American Ninja Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Homeland Security Agents Visit Toy Store what in the world do they care about a toy store for lol? :blink: :laugh: Don't you feel safe now that Homeland Security is making sure that Pufferbelly Toys is not selling the Magic Cube lol :laugh: :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3thal Veteran Posted November 1, 2004 Veteran Share Posted November 1, 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dashel Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 It is nice to again see Homeland security tracking down copywrite/IP infringement. Wonder if they used the PA to get her financial records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
American Ninja Posted November 1, 2004 Author Share Posted November 1, 2004 584845361[/snapback] LOL that is a funny picture! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Island Dog Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Virginia Kice, a spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said agents went to Pufferbelly based on a trademark infringement complaint filed in the agency's intellectual property rights center in Washington, D.C. Oh no, they were investigating a complaint. The conspiracy is upon us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pencilmonkey Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Oh no, they were investigating a complaint. The conspiracy is upon us. 584845498[/snapback] So now it's the job of homeland security to enforce expired copyrights? Yup, according to the article, had they simply called the parent company they would have found that the copyright is now open to third party manufacturers and saved themselves a visit. Stellar use of tax money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Island Dog Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 So now it's the job of homeland security to enforce expired copyrights?Yup, according to the article, had they simply called the parent company they would have found that the copyright is now open to third party manufacturers and saved themselves a visit. I believe customs merged with the homeland security department, so technically the homeland security department investigates things "other' than homeland security. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pencilmonkey Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 "One of the things that our agency's responsible for doing is protecting the integrity of the economy and our nation's financial systems and obviously trademark infringement does have significant economic implications," she said. Quite a stretch.... Even so, that doesn't address the fact that it was at the same time incompetent and a waste of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefChickenWing Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 Or the fact that there is no way to tie this to any type of terrorsit threat, so once again, Homeland Security is being used to enforce domestic policy, something which it was never intended for, specifically BECAUSE of the routes it takes around any civil liberties/basic protection from unlawful prosecution and illegal search and seisure....oops, that one no longer exists, realy.... for citizens. But of course, if your not doing anything wrong, why would anyone care if they get hassled over this crap? You know, only BAD people are going to get hassled over this, so what the hell, it MUST be a good thing, eh? Our govenment could NEVER make any mistakes like that, with the kind of access it can get to people, they would NEVER use this in a way that is unconstitutional, or infringed on our basic right to privacy....nooooo....not OUR government :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dashel Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 Deepisland makes a good point and I retract my previous comment. Customs will fall under the umbrella of Homeland Security. It appears that the Toysmith Group is primarily an importer so the Magic Cube itself is probably produced overseas and they wanted to sell it here. I have seen no evidence this is purely a copywrite issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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