posted on March 30, 2005 06:47:07 AM new
I have now had several of my images stolen. I do model kits, and a model kit is a model kit is a model kit.
I am now having a little sign being made to put in the picture. It gives my email address. So it they steal the picture, they will have to either put up with my email address in the picture, or edit it out. Either way, it will stop them from using vendio to pirate my picture.
Would you want to sell something and have someone else's (a competitor's) email in the picture?
I have not tried it, but I know it will be a great deterent, plus you can use it for marketing your email address and your items.
posted on March 30, 2005 06:54:08 AM new
If you can identify a thief while their auction is still up, you could always "change" the picture - keeping the same name for it - and add: "This Photo Stolen from: (your e-mail address)"
If you haven't seen any of them, others have even included: "Free Shipping" in the image and really messed with the thieves.
Thats what I want to do, is help my fellow vendio people. If I caught them when the auction was running, I would put some obsenity in the photo, or a nazi symbol. That would really get them screwed with ebay.
posted on March 30, 2005 07:30:16 AM new
"If you can identify a thief while their auction is still up, you could always "change" the picture - keeping the same name for it - and add: "This Photo Stolen from: (your e-mail address)"
If you did this wouldnt the picture change in your own auction you have running?
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posted on March 30, 2005 08:18:56 AM new
I'm not sure I'd want the whole world, including those Nigerian swindlers, to have my e-mail address.
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posted on March 30, 2005 09:48:45 AM new
What if they copy the photo, change the name of the file and then use it through ebay as their own photo. What can you do then?
**Life is too short not to stop and smell the roses**
Probably the best solution is a two step approach.
1) Watermark all your own images using your favorite graphics package - including your eBay id in large transparent letters so they can't be edited out by image thieves.
2) If using your own server to host images, then use the standard (apache) .htaccess to deny access to others.
posted on March 30, 2005 07:45:02 PM new
If the images were created by you, in order to prevent others from using it, you need put a copyright symbol, your name, and the year of creation on the graphic.
posted on March 30, 2005 07:59:01 PM new
Right click on the image to see if they copied it and hosted it themselves, or if they are linking to your image host. If they are linking to your host, replace the image with a message that reads "Please contact me via email to purchase this item offline so I can avoid paying the outrageous fees that Ebay charges me". Then place a bid on it so they can't revise it. Next step? You guessed it...report the auction to Safeharbour.
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posted on March 31, 2005 04:58:54 PM new
Some webmasters have HTML that you can put in your listing so that when someone "right clicks" on your image or trys to "copy paste" anything in your listing that you have "protected", a box pops up requiring a "password". If you don't know the password, and of course only the seller would, not only can't you steal any info but your right mouse button is "disabled"
Malicious, not at all, one theif less. The person shouldn't have been trying to steal in the first place. I'm researching this further in the summer.
