I guess it comes down to whether you agree with man's law or not. we created the laws saying copying this is bad, pot is illegal, etc. so if you choose to do these illegal things you need to man up to it whether you agree with the laws or not. Let me rephrase this for people who grew up in the 80s -- tell me you never copied a movie from HBO onto a VHS tape or copied songs onto cassettes from the radio. It was bootlegging, it just wasn't as pervasive because we now have a bootleggers' paradise known as the Internet. That is why I said all this, not because I don't admit to doing it, but simply because so many of us do it in some way, we just don't realize it. Heck, aren't imports not supposed to be imported? They clearly say on the back not for use outside Japan? And why are game stores allowed to resell used games, when the game companies don't profit from this resale (off topic a bit, but just a couple of the many questions I have about the rules regarding videogames).
As for ebay -- well of course they shouldn't sell boots and while some are obvious, they would have to hire specialists for each field to be able to search the auctions and pull bootleg items (I'm sure is also a lot of bootleg jewelry and antiques). I mean I might have no idea if a MD game is a boot if I never have seen one before...same with GB games. I mean if the auctioner has a small picture that looks legit, it's hard to tell what is real and what is fake. better policing would do it. Or simply doing what we can will help.
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Last edited by ssbomberman; 28 Jun 2005 at 10:06 AM.
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