Sherry
Ormond Beach,#2Consumer Comment
Tue, February 27, 2007
I have known about this company for at least 18 years, my oldest sons father worked on the magazine part of the crew many years ago and I just found out that he recently went back. One of the head guys of one of the crews is John Torque, him and his wife Ms. Diane run all of these crews, My sons father ROBRET MATTHEWS, is now a car handler for one the crews that John Torque, Ms dianes husbands runs. I do feel truly sorry for any and all the people that have been ripped off by these scum bags. If there is any way that I can help I will, be it court, testimony, what ever I can do to help. I really want these people stopped. They are making a lot of money off of really good people that actually work hard everyday for a living instead of ripping them off like these people.
BRUCE
BILLINGS,#3Consumer Comment
Mon, August 14, 2006
We have a program in place for brand owners that allows them to immediately remove items they feel are infringing upon their trademark (the COPS system). And if they choose not to use this program, they can send items they wish removed to us via email. When we receive items sent from brand/trademark owners that they wish removed we always act within the 24 hour timeframe allotted from the DMCA. -iOffer
BRUCE
BILLINGS,#4Consumer Comment
Mon, August 14, 2006
We have a program in place for brand owners that allows them to immediately remove items they feel are infringing upon their trademark (the COPS system). And if they choose not to use this program, they can send items they wish removed to us via email. When we receive items sent from brand/trademark owners that they wish removed we always act within the 24 hour timeframe allotted from the DMCA. -iOffer
BRUCE
BILLINGS,#5Consumer Comment
Sun, August 13, 2006
THANK YOU TO MPAA - MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, WE HAVE BEEN A OUT OF PRINT DEALER OF VHS DVDS & VIDEO GAMES, IOFFER.COM IS A SCAM, THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA IS BUILDING A CASE AGAIST THEM, WE HAVE HAD OUR ACCOUNT WITH IOFFER CLOSED FOR STATING THAT WE WOULD REPORT ANY BOOTLEGGING OFFERS TO THE MPAA, WHICH WE HAVE BEEN DOING FOR YEARS... MPAA THANK YOU FOR GOING AFTER BMONKEYBONES FOR BOOTLEGGING, DIANE ASLO USES A NAME JOE GRADY IN WOODLAND HILLS CALIFORNIA, WHICH WE SENT THE PROOF + CONTACT INFO FOR JOE GRADY MPAA SHUT HIM DOWN NOW HE IS BACK ON IOFFER.COM ANYONE BOUGHT A BOOTLEGGED VIDEO CALL MPAA 1-800-NO-COPYS OR EMAIL A REPORT TO THEM AT HOTLINE AT MPAA.ORG THANK YOU FROM: YOUR CLASSIC VIDEO BILLINGS, MT. 59101 4065890612 PAGER IOFFER I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS I DO HOPE ALL THE STUDIOS & MPAA SHUT YOUR SITE DOWN TO MAKE THE POINT CROOKS
Nick
Hollywood,#6Consumer Suggestion
Sun, February 12, 2006
This has GOT to be the MOST HILARIOUS thread I've ever read on ripoffreport.com Oh man, THANKS for the LAUGHS! First of all, anyone from the "Mpaa" would actually use capitalization in the ACRONYM of the Motion Picture Assn' of America. Second, an "investigation"? The MPAA doesn't DO an investigation. They hire lawyers to subcontract after finding pirates for legal prosecution. Third, Why would undercover police officers "give chances"? If she was busted, you'd have made an arrest. What, are you the "loving, and kind" police officer who gives law breakers second chances and opportunities to repent? No, you're the original poster trying to scare someone by acting (and VERY badly) like someone else. Oh man, this is just too rich. BUHAHAHAHAHA! Hey Diane Ward! Get this MORON for impersonation of a police officer! And not the police department who "gives chances" either! I saw no difference in the writing styles of "Mpaa" and the original post.
Mpaa
Beverly Hills,#7Consumer Comment
Tue, November 01, 2005
YES I do know what she is selling because I bought from her to further my case. I have warned her 3 times and Ioffer.com but ioffer will not do anything about her...
Dean
Hillside,#8Consumer Suggestion
Mon, October 31, 2005
I have no idea if the person reported is, in fact, bootlegging copyrighted material. That said, the credibility of "MPAA" is virtually non-existent, based on this post. FYI: Police working "under cover" do NOT announce it on rip-off reports (or any other website). Police do not request other police to arrest someone on internet sites. If, as you claim, you were an official police representative with probable cause for an arrest, you would be calling the police in the subject's jurisdiction - not hoping that someone there would read your ripoff report. For the most part, local police are not involved in copyright infringement investigations. If they are, they would certainly be working in a joint task force with a federal agency. Can you tell us what federal agency you are working with? I don't doubt that you are trying to shut down someone who you believe is infringing on copyrighted material. However, the way to do that is not to tell lies about your own position and role. You are not a police officer and, actually, impersonation of a police officer is a felony in itself - in most jurisdictions.
Mpaa
Beverly Hills,#9Consumer Comment
Mon, October 31, 2005
I have been watching dhward2 on Ioffer.com and I had warned her about selling, which she had stopped for a period of time, however has started back up. Her name is dhward2 on www.ioffer.com I have given her a chance and now she has gone back to it after our warnings so I am forced to file with the fbi and interpol.
Mpaa
Beverly Hills,#10Consumer Comment
Mon, October 31, 2005
I have been watching dhward2 on Ioffer.com and I had warned her about selling, which she had stopped for a period of time, however has started back up. Her name is dhward2 on www.ioffer.com I have given her a chance and now she has gone back to it after our warnings so I am forced to file with the fbi and interpol.
Mpaa
Beverly Hills,#11Consumer Comment
Mon, October 31, 2005
I have been watching dhward2 on Ioffer.com and I had warned her about selling, which she had stopped for a period of time, however has started back up. Her name is dhward2 on www.ioffer.com I have given her a chance and now she has gone back to it after our warnings so I am forced to file with the fbi and interpol.
Mpaa
Beverly Hills,#12Consumer Comment
Mon, October 31, 2005
I have been watching dhward2 on Ioffer.com and I had warned her about selling, which she had stopped for a period of time, however has started back up. Her name is dhward2 on www.ioffer.com I have given her a chance and now she has gone back to it after our warnings so I am forced to file with the fbi and interpol.
Deborah
Grand Junction,#13Consumer Comment
Fri, September 02, 2005
As a victim of intellectual property piracy (both as a developer and end user) I have many questions about this whole mess. However, I will stick to the point instead. The distribution of unlicensed and unauthorized (aka pirated, bootlegged, etc.) intellectual property is a serious federal offense, investigated and prosecuted by the US FBI and Interpol. Lengthy prison terms and astronomical fines are the usual consequence. Unfortunatly, it is so rampant that only the most aggregious cases are being handled right now. It is both illegal to sell and to knowingly purchase these items. I know this, Ms. Ward, because I am not only someone put out of business by intellectual property bootleggers and pirates, I am also a former lieutenant with Pinkerton Security (now known as Securitas). We investigated counterfeiting, bootlegging, pirating, what have you, of intellectual property. Having reviewed www.ioffer.com, including the unusually large number of complaints (recent) regarding poor video and audio quality, audience members crossing in front of the camera used in the theater, no labels or professional markings on the items, etc. (not to mention outright charges of counterfeiting), I have no doubt as to what you are up to. As for Ms. Faber, what can I say? If you are law enforcement assigned to catch these people, then you know this is not the proper forum for stating such. I thank you for warning us about this rather obvious suspect, but you may have just blown your ongoing investigation AND increased the suspect's sales volume. If you are not a sworn peace officer, it is a felony for you to claim to be in any way, something I learned when I got my first Guard Card in California. Users of online auction or barter sites should carefully review any feedback on sellers and buyers. Pay particular attention to any negative feedback on intellectual property (movies, DVD's, CD's, software, etc.) that makes a claim of poor quality, packaging, shaky picture, time codes, or other obvious signs that the product is counterfeit. An audience member walking through a boring seen is about as obvious as it gets. eBay has been highly cooperative with myself and others who are trying to stop these people (most of us are far more covert about it than Ms. Faber), but the other auction sites have been less than cooperative, even with law enforcement. The best way to stop the sale of counterfeit items is to report it immediately to the auction site and law enforcement (particularly the FBI and Interpol). If you see multiple complaints on a seller of this nature, simply not buying from them will solve much of the problem. Like drug dealers, they wouldn't be selling if no one was buying.
Deborah
Grand Junction,#14Consumer Comment
Fri, September 02, 2005
As a victim of intellectual property piracy (both as a developer and end user) I have many questions about this whole mess. However, I will stick to the point instead. The distribution of unlicensed and unauthorized (aka pirated, bootlegged, etc.) intellectual property is a serious federal offense, investigated and prosecuted by the US FBI and Interpol. Lengthy prison terms and astronomical fines are the usual consequence. Unfortunatly, it is so rampant that only the most aggregious cases are being handled right now. It is both illegal to sell and to knowingly purchase these items. I know this, Ms. Ward, because I am not only someone put out of business by intellectual property bootleggers and pirates, I am also a former lieutenant with Pinkerton Security (now known as Securitas). We investigated counterfeiting, bootlegging, pirating, what have you, of intellectual property. Having reviewed www.ioffer.com, including the unusually large number of complaints (recent) regarding poor video and audio quality, audience members crossing in front of the camera used in the theater, no labels or professional markings on the items, etc. (not to mention outright charges of counterfeiting), I have no doubt as to what you are up to. As for Ms. Faber, what can I say? If you are law enforcement assigned to catch these people, then you know this is not the proper forum for stating such. I thank you for warning us about this rather obvious suspect, but you may have just blown your ongoing investigation AND increased the suspect's sales volume. If you are not a sworn peace officer, it is a felony for you to claim to be in any way, something I learned when I got my first Guard Card in California. Users of online auction or barter sites should carefully review any feedback on sellers and buyers. Pay particular attention to any negative feedback on intellectual property (movies, DVD's, CD's, software, etc.) that makes a claim of poor quality, packaging, shaky picture, time codes, or other obvious signs that the product is counterfeit. An audience member walking through a boring seen is about as obvious as it gets. eBay has been highly cooperative with myself and others who are trying to stop these people (most of us are far more covert about it than Ms. Faber), but the other auction sites have been less than cooperative, even with law enforcement. The best way to stop the sale of counterfeit items is to report it immediately to the auction site and law enforcement (particularly the FBI and Interpol). If you see multiple complaints on a seller of this nature, simply not buying from them will solve much of the problem. Like drug dealers, they wouldn't be selling if no one was buying.
Deborah
Grand Junction,#15Consumer Comment
Fri, September 02, 2005
As a victim of intellectual property piracy (both as a developer and end user) I have many questions about this whole mess. However, I will stick to the point instead. The distribution of unlicensed and unauthorized (aka pirated, bootlegged, etc.) intellectual property is a serious federal offense, investigated and prosecuted by the US FBI and Interpol. Lengthy prison terms and astronomical fines are the usual consequence. Unfortunatly, it is so rampant that only the most aggregious cases are being handled right now. It is both illegal to sell and to knowingly purchase these items. I know this, Ms. Ward, because I am not only someone put out of business by intellectual property bootleggers and pirates, I am also a former lieutenant with Pinkerton Security (now known as Securitas). We investigated counterfeiting, bootlegging, pirating, what have you, of intellectual property. Having reviewed www.ioffer.com, including the unusually large number of complaints (recent) regarding poor video and audio quality, audience members crossing in front of the camera used in the theater, no labels or professional markings on the items, etc. (not to mention outright charges of counterfeiting), I have no doubt as to what you are up to. As for Ms. Faber, what can I say? If you are law enforcement assigned to catch these people, then you know this is not the proper forum for stating such. I thank you for warning us about this rather obvious suspect, but you may have just blown your ongoing investigation AND increased the suspect's sales volume. If you are not a sworn peace officer, it is a felony for you to claim to be in any way, something I learned when I got my first Guard Card in California. Users of online auction or barter sites should carefully review any feedback on sellers and buyers. Pay particular attention to any negative feedback on intellectual property (movies, DVD's, CD's, software, etc.) that makes a claim of poor quality, packaging, shaky picture, time codes, or other obvious signs that the product is counterfeit. An audience member walking through a boring seen is about as obvious as it gets. eBay has been highly cooperative with myself and others who are trying to stop these people (most of us are far more covert about it than Ms. Faber), but the other auction sites have been less than cooperative, even with law enforcement. The best way to stop the sale of counterfeit items is to report it immediately to the auction site and law enforcement (particularly the FBI and Interpol). If you see multiple complaints on a seller of this nature, simply not buying from them will solve much of the problem. Like drug dealers, they wouldn't be selling if no one was buying.
Deborah
Grand Junction,#16Consumer Comment
Fri, September 02, 2005
As a victim of intellectual property piracy (both as a developer and end user) I have many questions about this whole mess. However, I will stick to the point instead. The distribution of unlicensed and unauthorized (aka pirated, bootlegged, etc.) intellectual property is a serious federal offense, investigated and prosecuted by the US FBI and Interpol. Lengthy prison terms and astronomical fines are the usual consequence. Unfortunatly, it is so rampant that only the most aggregious cases are being handled right now. It is both illegal to sell and to knowingly purchase these items. I know this, Ms. Ward, because I am not only someone put out of business by intellectual property bootleggers and pirates, I am also a former lieutenant with Pinkerton Security (now known as Securitas). We investigated counterfeiting, bootlegging, pirating, what have you, of intellectual property. Having reviewed www.ioffer.com, including the unusually large number of complaints (recent) regarding poor video and audio quality, audience members crossing in front of the camera used in the theater, no labels or professional markings on the items, etc. (not to mention outright charges of counterfeiting), I have no doubt as to what you are up to. As for Ms. Faber, what can I say? If you are law enforcement assigned to catch these people, then you know this is not the proper forum for stating such. I thank you for warning us about this rather obvious suspect, but you may have just blown your ongoing investigation AND increased the suspect's sales volume. If you are not a sworn peace officer, it is a felony for you to claim to be in any way, something I learned when I got my first Guard Card in California. Users of online auction or barter sites should carefully review any feedback on sellers and buyers. Pay particular attention to any negative feedback on intellectual property (movies, DVD's, CD's, software, etc.) that makes a claim of poor quality, packaging, shaky picture, time codes, or other obvious signs that the product is counterfeit. An audience member walking through a boring seen is about as obvious as it gets. eBay has been highly cooperative with myself and others who are trying to stop these people (most of us are far more covert about it than Ms. Faber), but the other auction sites have been less than cooperative, even with law enforcement. The best way to stop the sale of counterfeit items is to report it immediately to the auction site and law enforcement (particularly the FBI and Interpol). If you see multiple complaints on a seller of this nature, simply not buying from them will solve much of the problem. Like drug dealers, they wouldn't be selling if no one was buying.
Mpaa
Beverly Hills,#17Author of original report
Thu, September 01, 2005
I am a police officer assigned to piracy through the MPAA, Paramont Pictures, Disney, Universal, Dreamworks and so on. I shut people down whom are selling priacy movies and cds. You are committing a felony by selling the movies that you did on ioffer.com The police department in your area has been notified and we have filed a complaint along with the evidence. So you should be hearing from them shortly. Sincerely, Ms. Faber
Diane
Beltsville,#18REBUTTAL Individual responds
Tue, August 30, 2005
I do not choose to dignify this report with a response other than to state the person filing this report is merely a disruntled buyer. And you can't please everybody all the time. However, my feedback profile speaks for itself. I didn't get over 2,000 positive feedback ratings ripping people off. END OF STORY. - dhward2