I had this problem with an eBay seller (VOLVOMAX) in Germany who has a very successful toy Volvo business. He moved to eBay from mailers and thought he could use my site as a source for images. He wrote and asked, I quoted prices, and he said no thanks. Then he used them anyway. I was able to get him to stop, and forced him to do his own photography. So now what does he do? He scans the images from the boxes instead. Not my problem anymore. What really bothered me about him was that he was loading them from my server and I was getting the bill for the bandwidth! That is something that you can get reimbursed for in this kind of situation (commercial web site making unauthorized use of copyrighted materials and server resources without permission). There is plenty of legal precedence and lawyers who will be happy to take the case if the stakes are high enough.
ppro > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of T Rittenhouse > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 1:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: KMP Copyright Infringement(s) > > > > Your need to contact that store and tell them to cease and desist, invoice > them for the use of your photos up to that time too, makes them realize they > are stealing something valuable. Since this is a commercial firm, you are > dealing with a bigger issue here, you should talk to a copyright attorney > if they do not respond immediately and satisfactorily. > > Ciao, > Graywolf > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bojidar Dimitrov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 11:13 AM > Subject: Re: KMP Copyright Infringement(s) > > > > Hi Paul, > > > > > If this seller happens to have been so careless as to have loaded > > > the image from your site on the auction listing, rename the image > > > to something else and substitute a 1x1 white pixel image in it's > > > place. > > > > This is, of course, a great idea, but I am stinkin' mad because the > > "original" thief took the image, then _REMOVED_ the copyright notice, > > and finally used/uses the image for commercial advantage, thus violating > > the KMP copyright notice. > > > > It seems that the current eBay seller is not the person who manipulated > > the image, rather it was a "professional" photo dealer with a store in > > Berlin. > > > > Thanks anyway, > > Boz > > - > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
