POLL: How do you see the act of selling pirated material on eBay/half.com?

[NeoPTLD]

It happened to me once. the seller didn't make it clear and what I got was a pirated CD-ROM...

 

[hevnsnt]

I voted:
I wouldn't do it, but it is no big deal to me

As long as it is stated....... Otherwise fraud!

 

[bootymac]

I would definitely not do it on e-bay, but if the buyer knew it was pirated, that's another story
<-- made tons of money in elementary school burning people PS games

 

[BurnItDwn]

Pirating for free (ie .. sharing with friesds) ... not too bad
Pirating for profit ... serious friggin evil fraud

 

[Justin218]

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
Pirating for free (ie .. sharing with friesds) ... not too bad
Pirating for profit ... serious friggin evil fraud

I agree with this

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
Pirating for free (ie .. sharing with friesds) ... not too bad
Pirating for profit ... serious friggin evil fraud

How is that any different?

 

[0roo0roo]

stealing and then selling anothers work for profit is seriously low.

ebay seems to condone it, they don't really fight it. i've seen pirated sh*t on there forever.

 

[AvesPKS]

I thought you always passed to the right...

 

[Wuffsunie]

Originally posted by: NeoPTLD
It happened to me once. the seller didn't make it clear and what I got was a pirated CD-ROM...

Moonraker DVD for me. Said it was a legit region 1, turned out to be a region free knock-off :|

 

[So]

Originally posted by: hevnsnt
I voted:
I wouldn't do it, but it is no big deal to me

As long as it is stated....... Otherwise fraud!

This is important...It MUST be known.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Wuffsunie

Originally posted by: NeoPTLD
It happened to me once. the seller didn't make it clear and what I got was a pirated CD-ROM...

Moonraker DVD for me. Said it was a legit region 1, turned out to be a region free knock-off :|

:|

 

[Eli]

I don't buy sh!t like that on eBay, so I don't care.

Edit:

I guess that's not true, I bought the Prelude Factory Service Manual on CD-ROM off eBay, but it's not like I expected it to be a factory-pressed CD.

10 bucks for it. I think I'll start making copies and selling them for 5.

 

[Dutchmaster420]

ebay doesnt take any action if you sell pirated stuff?

 

[Corporate Thug]

where is the "you must be an idiot to sell pirated material on ebay" option

 

[Wuffsunie]

Originally posted by: Dutchmaster420
ebay doesnt take any action if you sell pirated stuff?

Ebay is notorious for being EXTREMELY slow to presecute its sellers. Well, as long as ebay is getting their money. As soon as issues of them not getting their cut come up they're quite fast to act from all that I've gathered. I saw a site listed here a couple months back that chronicled ebay fraud, and there were cases where people were running verified rackets with actual counterfit goods and ebay did nothing about it.

I actually did buy one thing of ebay knowing that it would be a knock-off. It was a burned VCD copy of Night of the Lepus. But that was only like $5 and it's a movie that could not be bought otherwise at the time.

 

[vegetation]

Originally posted by: Wuffsunie

Originally posted by: Dutchmaster420
ebay doesnt take any action if you sell pirated stuff?

Ebay is notorious for being EXTREMELY slow to presecute its sellers. Well, as long as ebay is getting their money. As soon as issues of them not getting their cut come up they're quite fast to act from all that I've gathered. I saw a site listed here a couple months back that chronicled ebay fraud, and there were cases where people were running verified rackets with actual counterfit goods and ebay did nothing about it.

Simply not true. Eb* will jump on the a** of a seller very quickly IF the seller is reported. This is because eb* uses free labor resources by online tattle-tales who have nothing better to do than work free for them; they have like 3 paid employees who actively scan auctions and needless to say that is not enough. That being said, it is a lot more difficult to report someone than in the past since you are forced to use the web based form mail which is a major PITA and discourages all but the most hard core tattle-tales from reporting someone.

 

[AIWGuru]

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
Pirating for free (ie .. sharing with friesds) ... not too bad
Pirating for profit ... serious friggin evil fraud

There is no difference.
The original product isn't any more or less stolen just because you charged.
The original creator isn't out any more or less money.

 

[Bassyhead]

fraud

 

[TwinkleToes77]

Originally posted by: hevnsnt
I voted:
I wouldn't do it, but it is no big deal to me

As long as it is stated....... Otherwise fraud!

 

[Anubis]

selling pirated things like games operating systems DVD's yea i hate that

i do not mind people selling CDs of things like Simpson?s and fam guy episodes and anime and old cartoons that you CANT BUY ANYWHERE, they provide a valuable service

 

[StageLeft]

Stealing for personal use is one thing, but making money off it is something else.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
Stealing for personal use is one thing, but making money off it is something else.

*steals Skoorb's car, since he needs a better one.

 

[FoBoT]

it is even worse than removing the tag from a mattress or pillow

 

[Ime]

Fraud.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
it is even worse than removing the tag from a mattress or pillow

oh man i hate those people! they should be shot to death!