D-340 wrote:starfish wrote:It was inevitable really, technologies are progressing at such a rate that these things are getting harder and harder to tell apart from the real deal.
But how did these KO people get enough capital together to be able to afford to build hundreds of fake Metroplexes? That's right, from the profits they have gained from selling other KOs.
Some posters have stated that they don't mind KO's so much, as long as it's easy to determine if they are real or fake.
I'm sorry, but that's out of line.
ALL KO's are highly illegal and immoral, however they're packaged. And if anyone on here has ever bought a KO, willingly or otherwise, then they are only serving to line the pockets of the criminals who make these things.
So some people on here would be willing to buy a KO Fort Max?
Shame on you, because that's the kind of attitude that helped to create this mess in the first place.
Whoa slow done there, son. Who are you to say that about other collectors? Would I buy a KO Fort Max, hell yeah I would, but I also have already plunked down a few hundred to get the original. As I have with all the other KOs I got, I already spent money on the originals. So don't you run around passing judgment on myself or any other collector who happens to like picking up a KO here and there. That said, however the KOs I purchased were obviously KOs, this type of situation I disagree with.
You miss the point. It doesn't matter if you own the originals or not. The point is that KOs are illegal, whether they are sold as the real thing or not. It's a breach of copyright, and is no different morally to illegal downloading or any other form of copyright theft.
And, as I have said before, by knowingly, willingly, buying any sort of KO, you are only serving to encourage and legitimise the actions of these criminals, which has indirectly led to this very scenario.
Apologies for being so blunt, and I'm sorry if I've offended anyone, but there it is.