Thanks. I figured. I found legit used VHS copies of what I was looking for on
ebay (Willard and Ben, those 1970s rat horror movies!!).
From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu
[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 10:28 AM
To:
Um yes. Two rules of thumb if a website/company you never heard of has
major films not available on sites like Amazon or Midwest Tape it is a scam
also a site where you don't see any box art ( though some scam sites have
scam ones) and almost every title is the same price is a scam. There must
be
Just from a semantic standpoint, I would say the site is shady (it is
selling DVDs of films which have not had commercial releases, at least not
beyond now out-of-print VHS) but not necessarily a scam. It reminds me of
some of the things you could once find on ioffer and ebay (both of which
have
Can the CW confirm for me that this is a shady website with bootlegs?
www.lostmoviesfound.comhttp://www.lostmoviesfound.com
Thanks.
Sarah
Sarah E. McCleskey
Head of Access Services, Film and Media
112 Axinn Library
123 Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11549
516-463-5076
I agree about the legality, but I just wondered about the use of the word
scam. I didn't find anything on the site claiming they were doing it
legally, and I bet the site is one that either stays under the radar (since
it appears to only have a dozen or so titles) and withers from lack of
business
Bob,
I have had my acceptance speech locked and loaded for thirty-one years
already, but the only Oscar in the house is my uncle who hasn't left since
Passover.
I just felt like the articles are giving us too much credit. :-)
Best regards,
Dennis Doros
Milestone Film Video
PO Box 128 /
Hmm is Rodney teaching a rat course?
Hugh, perhaps scam is not the right word , it may be too nice on some
level. Um burned copies of films otherwise not commercially produced is
nice way of saying illegal, pirate bootleg copies.
On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 10:37 AM, Sarah E. McCleskey
Fair enough, and I don't mean to open any cans of worms, but the term just
hit me as one I'd use differently.
On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Dennis Doros milefi...@gmail.com wrote:
scam
[skam] to cheat or defraud with a scam.
Yes, I think there is hair splitting here. My semantics - a
scam
[skam] to cheat or defraud with a scam.
Yes, I think there is hair splitting here. My semantics - a scam is posing
as an honest business selling bootleg films illegally as quality product
to the public. If the seller was on the street corner selling fake Prada
bags for $200, I would think
