An annoying eBayer...

[Michael B]

Hi Graig,

The long and short of it, which most of the posters missed, is that this is copyright infringement and it violates ebay policy.

'Listings may be removed if they offer an item or contain material that infringes on the intellectual property rights of others.

Examples include:
•Items that bear the rights owner's trademark (such as a logo on a designer purse), but may not be authentic products
•Unauthorized recordings or copies of audio, video, or other media
Items that infringe on the intellectual property rights of others are usually reported by the rights owner, who must be a VeRO participant. To contact the rights owner, use the email address that was included in the email we sent you.'

Easily found on ebay by going to the site map. Links on the bottom of the page. This is a starting point to protect your rights.

Regards,

Michael B

[David Atkatz]

Oops. Double-post.

[David Atkatz]

So, Graig. That's how you make your paintings so lifelike. You just colorize old photos.

[GKreindler]

Thank you for all of your quick answers, everyone. I really appreciate the encouragement and good thoughts.

This kinda stuff happens I guess, but I guess that's the price of putting images on the Internet. My agent has been after me to put watermarks on them, but to be honest, I just can't stand that idea. I feel like watermarks get in the way of everything, which I guess is the point - but I think it's worth it to let people see the whole thing.

Either way, I'll figure something out here. But again, thank you for all of the help!

Graig

[baseballart]

Graig

Jennifer had the same problem. I'll see if I can dig out the form and link tomorrow for you. eBay was very good about shutting them down after the form was submitted

Max

[sayheykid54]

You could post your images online with a personal/company watermark to prevent sellers from lifting the image.

[baseballart]

Grain

Here's the link

http://pages.ebay.com/help/tp/vero-rights-owner.html

[GKreindler]

Thanks a lot, everybody. Fo' serious.



Max, I'm sure Jennifer must cringe when this happens to her. Definitely a discovery that's my least favorite part of any given day.

Graig

[batsballsbases]

Looks like the listing has been taken down!

[baseballart]

Originally Posted by GKreindler

Thanks a lot, everybody. Fo' serious.



Max, I'm sure Jennifer must cringe when this happens to her. Definitely a discovery that's my least favorite part of any given day.

Graig

Graig

The worst thing was that they lifted a low res scan that had the "r" cut off at the end. So only "Ettinge" got the free publicity😊