is selling unlicensed meds online illegal?

[Red Squirrel]

I'm sick of seeing people trying to sell drugs online, which are probably home made in a basement, and definately not approved by doctors or the FDA. I get about 10 people who register on one of my forums every day, leaving a URL to some blogspot pills site. People should be smart enough not to trust that, but I'm sure there are some dumb people who will actually click the links and buy, and probably die later on from side effects or poisoning.

Is this illegal, and is there a place I can report these people to?

Also, why the hell does Viagra and Cialis spam so much? They have TV commercials, so it's not like they can't afford advertising...

 

[leftyman]

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
I'm sick of seeing people trying to sell drugs online, which are probably home made in a basement, and definately not approved by doctors or the FDA. I get about 10 people who register on one of my forums every day, leaving a URL to some blogspot pills site. People should be smart enough not to trust that, but I'm sure there are some dumb people who will actually click the links and buy, and probably dye later on from side effects or poisoning.

Is this illegal, and is there a place I can report these people to?

Also, why the hell does Viagra and Cialis spam so much? They have TV commercials, so it's not like they can't afford advertising...

what color do they dye?

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
I'm sick of seeing people trying to sell drugs online, which are probably home made in a basement, and definately not approved by doctors or the FDA. I get about 10 people who register on one of my forums every day, leaving a URL to some blogspot pills site. People should be smart enough not to trust that, but I'm sure there are some dumb people who will actually click the links and buy, and probably dye later on from side effects or poisoning.

Is this illegal, and is there a place I can report these people to?

Also, why the hell does Viagra and Cialis spam so much? They have TV commercials, so it's not like they can't afford advertising...

what color?

edit: damn you leftyman!

 

[Looney]

I doubt these are homemade in somebody's basement. If they could do that, they would probably be cooking up meth for much more profit. More than likely these are offshore/mexican meds.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

u r an idiot. :laugh:

 

[Red Squirrel]

Originally posted by: leftyman

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
I'm sick of seeing people trying to sell drugs online, which are probably home made in a basement, and definately not approved by doctors or the FDA. I get about 10 people who register on one of my forums every day, leaving a URL to some blogspot pills site. People should be smart enough not to trust that, but I'm sure there are some dumb people who will actually click the links and buy, and probably dye later on from side effects or poisoning.

Is this illegal, and is there a place I can report these people to?

Also, why the hell does Viagra and Cialis spam so much? They have TV commercials, so it's not like they can't afford advertising...

what color do they dye?

They'll turn neon green and start glowing, then die.

But yeah thats a typo there, I meant to say die.

 

[pontifex]

wait, are you talking about your illegal Ultima Online "free" shard forum?

 

[FoBoT]

what is a "Shard" ?

 

[StevenYoo]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
what is a "Shard" ?

it's what you get when u disenchant nice gear

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: StevenYoo

Originally posted by: FoBoT
what is a "Shard" ?

it's what you get when u disenchant nice gear

or in UO terms, your server.

 

[Old Hippie]

I get about 10 people who register on one of my forums every day, leaving a URL to some blogspot pills site.

If your talking about IPs or OPs, it's because they're cheaper and don't require a script.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
I'm sick of seeing people trying to sell drugs online, which are probably home made in a basement, and definately not approved by doctors or the FDA. I get about 10 people who register on one of my forums every day, leaving a URL to some blogspot pills site. People should be smart enough not to trust that, but I'm sure there are some dumb people who will actually click the links and buy, and probably die later on from side effects or poisoning.

Is this illegal, and is there a place I can report these people to?

Also, why the hell does Viagra and Cialis spam so much? They have TV commercials, so it's not like they can't afford advertising...

i don't think it's actually the manufacturers of Viagra and Cialis that are doing the spamming.

 

[Captante]

Its illegal to sell perscription medication online without a perscription written by a docter you have personally seen, however this doesn't mean that all online pharmacys are illegal. I'm not 100% sure about importing medication from Canada either, but the last thing I read about it on the FDA's website seemed to imply that it was also against the law.

As for individuals selling controlled substances via blogs or similar, that is 100% illegal & you can report them to the DEA.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Hmm I might just start reporting them then, someone has to do it right?

 

[Red Squirrel]

Originally posted by: pontifex
wait, are you talking about your illegal Ultima Online "free" shard forum?

Actually afaik it's not Illegal, or EA would of done something about it a long time ago. There was a statement by EA (I wish I could find it to see for myself) about them actually not minding the idea as it could bring people to want to play on the real servers, which is where you get the 100% up to date and 100% real content. Free shards do have some drawbacks.

Free shards have been around for years and I'm sure RunUO would of been the first target if EA wanted to shut down these servers.

In other hand, Blizzard does not like this idea, so free WoW servers tend to not last very long.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel

Originally posted by: pontifex
wait, are you talking about your illegal Ultima Online "free" shard forum?

Actually afaik it's not Illegal, or EA would of done something about it a long time ago. There was a statement by EA (I wish I could find it to see for myself) about them actually not minding the idea as it could bring people to want to play on the real servers, which is where you get the 100% up to date and 100% real content. Free shards do have some drawbacks.

Free shards have been around for years and I'm sure RunUO would of been the first target if EA wanted to shut down these servers.

In other hand, Blizzard does not like this idea, so free WoW servers tend to not last very long.

well, not illegal like murder or theft, but its against the TOS. just because they've been around for years doesn't make them ok.

btw, do you think that gredy, money hungry EA is ok with people taking business away from them? especially since they're revamping UO? thats BS and you know it. i have yet to see an mmorpg thats still taking subscriptions that allows people to create free servers. Hell, i'm not even sure any of the dead ones allow it.

Ultima Online TOS
(d) Official Service. Ultima Online has been designed by Electronic Arts for play only on the Service. The Software is licensed to you for play on the Service only. Electronic Arts does not grant you a license to use the Software for any other purpose. You agree to play Ultima Online only on the Service and not through any other means. You further agree not to create or provide any other means through which Ultima Online may be played by others - for example, through server emulators. You may not reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the Software, including any proprietary communications protocol used by the Software. You acknowledge that you do not have the right to create, publish, distribute, create derivative works from or use any software programs, utilities, applications, emulators or tools derived from or created for Ultima Online unless specifically authorized in writing by Electronic Arts.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Well it is a gray area for sure, but think with the 100's of free shards out there something would have been done already. Though I did hear some rumors that when they'll release UOKR they will be more strict on free servers, I hope not though since lot of hours of coding have gone into this so far.

 

[pontifex]

dude, there's no gray area. look at the TOS. that doesn't leave room for a gray area.

 

[Mrvile]

Wow how did this turn into an Ultima discussion?

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Mrvile
Wow how did this turn into an Ultima discussion?

because he's a hypocrit