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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2569558, member: 1892&quot;]This is, quite frankly, what bothers me most about the intensity of those who disagree with the character of Dan&#039;s work. In the absence of definitive legal opinion from the people who count - those responsible for enforcing the law - all we can have regarding Dan&#039;s stuff is <i>opinion</i>. And differing opinion <b>must</b> be allowed by the standards of civilized human interaction, which stays my hand (well, somewhat <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ) when I interact with those I disagree with on the subject.</p><p><br /></p><p>But it all amounts to a tempest in a teapot, when Ebay is the skyscraper next door burning on twenty floors. Even worse, the law is <i>written and in place</i> - the 2014 revisions to HPA specifically call out venues which facilitate the transfer of counterfeits:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If providing a huge worldwide venue for such sales, absent an efficient and responsive system for removing them when duly reported, isn&#039;t &quot;substantial assistance or support,&quot; I don&#039;t know what is.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yet, with people being fleeced every day on Ebay, some of the sharpest and most activist minds in numismatics (frankly, yourself included) are wasting their efforts campaigning against Dan Carr&#039;s work, from which nobody has evidence of it <b>ever</b> being used to deceive a buyer. Does the possibility of a deceptive sale of a Carr creation exist? <b>Of course it does</b>. But when the initial buy-in is what Dan charges, his stuff doesn&#039;t lend itself to the &quot;get rich quick&quot; mentality of the counterfeiter. It&#039;s <i>simply not possible</i> for any large scale abuse of Dan Carr&#039;s work to occur.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve no idea if we can bend Ebay to our will and force them to implement an efficient anti-counterfeiting system. How would I? I&#039;m a voice in the freaking wilderness on the topic. Heaven knows I&#039;ve tried; I&#039;ve spammed FTC and the individual Congressional members of the Commission.</p><p><br /></p><p>While at the same time, people whose voices carry weight of eloquence and experience are concentrating on Dan Carr. It&#039;s frustrating.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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