so i frequent blackhatworld all the time as a watcher/leecher and have never posted anything so I will count this post as my contribution to the community....I read this thread and thought i would share my experience with Rosetta Stone's Enforcement team........so i had a pretty decent thing going on clist dropshipping adobe, windows and beach body products....I decided to try and expand a little by dropshipping some Rosetta Stone Spanish bootlegs from this company i found on alibaba. Long story short...i posted maybe 3 listing on craigslist before i received a cease and desist letter from Rosetta Stone's enforcement department with my name, phone# address, and the first five digits of my social security number on it. The letter gave me five business days to contact them before they took other action....so i contacted them and i ended having to pay them damages for my actions....i didn't even get the chance to sell a single copy but apparently it is against the law to even attempt to sell a counterfeit item...so this is where it gets really messed up....i about told the guy to f off but before i could he said...."so we have also noticed that you have been moving a lot of other counterfeit products....now we aren't those other companies and we obviously can't speak for them but we think it would be in your best interest to discontinue selling counterfeit versions of their products before they stumble across your activity as well........" Now, I know most of the blackhatworld community understands this comment, but for you newbs that can't read between the lines....he was basically saying.... you are going to settle with us for attempting to squeeze one of our dimes or we are going to narc you out to the other companies that would have a real interest in destroying your life....... so yeah i punked out and settled with them but i did manage to negotiate a privacy clause with them in my agreement so atleast i wasn't as bad off as the other 100 or so poor peeps that Rosetta Stone included their names in their most recent press release.....that they plastered off all over the internet and newspapers.
Word of advise....avoid the stone and work dropship products from a company that won't go after your first born.