Upper deck have been found Guilty on all counts of producing counterfeit Yu Gi Oh cards to sell on the secondary market, they have also LOST on all counts thier counter suit against Konami which included breach of contract and slander. So all those times that Konami said Upper Deck produced FAKE cards well they were telling the truth. The California court ruled just days ago and the damages will be assessed and adjudicated on the 26th of Jan 2010, for now however it is safe to say that Upper Deck have behaved in a wholly unethical, and criminal manner and to the detriment of the collecting public. It could mean the end for Upper Deck depending on the level of damages. The question is would that be a bad thing for the hobby?
The implications are clear Upper Deck lied and cheated people out of money, they undermined the secondary market to benefit themselves and some specific other chosen companies. This sort of behaviour has a way of coming back and biting you. Perhaps this is the type of behaviour that has cost them so many of there lucrative sports licenses? I think we will all wait and see what the cost for this will be with some interest. I cant think of to many people who would be sorry to see Richard McWilliams leaving the card business however. Not when his company behaves in such detrimental and criminal ways.
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Their is a possessive pronoun.
On a post it note stuck to my computer… I will now write I am not really illiterate 100 times…