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Shouldn't we be talking about this? Troubling

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ivegotneatstuff

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Whats troubling is - the seller (who very well may be a board member) - just described it in such a way that they can just sort of get away with it...

 

"Bought this on a recent road trip. Not a Marvel print or reprint. Printer unknown. As Is

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I mean - he was honest which is great... but what about the next guy. And this sets a precedent for people to go - huh - why don't I just run off 100 copies of this and make $6,000 ? or 1,000 copies?

 

This should be illegal in my opinion... and that copy should have been destroyed -

 

 

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My gut says it's an unauthorized counterfeit copy and is probably prohibited on ebay somewhere in the rules.

 

If Marvel was called "Paramount" and the comic was called "Star Trek copyright violation," every similar fake marvel comic would be hunted down and terminated w/extreme prejudice. But Marvel's too busy making money to worry about small time carp like this.

 

Agreed it's for collectors to police, and I'm kicking myself for not starting a thread months ago, probably over summer, when I noticed several similar marvel bronze keys counterfeit copies being sold (all identified somewhere in the description as a copy or replica).

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My gut says it's an unauthorized counterfeit copy and is probably prohibited on ebay somewhere in the rules.

 

If Marvel was called "Paramount" and the comic was called "Star Trek copyright violation," every similar fake marvel comic would be hunted down and terminated w/extreme prejudice. But Marvel's too busy making money to worry about small time carp like this.

 

Agreed it's for collectors to police, and I'm kicking myself for not starting a thread months ago, probably over summer, when I noticed several similar marvel bronze keys counterfeit copies being sold (all identified somewhere in the description as a copy or replica).

 

You are kidding, right? Do you know who owns Marvel?

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MR SigS

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My gut says it's an unauthorized counterfeit copy and is probably prohibited on ebay somewhere in the rules.

 

If Marvel was called "Paramount" and the comic was called "Star Trek copyright violation," every similar fake marvel comic would be hunted down and terminated w/extreme prejudice. But Marvel's too busy making money to worry about small time carp like this.

 

Agreed it's for collectors to police, and I'm kicking myself for not starting a thread months ago, probably over summer, when I noticed several similar marvel bronze keys counterfeit copies being sold (all identified somewhere in the description as a copy or replica).

 

You are kidding, right? Do you know who owns Marvel?

 

Exactly. I remember decades ago Disney threatening to sue a day care center for having their character's likenesses on their walls.

 

Seems more like free advertisement to me :shrug:

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