I live in Texas which is bound by the laws that was listed above. My boyfriend in his teens bought a bike(not a motorcycle but a bicycle) from a friend. He was riding down the road minding his own business when the cops pulled him over. They ran the serial number off the bike and arrested him for POSSESSION OF STOLEN GOODS. it didn't matter that he wasn't the one who stole. He had possession of it. Did they have reasonable cause to stop him? no. He had long hair and they wanted to mess with him. Also had he known the bike was stolen he wouldn't of bought it.

Another case. My sister opened the door one night to 4 policemen who shoved her a piece of paper and began to turn every drawer and closet upside down in her home. They found a watch her boyfriend gave to her for her birthday and arrested her on sight. He had been stealing from the place he worked at and they "suspected" she might have some of it. She didn't steal this stuff and certainly didn't know it was stolen. It still cost her a night in jail. And lots of court fines and legal expenses. Both cases listed it stays on their record they received and had possession of stolen goods.
So yes you can get in trouble in real life for being in possession of stolen goods. Even with a warrant they don't give you a courtesy call telling you they are about to rip through your house.

And for the record, Peoples court is just like Judge Judy. Just because they are on tv doesn't mean they aren't a judge and those people aren't legally bound to the results of their hearings. They tell you at the begin it is a real court room and real cases.They restate that in the fine print as the credits roll too. So yes, they do have to go by the law whether its tv or closed court room. And as far as wiki goes, anyone can add whatever they want to those description. Id find a better source for real information.
Ignorance of the law or the facts doesn't make it not illegal. Whats from stopping every crook from saying they didn't know? I think that applies to rl and sl.

I was watching Peoples court one day on counterfeit bags. The lady complaining had bought one off ebay from a guy and found out it wasn't real. She brought a example and the purse to court. It was found both bags she brought in were fake. Apparently she was totally floored by the second being fake. The judge took both purses away from her and pretty much said to bad. She didnt mean to buy fake products but the fact of the matter was they was. I didnt see the judge giving her money back for the second purse but she did win on her orignal complaint.

I guess what im trying to say is if its stolen its stolen. Doesn't matter how sweet and innocent you are, you still have stolen goods. Why would you want something you found out later is stolen? knowing the person who did the original work wasn't paid for it. Just because you didn't know doesn't make it right.

Whats sad in Sl is most know what they are buying is fake. So to clean up all this mess some innocent people may get hurt too. I bought some poses that were named after celebrities. Big mess to clean up for the designer and for me seeing i bought over half her store. Was it my problem she didn't know to change those names so she wouldn't infringe on someone rights? no but i still had to some clean up. Annoying as hell but completely understandable.

Im the same way. Not the LL part but the "everybody else is wearing it" syndrome. Guess that's why Ive never liked hunts or lucky chairs either.

LOL to funny. I like his little dance too.