Deadlord39 wrote:AHA!

So if it is over $10,000, I can send it to the F.B.I.? Are you sure? If so, I'll drop the fukin hammer on this idiot.

Has been kinda stated to be the threshold below which they'll take no interest... Sorry, I don't have a definitive quote on that, but if you could get the seller to confirm they are 'genuine, original goods, suitable for resale', I think they'll be getting themselves into very deep water.

   
What's that growing on his lip?

Deadlord39 wrote:It is nothing like copying movies or games, copyright material prevents duplication.

Sounds like a sucker there...

Wonder why they're charging so much per copy, if the contents are meant to be 'public domain'.

I am constantly amazed at the number of BD's out there. Not that I'm complaining, I've been having a blast since I started this. I'm surely the only one here who has won a $50,000 auction.
If I can manage to get the FBI involved, I'll hit up every media outlet I can, assuming they don't mind.

Reply #2:

A PDF file is a sofware program made readable with Adobe Reader format for any windows computer system. It is NOT found in text BOOKS.

Did you know that bidding on ebay is legal binding contract? It warns you with every screen which you must confirm. The amount you have bid up to, is considered a felony in all U.S. states. Does this justify the bogus bidding amount and non payment actions you've taken?


And my response:

It seems it is indeed a felony, but only from a copyright infringement standpoint. If I pay for these, I am comitting a crime under U.S. copyright law. PDF's can be included in a sale, but must be accompanied by the original material. The same law covers backup movie copies. If you sell the original movie, the backup must either be destroyed or accompany the original. Even selling copies of the Character Generator CD found in the back of the 3.0 Players Handbook is illegal.
I can't afford to go to jail for buying illegal material, so before we complete the transaction, I have to be sure it is legitimate.
Let's do this. I'll check with eBay and the FBI, just to make sure no copyrights are being violated. I'll e-mail you the results.


I'm giddy with excitement.

Deadlord39 wrote:A question of legality usually ends up with the product being ordered not to be distributed anymore after there are issues such as these. We in fact HAVE been informed of this by ebay authorities.

You can buy them, but you're not allowed to resell?
And that was clearly stated on their auctions??

Gee... why ever did they let you buy so many copies if that's the case in their legal mumbo-jumbo-land, Frank...

Your 'out', Frank, is that under no policy from eBay, or under no judgement that will ever be made by a court, can they force you to commit a crime. And by buying these CDs you will be commiting a crime. I would go along the lines of you thought you were buying a legitimate authorised lisenced product. They were a bargain, so you snapped them all up before anyone else did. But you were cautious and checked their authenticity before paying, and at this point the seller confirmed that he was selling you stolen property.

That's a police matter now.


Dear Mr Seller,

I am alarmed to find that you have tried to sell me $50,000 worth of stolen pirated goods. I have reported this to my local police, and in view of the volume of this fraud, I am reporting this to my local FBI field office.

Understandably, I do not wish to be party to any federal offence, and cannot complete the transaction.....

 


Make sure you request the guys contact details from eBay. If they are real, you make it easier for the police. If they are fake, you make it easier to prove he intended to commit a crime.

How do I request his info? I got this from the auction invoice:

dennis armstrong
chesterville, OH 43317 United States


Moron can't even use capitals.
I'm going to call the FBI office tomorrow. I have the number for the Massachusetts office. New Hampshire doesn't rate an office, I guess. What I intend to do is set up a contact there (if possible) to whom I can forward information on ALL the PDF sellers, past, present and future. If I can create enough of a stir, I'm hoping media outlets might pick up on it. If it got a splash article on something like Yahoo news, or cross fingers) CNN, I guarantee that not only would the infringement rate drop through the floor, but also eBay would be pressured to start policing its own house.
I'm not much for the crusader role, but this is actually kind of fun. Plus, I might learn something along the way.

I also find to extremely amusing that EBay has even eliminated the auction due to the fact that it is illegal and yet he is still trying to force you to pay for them. What a joke.  Maybe you should ask him if he trying to use this auction pay to have that huge space between his teeth fixed.