posted on February 25, 2001 08:31:35 PM new
Two different sellers on Yahoo are using my photos to sell their product at this time. This has been an ongoing problem, anyone got any suggestions as to how to prevent them from using my photos in the future?
posted on February 26, 2001 04:06:42 PM new
Same thing happend to me !!I know it was my pic cause I took it with the quick cam ! I reported it to Yahoo, and they did nothing , all I got was a generic reply about 4 days later
[ edited by radiocomm on Feb 26, 2001 04:07 PM ]
posted on February 26, 2001 04:56:14 PM new
If you have to scan your pictures for auction, may I suggest this. Go to the local store in your area and get a clear plastic, sleeve holder made for holding 8 1/" x 11" papers. Put your seller ID across it, with stick on lettering as small a print as you can find, diagonally across the sleeve. Insert each picture in the sleeve before scanning, and you are set.
If you have a digital camera, and you have downloaded the photo editing CD that came with it. Adding your name across the photos is easy to do. If you are unsure of how to do this, read the 'help' file that is part of the editing program. It is very easy, and quick to accomplish. Picking colors that are compatible, will allow the details to show threw while copyrighting your photos.
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"Attempting to 'spin' a web in resistant winds, makes mending the breaks even more difficult than before." ~Mint4You (c) 2001
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posted on February 26, 2001 10:57:10 PM new
Thanks guys for all the tips on slowing down "borrowers" of my photos and html on Yahoo auctions. The following html code found in the thread Stockticker refers to above really works - it disables the right click of the mouse! All you have to do is put the following in your description and no one can copy your picture or your description! Does anyone have a shorter code that will also work?
<script language=JavaScript>
<!--
/*
Disable right mouse click Script (By Crash @ http://walk.to/crash)
Submitted to and permission granted to Dynamicdrive.com to feature script in it's archive
For full source code to this script and 100's more, visit
http://dynamicdrive.com
*/
var message="Function Disabled";
function click(e) {
if (document.all) {
if (event.button==2||event.button==3) {
alert(message);
return false;
}
}
if (document.layers) {
if (e.which == 3) {
alert(message);
return false;
}
}
}
if (document.layers) {
document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN);
}
document.onmousedown=click;
// -->
</script>
Bill
I rememberback a long time ago....when life was so much easier!
posted on February 27, 2001 02:07:17 PM new
That script is relatively easy to beat if you want to take the effort which most 'borrowers' won't (they're lazy - that's why they steal your pictures!).
If they are copying your picture to their hard drive, there's little that can be done. If they are simply linking to your picture on YOUR web site, here's a fun way to stop them. Cancel your auction that contains the picture they are stealing. Change the picture in question to the nastiest, filthiest picture you can find on the internet and rename it to the EXACT same name as the stolen picture. When someone clicks on the thief's auction, they get a porno picture instead of a picture of the item for sale. You might also add some text to the picture stating that the seller is a low life who steals pictures from other sellers.
Complain to the auction site about the porno picture and ask that the user be banned.
Restart your auction using the same picture with a different name and use the suggestions above.
Have fun with it!
Aaron
posted on February 28, 2001 08:02:23 AM new
That little code thingy doesn't stop picture stealing one bit. All it will do is slow down the really stupid people from stealing the picture.
On Yahoo auctions you can do this
Ask that seller a question within Yahoo auctions asking why they are stealing pictures.
Then bid on the item.
Even if the seller cancels your bid you are still open to leave negative feedback on them and let the people know they are stealing picures
http://www.lovepotions.net
posted on March 4, 2001 08:53:02 PM new
I used this code when I saw it here last week and just found someone else's ad using my photo. I clicked his About Me page and his location is only 30 minutes from me. Maybe he thinks it's community property LOL. He actually has his phone # on the page. I think I should call him and demand a % of his sold amount! Ha Ha, more than likely I'll do nothing besides try to figure out if I did something wrong in coding.
posted on March 5, 2001 07:41:37 AM new
I contacted Yahoo regarding sellers copying other sellers pictures for their auctions. They responded in a few days with a lengthy form letter which interpreted was that unless the pictures are copyrighted there is nothing one can do.[p] I tried the code posted in this thread to disable the right mouse click and it worked, but who knows how many of my pictures the other sellers in question copied prior to inserting the code in my auctions.
posted on March 5, 2001 08:40:37 PM new
Thanks mint4you and RB for good tips on how to slow down the sellers who like to borrow pictures, greatly appreciated. I always thought you had to go through a long drawn out legal procedure to get anything copyrighted -- after reading your post, mint4you, it really is quite simple!
I rememberback a long time ago when life was so much easier--and Yahoo was too!
