outland88 - 7:25 pm on May 27, 2004 (gmt 0)

>The work is a word-for-word copy. The ebay seller did not even attempt to paraphrase. Same paragraphs, same headings, same everything.

You're lucky on that. Except for CD's and copies of movies most of the time you don't get exact duplicates. With books or text you tend to get substantial similarities. Most thieves will alter a few areas, rearrange the order, and think they haven’t violated a copyright. The experienced one’s don’t plan to show up for court anyway. They want you to expense your time and money and quite a few attorneys are the same way. Just because a man or woman hangs an attorney shingle on his door doesn’t mean they aren’t sharks also. Before you contact anybody always make sure you have multiple copies of everything. Don’t be slighted by one offense, multiple offenses are icing on the cake. It always good to show you bent over backwards before slapping someone with a lawsuit.