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Originally Posted by 7nohitter
So is this rube being charged and prosecuted?
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I was talking to a friend of mine about this and, as unpopular as what I'm about to say might be, I'm not sure Larry did anything illegal. Unethical? Sure, absolutely, no question! But illegal? I'm not so sure.
The first thing you have to understand is that these are not Topps buybacks. Look at the Topps box packaging. Nowhere do they use the word
buyback. This is a term that collectors dubbed them as. They couldn't be buy
backs because they were never a Topps product to begin with.
Larry (or you or I or anyone for that matter) have as much right to repackage a T206 as Topps does. Look at the Topps cards. Nowhere does it have their copyright/trademark. They can’t because it’s not their product. Now, they can with their own T206 bat cards, jersey cards, autographs, etc., but they cannot do it with the actual T206 cards because they do not belong to Topps.
At least that’s my understanding. I can post more on this later.
Again, I’m not arguing whether or not it’s ethical. It’s not! But I do question whether or not it’s illegal.