As for the post box, its very easy for the police to get that information.
larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew P. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 5:37 PM
> To: CF-Community
> 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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