Someone stole my pictures and used them on eBay!!

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perry

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My friend sent me a link to an eBay auction because he recognized the pictures and thought it was my car. Sure enough, it is. Some dude went onto my webpage, stole the pictures of a mesh front grill that cost me $2 and is trying to sell it on eBay for $60.

I would just change the pictures to gay pj0rn, but he has them hosted on iPix instead of pulling them off my website. What can I do???
 
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mithrandir2001

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I often pull pics from other auctions...not trying to cause harm but if I don't have a digital pic available, it is much easier to copy somebody else's, especially if they are using a stock, generic image. I pulled them from completed auctions so I'm not "competing".
 
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jehh

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what's the big deal?

I use other people's pictures all the time, and people are welcome to take mine...

all I ask is that they don't pull from my server, copy them and use them on their own machine...

Jason
 
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perry

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It's not a generic picture tho, it's a picture of my car stolen off of my website, copyright of me. I emailed the guy and told him to take em down. I tried to call iPix, but they're closed. Looking for an email address to complain to at eBay.
 
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perry

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BTW, it is clearly against eBay policy to used pictures, descs, or anything else that is not your own in one of your own auctions. I hope all of you that do that are caught by people like me that protect their property.
 
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Zorro

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Good luck happens all of the time. Forget about it. We have more things to think about.
 
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jehh

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<< Good luck happens all of the time. Forget about it. We have more things to think about. >>



Ditto...

Why do you care anyway?

Jason
 
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worth

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mithrandir2001 and jason

The "big deal" is that you're using images that are not yours. You're not the one who paid the $1200 on a new digital camera, so this in no way entitles you to simply use the pictures of someone who has that camera, and took the time to take the pictures. We don't live under communism you know--you can't simply take something because you don't have it, especially when you make a profit from it.
 
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badluck

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Once you go tell on them at eBay they are going to tell you to fax them a form they have for you to download. Once you finally do it and they get around to it most likely nothing will happen.

That's eBay for you....
 
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Wallydraigle

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Register them and then sue the bastid for infringement of copyright. It might not seem like a big deal to some people but stealing photos is a very big deal. That's your intellectual property man. Some people make their livign with their camera. Just because you might not doesn't mean you don't have the same rights as they do.
 
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gopunk

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nah, i'm with perry... i've had this done to me before and there's just a bad feeling you get when other people use your stuff without giving due credit or asking for permission. go contact ebay or something.
 
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Sir Fredrick

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I have no problem with copying stock images, but I agree that it's wrong to take someone else's images, especially if they're pictures of a personally owned item that may very well not be identical to the one that's being sold.
 
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Soybomb

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<< what's the big deal? >>


Well its theft. If you stole a candybar at walmart would you just ask the cops what the big deal is?

I wouldn't put too much time into it, but I'd definately email the guy with the auction and tell him to pull the pics since he didn't ask for permission.
 
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urameatball

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<< what's the big deal? >>


Well its theft. If you stole a candybar at walmart would you just ask the cops what the big deal is?

I wouldn't put too much time into it, but I'd definately email the guy with the auction and tell him to pull the pics since he didn't ask for permission. >>

if someone stole a candybar, the victim would lose their candybar. in this case, the victim didn't lose anything.

you should work in a software firm, your brain will totally fry when you suddenly discover *GASP* that people will be pirating your software all over the world and that 1 in 500 people will actually buy the software you designed and copyrighted.

its what we call the internet.... if you want something to stay personal, don't post it on the net!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (understood?)
 
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Soybomb

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<<

<<

<< what's the big deal? >>

Well its theft. If you stole a candybar at walmart would you just ask the cops what the big deal is?I wouldn't put too much time into it, but I'd definately email the guy with the auction and tell him to pull the pics since he didn't ask for permission. >>

if someone stole a candybar, the victim would lose their candybar. in this case, the victim didn't lose anything.you should work in a software firm, your brain will totally fry when you suddenly discover *GASP* that people will be pirating your software all over the world and that 1 in 500 people will actually buy the software you designed and copyrighted.its what we call the internet.... if you want something to stay personal, don't post it on the net!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (understood?) >>


Thats completely the wrong attitude. Of course people will try and steal from you, once again just like from wal-mart, but that still doesn't mean that you shouldn't take actions against the theif. With journalist background I can say that I take this type of thing very seriously. Just because no physical propely was stolen, doesn't mean that you didn't loose anything. You still lost the right and control to your intellectual property. If you don't defend your rights, you'll just get trampled on more and more. You must defend your intellectual property just as you would physical property or else people will never understand the value of it.

edit: I forgot.... understood?
 
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perry

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The big deal is that it's something that takes 2 minutes to make and $2 in parts from Home Depot. And he tries to sell it for $60. He probably just sends out a strip of mesh and tells people to cut it to fit, and maybe even sends a print out of my instructions along. Who knows. If I wanted to waste the $60, I'd find out. Not to mention he wants $10 shipping, when it would probably cost $3 at the post office. Con artist at work. There is no sense in letting people like that go unpunished on eBay, it causes harm to the entire community.

This is just like stealing a candy bar. The person that is caught stealing is arrested, thrown in jail over night, and at the very least probably recieves a fine. Tracking down this AOL luser will be a pain in the ass and really not worth the time. Least I can hope for is that he loses his eBay registration.

I think I'll start going through all of the images on my website and placing a big fat watermark right in the middle of them. I hate to do it, but if people are going to steal my stuff, then I guess I gotta take action to protect my property (would you let someone walk into your house and take whatever they wanted and make no attempt at trying to stop them? Didn't think so).

At least when you work for a software company you are getting paid for your work. I recieved nothing for my work. Understand?

I did find a way to get in contact with eBay through some sort of 'wizard'. I gave them the link to the auction and the link to my website showing that the pictures were there. Unfortunately, my webhost changed some stuff around and directory listings in Apache don't show the time stamp any more. The images have been there for two years.. Also emailed iPix and told them that they were hosting copyrighted material on their servers.
 
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riiv

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This is under-the-table and all. Just get a separate credit card or dummy equifax front and snipe all his auctions.
 
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perry

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Already thought of making a fake account and bidding $1000 on each of his auctions, and then leaving negative feedback on each one. Just ruin his name, if eBay won't do anything about it.
 
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shurato

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i had an auction for a tenchi ultimate edition dvd box set...a few days after my auction started someone stole my html code and edited it slightly as well as the box cover picture i stole from amazon :) that was just wrong...but in the end i got like 20 dollars more for my auction than him so i didnt persue the matter.
 
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