posted on July 12, 2002 03:49:56 PM new
I've been through this several times before.
Usually I send a polite but sternly-worded email to the seller, telling them they are illegally using copyrighted material (it IS copyrighted, even if there is no copyright notice on your auction). Tell them to remove it within X number of hours (say, by tomorrow morning, or in the next 12 hours) or you will report them to eBay.
If there are bids on the item they may not be able to remove the photos so they will have to end the auction & start over with their own photos.
Usually they will apologize, blame it on someone else (their husband, or employee, or...) and will remove the photos.
If not, follow through with your threat and report them to eBay. eBay does take this sort of thing seriously. Usually a warning from eBay will lead to the seller removing the stolen photos.
Alternatively, you can always contact the seller and tell them that they owe you, say, $50 per photo - your fee.
posted on July 12, 2002 05:16:00 PM new
they have writing on them because i think stanley had tried to replace them (ie. so the stolen pics would show up with the writing on them) but discovered the seller who stole the pics hadnt actually linked the pics. they saved them to their own computer.
posted on July 12, 2002 05:23:20 PM new
Stanleymu
When you do your pictures, add your name to each and every picture, and put it so it will be hard to remove the name, then you they are less likely to steal your picture
Some will, but most won't with your name on the photo.
Not like you have these now, that is too mach, and it takes away from the item.
Sorry this has happened to you, as It does make ya made, when you spend your time and more, and they take 2 sec, and steal your pic's.
posted on July 13, 2002 12:06:18 PM new
thank you for the replies,
yes I tried to put the text over them hoping that she was linking to mine,
but she actualy saved them...
today I got email explaining how she didnt know that she cant steal pictures...
wrightsracing:
how can I ad my name to them ?
I heard people adding little see thru
sheets with their logo but that's hard with clothing, since it's mostly on manequins,
(i did the blue text with photo shop and
it took a while for each one,
Ad text, resave picture, delete and upload new pictures...)
posted on July 13, 2002 12:32:18 PM new
I've also had my pictures used by other sellers-it doesn't bother me. It has never, to my knowledge, affected a sale of mine personally.
