I don't understand how people are equating dropping bags/items on the ground and looting a mob you didn't kill are the same thing, when they are completely different.
Scenario A:
Player takes his 60 mage main and a lowbie rogue to Ass/Sup for a mask. Mage camps it for a few hours and a second weight reduction bag drops. He leaves it on the body to log on his rogue to loot it. Player B shows up in the time it is taking Mage to switch characters. He sees the camp is empty and no one else in zone. Player B observes the bag on the corpse with the timer ticking. Player B loots it.
Player B has just ninja looted the corpse in accordance with the rule as he did not kill the mob and no one gave him the rights to loot it.
Scenario B:
Same facts, but this time Mage dropped the bag on the ground instead of leaving it on the mob's corpse and started logging over to his rogue alt to pick up the dropped bag. Player B rolls up and sees a bag on the ground and picks it up.
Player B did not ninja loot, but picked up an item on the ground. According to the rules this is fair game, albeit bad taste not to give it back if the rightful owner shows up.
These two situations while similar require completely different rules for application to the facts. One is a case of ninja looting (looting something on a mob you didn't kill or rightfully participated in killing or received permission to loot). The other is a case of picking up something on the ground, which has been stated as "at your own risk".
To the people claiming that once a mobs loot timer is lapsed (i.e. "the body is open"), you guys should sit in Trakanon's lair and see how far grabbing a tooth off an open body gets you on P99.
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