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This powerseller has been selling these and many more bootlegs for years. He has many feedback complaints about it. I’ve reported him to ebay several time and they do nothing. Seems they only want the item number when you complain. Why can’t you expain that these items were never released by the artists. He currently has over 20 bootleg concerts up for auction. http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZredbird5150 Examples Guns and Roses in Oklahoma http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6456251336 Guns and Roses in Argentina http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6456251304
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"Fall Season" wrote … This powerseller has been selling these and many more bootlegs for years. He has many feedback complaints about it. I’ve reported him to ebay several time and they do nothing. Seems they only want the item number when you complain. Why can’t you expain that these items were never released by the artists. He currently has over 20 bootleg concerts up for auction.
They’re waiting for Guns’n'Roses to complain. — Andrew http://www.weirdity.com/ebay/
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This powerseller has been selling these and many more bootlegs for years. He has many feedback complaints about it.
Simply assume that ALL of the DVD’s offered on eBay are bootleg, and the problem goes away. — Many thanks, Don Lancaster voice phone: (928)428-4073 Synergetics 3860 West First Street Box 809 Thatcher, AZ 85552 Please visit my GURU’s LAIR web site at http://www.tinaja.com
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This powerseller has been selling these and many more bootlegs for years. He has many feedback complaints about it. I’ve reported him to ebay several time and they do nothing.
They’ll only do anything if the copyright holder complains. In this case, GNR would have to get involved. I think the Tiffany vs eBay case bears considerable watching. The other two sites that I am most familiar with, being Overstock and iOffer, seem to make a big part of their income from sellers who sell counterfeit goods. The RIAA case that went to the Supreme Court decided that software makers can indeed be held responsible for the actions of the users of that software. I suspect that when the Tiffany / eBay thing washes out, the outcome will be similiar, which will open the door for VEROs to sue sites for allowing counterfeit goods even being offered. When that happens, I think ioffer will fold, then Overstock will throw in the towel on it’s auctions, and eBay will finally become proactive in this. I wonder how it will affect the DVD sales? It potentially has huge implications. A
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I know what you mean. When I last did a completed items search last month there were 411 sales of "Song of the South" on DVD. All of them are pirate copies. I’ve reported specific auctions to eBay. I’ve sent them a specific email talking about this. Now let me check again and see how many sold recently…. Ah, we’re up to 797 now. 100% pirate copies since Disney refuses to release this movie on DVD. I’m a reseller in Japan and the Song of the South laserdisc was still popular becasue it was the only way to get better than VHS quality and digital sound. They used to sell for about $180 each, now it’s to less than $80, all in about 2-3 months. I didn’t have any of those in my stock, but other sellers stand to lose a ton while the pirates and eBay do very well. I understand that it’s gong to happen to some extent, but even when you follow the rules an report sellers it appears that it does very little to dent the flow. That’s what’s discouraging…
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