Legal


Message to the copyright owners of any show in the bootleg section: Don't want your title offered for sale, email me, we can work something out; there is no law in any country that i know of that trading / credit is illegal & below the second horizontal line on the home page absolutely no bootlegs.

United States laws other countries will vary on their laws. Foreign customers if a bootleg(s) i have has been released in your country but not mine, please do not order it because the law in your country may get involved with the holder of the bootleg(s) not me (i cannot keep up with all foreign releases, not responbile if this happens). Few countries could care less on bootlegs even if it has been released like Turkey.


Custom Bootleg Video Shelve


Custom bootlegs, the individual(s) who records them on tapes or disc format, makes record of what's there, etc. making it themselves

Anyone can record anything they want to, under fair use; Home Recording Act P1 102-563, 106 Stat 4237 codified at 17 USC 1001-1010 in October 1992

Interview with Chicago FBI agent on October 31, 1994 "mom and pop stores aren't a concern, not illegal unless mass produced" [mom and pop aka independent store this store is independently owned]; above statements are not actual quotes but is the same thing that was said in the interview; on June 1, 2005 i made the call to ask the same thing (Nashville) clearly said nothing is wrong unless mass produce

January 17, 1984 Sony/Betamax decision "sale of home videotape recorded held not to constitute contributory infringement of television program copyrights"

Fisher Price / Well Made Toy MFG Corp 25 F.3D 119 (2D Cir 1994) "person who independently creates a work is not liable even if later work is identical to the copyright work"

Public domain do not have protection and do not need owner's permission: 1909 - 1922 28 years, if renewed another 28 years; 1923 - 1963 28 years, if renewed additional 67 years; 1964 - 1978 95 years; 1978 or after life of author or if joint life of longest author + 75 years (annoymous author 95 years from release or 120 years from created whichever is less); created before 1978 but not release until 2003 or later life of author + 70 years (minium expire 2048); any show will go in the public domain if the owner could care less about it even if not expired

No law exists for trading / credit whereas no money exchanged is involved

Foreign released movies are not protected under US Copyright unless it has been released in the US meaning you can make as many copies as you want to a foreign released movie but if that particular movie has been released in the US it's illegal. Examples: The Dragon Lives Again (1980) foreign release never US released legal to copy; Premutos Der gefallene Engel (1997) foreign & US released illegal

Many more places online and in real life sell such items, most common are conventions, online auctions, vendors, junk stores, & flea markets.

I don't sell, trade or give credit towards shows that have been copied from the official release unless public domain.


Comics and other items


Absolutely no copies. All originals officially released, prototype, and others made by companies or custom made. Custom made artwork maynot exist, no artwork most commonly used in adult & amateur made.


Other


Secret Defender has gotten permission from the host @ sifen7 to be able to list everything in the Treasure Chest so if you find items you find offensive or don't like the Treasure Chest then please leave in silence so others can enjoy the Treasure Chest {freedom of choice}.

Anyone can make any kind of website they want, only 2 rules to that: 1. host must allow the website, 2. must be legal

I don't own any of the contents copyrights but i can put a copyright on the format of this website & the name Secret Defender it's original, i came up with it first thus by law if original work i can copyright it; i don't own the plural Secret Defenders name, Marvel Comics owns it.


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