Honestly not worth your time. The real question is where did he order them from. It was " reputable" site like Amazon or even eBay it should be reported to them. I assume he did not know they were coming from China because that is a dead giveaway it is illegal. Getting a supposedly reputable site to remove them is literally the only thing one can do. China does not give a rats ass about legality. This is also true of the vast majority of countries in Asia, Eastern Europe, South America etc. Basic rule of thumb is that if a TV show or feature film is only available from an obscure seller who probably also has other rare films or if it is assuredly cheap ( Brand new six season DVD of BREAKING BAD for $20) than it is 99.9% illegal.
I have some contacts with a few major rights holders but honestly only Disney and Warner Bros tend to do much. You can contact me off list if you want more direct info on who to contact but the generic sites really do nothing. Only the actual rights holder cares and only a few will or can do anything. Jessica On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Michael May <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi all, > > > > My colleague purchased a TV series for his library which turned out to be > an illegal copy shipped from China and marked with handmade labels. It > sounds like he used http://www.classicdvdworld.com/. See their FAQs: > http://www.classicdvdworld.com/FAQ_ep_42.html > > > > The seller is offering a full refund minus postage if the discs are > returned, but the librarian is thinking about how to report this to > authorities. Do you think he should? If so, how should he proceed? > > > > The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center has a page > at http://www.iprcenter.gov/referral which says, "The IPR Center > encourages members of the general public, industry, trade associations, law > enforcement and government agencies to report violations of intellectual > property rights through this website." Would that be a good place to start? > > > > Otherwise, the FBI has a tips page at https://tips.fbi.gov/. Or maybe it > would be better to contact a local/regional FBI office directly? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Mike > > > > Michael May > > Carnegie-Stout Public Library, Dubuque > > > This message has been scanned for malware by Websense. www.websense.com > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as > an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > >
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
