Are you saying you have a dilemna about your slight morals?
Get a refund, and turn the guy in.
-Ben
>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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