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Not stolen property
This is not stolen property. It is impossible to steal IP unless you physically take a person's last bit of media. (I've had my IP stolen by criminals representing the BSA, but that's another story.)
The correct precedent is the sale of physcial items with unlicensed use of trademarks. For example, what if I went to the store and bought a Mickey the Louse book bag, then Dispairsney sent the store I bought the book bag at a letter saying it was bootlegged. The store broken into my home to take back the book bag. When I caught them in the act, they pointed to a store policy that I had never had the opportunity to know existed that said they could do whatever they wanted.
Clearly, Amazon is on the hook for computer crimes. I just resigned my PayPal and ebay accounts over absurd TOS, now it looks like Amazon is going to be on my black list. It's a shame.
Andy
P.S. Does anyone know a lawyer in California who will take an identity theft case against eBay and PayPal?
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