'harming the hobby' is very subjective. someone might say 'grading cards is harming the hobby', or 'EBAY is harming the hobby'....yet it is legal.
Illegal autograph activity : a) knowingly selling fakes, b)committing forgery, or c)knowingly and intentionally authenticating fakes (a business operated soley for the purpose of rubber stamping someone elses fakes).. is a different story. THAT is what, in theory, should be able to be stopped be legal means, either criminal or civil. THAT is the issue at hand.
I do not want to detour the intent, which is to try to help people and educate when there is a conclusion drawn as to why it is so, but the above certainly is 'the big picture'
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