>
> And, really, I'm just pissed I gave the guy $36 for, what, $3 worth of
> investment on his/her part. :-)
>
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