I found a website -- sell.com -- that sells TV series DVDs. I e-mailed one seller and asked if these were original dvds or burned/downloaded. He e-mailed me that the dvds were not commercially available, which didn't answer the question. I then googled using the site name and found a Q & A website about people who bought DVDs from the site and they all claimed it was legal? Can anyone explain this?
2007-05-28 03:36:47 · 4 answers · asked by holacarinados 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
If they are not commercially available, it's not legal. They are of two catagories:
1.) downloaded and burned, aka bootleg copies. This is copyright infringement.
2.) not for sale copies, such as those provided to a television station, executives, producers, directors, etc. Sales of these would be against the terms of agreement with the copyright holders. This would be more of a civil matter, but its still shady.
Personally, not only would I avoid them, I'd turn them in to the companies of the product they are selling (if they're selling Simpson's videos for example, I'd turn them into Fox).
2007-05-28 03:47:07 · answer #1 · answered by webpager 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Along with the legal and ethical questions, how about this one? What are you willing to pay for something that will probably be of poor quality because it is a bootleg version? I know a place locally where I can get all sorts of movies for $1.00, but they are of such poor quality I would not take them if they were free and legal. Since the site supervisor did not answer your question, you can bet it is illegal and a scam also.
2007-05-28 04:56:54 · answer #2 · answered by don't plagiarize 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The business looks illegal. The games look like they are a creation of this website or a third party. The games look like any other NDS cartridge, but they're actually loaded with dozens of games. And they're big-name games (ones that are usually sold separately for 15 to 20 pounds each). This reminds me of a story I heard a few years ago. A website was selling modified Xboxes with dozens of games that they pre-loaded onto the hard drive for customers. The man behind it all was arrested, but it didn't seem like there was any backlash against the customers. Suffice to say, if any of the customers had sent him money in the days leading up to the arrest, they probably ended up with no Xbox, and lost their money.
2016-04-01 00:49:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol - don't make trouble. If they are illegal (i.e. - violating copyright) the website will be shut down and the entire series of (fill in the blank with your favorite show) will go back to being the raping & pillaging price that Hollywood wants you to pay!!!
2007-05-28 03:42:10 · answer #4 · answered by Evan R 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋