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How do I know for sure if a DVD is pirated
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorTomGaines
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Yes, they are saying they aren't pirated. But they are. Of course, they will not admit to such a thing.
Either a release is licensed and you will find it on regular retail, or it is not like on that website.
There is no such thing as "international releases". Region 1 releases are either US or Canadian and if you do not find these releases in online stores like amazon.com/ca, the chances are high, that they are bootlegs.


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exactly - there is no such thing - its fancy speak for "bootleg but not admitting to it"
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Quoting jadecomputergal:
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I just got a note back from them saying they are international release DVDs...

Yeah, right ... and they are NTSC and Region 1 by pure coincidence ... 
If you want to have fun with them, ask them where exactly the set you bought was released, I'm really curious.

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DVD Profiler Unlimited Registrantjadecomputergal
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This is really annoying, and I am going to send another note and ask where they bought them. They'll probably say something like they can't divulge the names of their suppliers. I don't even remember how I ran across that site, because I typically buy all my DVDs from a very small number of legitimate online retailers.

I so much appreciate everyone's help. Maybe my credit card company will go after them for the money. I'll post what the vendor response to the note if I get one.

Thanks again!
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They were not to fond of them in this rather short topic:

http://www.stereokiller.com/boards/topic.cfm?topic_id=261967&forum_id=2&Topic_Title=legit%3F&forum_title=General%20Crabbery&M=0&s=1&all=1

However, the testimonials have really got me sold! 
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorwidescreenforever
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Quoting Lopek:
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There is a lot on that site that are not in the genuine R1 packaging, or multi-season packages that are not on the main R1 sites - Amazon, DVDEmpire, etc. It looks very questionable.

The X-Files set looks like it was photographed on a bed... I can't see the official distributer doing that! 

I think it is a pirate set... sorry.


This looks like a job for Scully and Muldar...
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LOL, most of the images on the site seem to be leached from other sites
DVD Profiler Unlimited Registranttipi
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Well, they say on their site:

"All episodes are recorded from TV and digitally converted to DVD. These are not studio-produced products like you would find in a store because they do not yet exist."

http://mydvdsandmore.com/myvintagedvds.html

After that there are a few pages worth of explaining just why this isn't piratism, and why their practise is completedly legal. If someone would take them to the court about that, I wouldn't be betting for them. 
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorLopek
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This is my favourite item on the site!  The iPhone-Like 2GB!!

Not very iPhone-like, which is probably a good thing imo. 
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Andy I think the web page summed it up very nicely. UNBELIEVABLE.

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Ooooh... Shady, shady... 

How can these people stay in business?! It's obvious they sell pirated/home made DVD's... 
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorLopek
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Because people buy them... as proven by this thread! 
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Are they DVD-R's?  Purple on the underside rather than silver or gold?  That'd be a certain tipoff that they're bootlegs.  No major studio (and that includes 20th Century Fox, which owns X-Files) would be releasing a DVD-R.
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They probably host out of some island in international waters.
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Quoting Dr. Killpatient:
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They probably host out of some island in international waters.


Or a submarine  .
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorTracer
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Actually it looks like they are being hosted by Yahoo's Ecommerce.  I would report them to Yahoo.

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In addition to those matters set forth in the Yahoo! Policies, You shall not post, transmit, retransmit, or store material on or through any of the Services which, in the sole judgment of Yahoo! (i) is in violation of any local, state, federal, or foreign law or regulation, (ii) is threatening, obscene, indecent, defamatory, or that otherwise could adversely affect any individual, group, or entity (collectively, "Persons"), or (iii) violates the rights of any person, including rights protected by copyright, trade secret, patent, or other intellectual property or similar laws or regulations including, but not limited to, the installation or distribution of "pirated" or other software products that are not appropriately licensed for Your use. You agree that you will NOT knowingly use the Service, among other things, to:


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The Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual-property infringement can be reached as follows:

By mail:

Dan Dougherty
Copyright Agent 38530
c/o Yahoo! Inc.
701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
By phone: (408) 349-5080
By email: copyright@yahoo-inc.com


They are in clear violation of Yahoo's policies including US copyright law.

Then I would also go here http://www.mpaa.org/ReportPiracy/ReportPiracy.aspx
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