I'm certain that what fireye means by Anime Link 
cataloging cels to sniff out stolen cels is 
basically this:

If Anime Link recognizes a cel online that was 
NEVER released (sold) by them to another party, 
then that is cause for them to be suspicious and 
to investigate.

HOWEVER, if Anime Link sells VHD cels to a 
dealer, and the dealer in turns sells to a 
customer, I see no reason why the customer 
shouldn't be able to sell the cel later on.

Anime Link has been around for a while, and they 
are obviously patrolling online sales of VHD 
sales, so it wouldn't make sense for them to sell 
VHD cels to other dealers (most likely knowing 
that they are dealers) without expecting the 
dealers to sell those cels in turn.

(Try reading that last paragraph aloud; it's 
almost like trying to say "So I sell cels by the 
seashore so see the sale of super rare cels so 
sue me.")

Okay, back to my first tangent.  There really 
shouldn't be any obstacle to trading at all, as 
far I can tell.  Now the fact that AL is 
exercising their proclaimed right to be the 
exclusive VHD cel seller in North America and 
stopping other sellers... I'm also not sure how 
that works, exactly.

I suppose professional sellers could barred, but 
I don't see how private sellers could be.  And 
there may be where the line is being drawn.

Comments?