Originally Posted by Radioman970 [url=/forum/thread/289125/is-a-show-public-domain/30#post_3573495]
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Right. Which is what the OP's original question was all about. He wasn't worried about buying an honest release and getting a bootleg, he wanted to know if a show actually had a legitimate release in the first place.
And that's because you are buying programs or movies that you know are out legitimately on DVD. Most of the bootlegs that turn up on Amazon are not bootlegs of things that are legally available in R1 - they are for shows that do not yet (and may never get) a release in the US. It goes back to...
You're still wrong on this one Mark. We all know what Amazon Marketplace is, and that isn't it. I buy stuff from Marketplace on a regular basis, and I buy stuff directly from Amazon even more frequently. I know the difference. Amazon has been known to sell products (DIRECTLY THROUGH AMAZON)...
No bootlegger lists their products as bootlegs. It happens frequently on Amazon. They don't have a legal department that checks over every title submitted to them to ensure no bootlegs slip through. When I was working on the classic He-Man sets we dealt with it all the time. Amazon having...
Amazon is notorious for having bootlegs on their site. But they do a pretty good job of removing them (or at least leaving them up, but saying discontinued) when they are informed about it. Your best best is to look first who is putting it out. If its a major studio, you know you are safe. If...