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ConfusedTorchic posted...

the law doesn't stop them from asking for it back, just that they can't demand you pay for it afterwards

you do not have to give it back to them even if they ask.

The problem is - and the point that you keep conveniently and repeatedly ignoring - is that they didn't just ask politely and he decided to return their product because it was the right thing to do. They used outright fraud and implied threats of violence to coerce behavior out of him. Which, you know, is kind of illegal.

In other words, the agents hired by WotC actually committed multiple crimes, while the YouTuber was completely within his rights to do everything he did. That's why people are reacting to the excessive reaction with outrage and calls for boycott and firings. WotC wasn't in the right - they were 100% in the wrong.

The YouTuber actually has a strong case to press charges (and he could potentially win millions). He almost certainly won't pursue it though, because he's likely not going to be able to retain better lawyers than Hasbro can hire, he's probably not in a position in life where he can engage in lengthy legal battles that span years and punitively bankrupt people just to uphold a moral and ethical principle, and it's probably not a good idea to stand up to the sort of people who send armed thugs to your house when you've got a pregnant wife.


But it's not a day ending in Y unless helly is devoting all of his energy towards being definitively and aggressively wrong about something, so it's no surprise how strongly you're trying to defend the company using Mafia tactics to punish someone who leaked scanned card images a few weeks early.