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Note: While it’s true that many things are based on actual events, the characters contained within this strip are not meant to be direct analogs for actual people. They are not based off of people living, dead, or undead and any resemblance is coincidental. Nor are they based off of Ferrets.
Because that would be weird.
Admit I’m a bit curious, how exactly DO you prove something is bootleg? Some are pretty obvious, but -proof-? Thankfully, has never been my department to have to deal with such things.
In general, at least for DVDs/CDs, the bootlegger wants to “brag.” Their product has to, in some way, be different and/or better than the official product. Series comes in 2 sets? Bootleg comes in 1. Artwork is also often different, at least for DVDs. And the dead giveaway is usually the copyright info. I’ve never personally seen a bootleg a) with the proper copyright info, and b) without the info for the bootleg company.