A faster, if somewhat inelegant solution, may prove more effective if it
happens again. Substitute this jpg.
(warning, expletive not deleted)
http://www.geebeephoto.com/2005/Bounce.htm
--Graham
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Wood" <alan.wood@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 27 July 2005 16:06
Subject: [OM] Re: eBay copy of my Web page
> I am pleased to be able to say that eBay has terminated the offending
> auction, although it took them 5 days.
>
> I was not impressed with their procedures. I had to download a PDF form,
> fill it in and sign it, and fax it to them. That is o.k., because they
need
> a signed statement. But the form has nowhere to specify the location of
the
> original text/images that have been copied, so after 3 days they e-mailed
me
> for that information. The next day, they sent me another e-mail, telling
me
> to download the PDF form, complete and sign it, and fax it to them, and
> telling me that time was of the essence.
>
> If the auction had been for 5 days, it would have been completed before
they
> took any action.
>
> Alan Wood
> http://www.alanwood.net (Unicode, special characters, pesticide names)
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alan Wood [mailto:alan.wood@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 22 July 2005 09:25
> > To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [OM] eBay copy of my Web page
> >
> >
> > Notice any similarity between:
> >
> > <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7532857640>
> >
> > and
> >
> > <http://www.alanwood.net/photography/olympus/macrophoto-stand.html> ?
> >
> > I have advised the bidder to ask for some different photographs.
> >
> > I have reported the copyright infringement to eBay's VeRO
> > Programme. Has
> > anyone managed to get an auction removed by reporting
> > copyright infringement
> > to eBay?
> >
> > Alan Wood
>
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