Re: [aroid-l] ebay - ebook fraud

From: "Alan Galloway" <alan_galloway at ncsu.edu> on 2004.06.21 at 16:58:33(11642) Peter, Denis, Steve, and others, After seeing Peter's original posting, I checked the sites listed and discovered that this person was also using 2 of my photos as well. This person never asked for permission and certainly did not credit me for my photos. I notified the person Friday and again on Saturday to remove my pics. He finally emailed me back with some rather unpleasant responses. I'm still amazed at the reactions of thieves when you catch them in the act! He has since removed my pictures from his web site, as well as terminated the auction of his 'ebook' which contained the pics. He has stated that he did not sell any copies of his 'ebook', but I have no way of verifying +More that statement. I checked his web site, as well as his ebay profile, and he seems to have gone to rather extreme lengths to cover up his physical location and his name. Also on his ebay profile, he goes to great lengths explaining how willing he is to resolve disputes. All in all, it appears to me that he has gone to great lengths to maintain anonymity. And his idea of resolving disputes is pretty pathetic. I would advise all affected to send email to this person, clearly stating that he has taken your images, and for him to remove them promptly. If you plan to file a civil law suit, this will show the judge, that you have taken a pro-active measure to defend your copyrighted material. See Peter's original email below for the URL for Ebay.com You'll need to navigate through Ebay's site to find out where to direct your complaint for ebay. They need to hear from all those affected. The guy's personal web site (also listed below in Peter's original message) is actually hosted by yahoo.com. You'll need to notify yahoo.com that this guy is breaking copyright laws. Once you have told yahoo.com, they become somewhat responsible for breaking the copyright law on behalf of this guy. From what I've heard, yahoo.com takes a very dim view of its cutomers breaking copyright laws. I'm putting together some information on copyright issues and will post that information here shortly. Hopefully this will educate some uniformed people. Alan ----- Original Message ----- To: Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 5:46 PM Subject: Re: [aroid-l] ebay - ebook fraud > Hello Peter & Dennis- I've never had any contact with this vendor myself, > but there is a lot of grumbling on the web about his having a lot of > unhappy customers, but still maintaining a 100% positive feedback rating > with eBay- ?! some sorta crazy coersion thing -like no honor among thieves- > Perhaps you're in a postion to file a formal complaint w/eBay to keep > people from being cheated? After reading your message, I can't tell that > there is any volume there, really nutzo-crazio-this seems to be a classic > case of the devil dancin' in empty pockets and will probably resolve itself > in short order- Have a nice week- > Steve > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Boyce" > To: > Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 11:34 PM > Subject: [aroid-l] ebay - ebook fraud > > > > Dear Folks > > > > Denis at Silver Krome and myself have been made aware that > > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&itemC07898904&sspagename=STR > K%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 > > > > http://alocasiaaddict.com/files/EEsample.pdf > > > > is auctioning an ebook created by stealing information and images from the > > websites of Malesiana Tropicals & Silver Krome Nursery. > > > > Peter (Malesiana Tropicals) > > > > > >

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