going to be donated to the Boys and Girls Club that I volunteer at. We had built a media center in the Club and we even built an area just for Pool related Books, DVDs and VHS tapes.
Anyway, when I got the DVDs' and then opened the DVD box and played one of the DVDs it was at that time that it was apparent to me that these DVDs contained copies of Matches and other Pool related Matches that were copyrighted and had been Copied and were not Public Domain type matches.
So, it was after this, and when I was informed by my friend that is a lawyer and another friend who is the Postmaster General, that I was made aware of the penalties that I could be charged with by shipping these Pirated/ Bootlegged DVDs.
Trust me, now I wont ever deal with any DVDs that arent in the original Boxes.
But, now I am working with another AZBilliards member who is aware of the situation who is willing to act as an escrow service and I am paying him plus double shipping to be a middle man, he will inventory and video-tape the contents of the Box and then he will forward the Contents of the DVDS in the box to, 'Pumpkinhead' and he is using United Parcel Service which is privately owned so I will not be violating or anyone will not be violating any federal mailing laws.And, from there I hope this will end this craziness, FOREVER!!!
Thanks for your input,
I hope this closes this issue and I never have to deal with something like this again. I have spent many hours and after all is said and done will have to spend a decent amount of money to close out this situation.
So, all I can say, is If I was trying to defraud or steal this persons DVDs why would I go to all this trouble to get them back to him and incur all these expenses. Its a rhetorical statement, but all I can say, is when, "Pumkinhead" gets the DVDs back, he wont be able to claim that he didnt get them, or that they arent the DVDs or that they were sold to someone else.!!!!
Take Care
Mike 'acedonkeyace' Kennedy
Just to let you know, I work at UPS and we are not a privately owned company. Our stock is traded on the Dow Jones which makes us a "Publically Owned Company" Which means we have to follow all laws as does the Postal Service. Also just a little tidbit, you can own a "copy of a movie as long as you own the original aswell. It would be really hard for any company to prove that you dont own the original. I am not saying to go out and sell copies of movies. I am just saying if while I was working and a box broke open and copied dvds fell out, I am going to put them back and and retape the box. Nuff Said.
Gary