Re: copy-right infringement

[Alan Wheeler <prism@xxxxxxxxxx>]

My advice is to contact Ebay ASAP and threaten suit. They are usually
pretty responsive about copyright infringement. I suggest you also contact
a lawyer and sue the offending party. Ebay is required by law to give up
this info.




At 12:01 PM 11/11/98 +0000, you wrote:
>Someone kindly pointed me to this Ebay page, where two of my panoramic 
>images are shamelessly used for commercial purposes, without either 
>reference or credit. 
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=41207087
>
>Any suggestions from copy-right lawyers in this group?
>Can I bill him?....for how much?....:-))
>
>Seems I can only find out this persons email address when I register, 
>and I refuse to comply with that....any frequent Ebay-users knowing 
>how? Mmm....I guess I should contact one of his negative-feedback 
>customers, they should have his address....
>
>Btw, for those with a photographic memory, I hope that other
>copy-right violations involving IR-images will be reported here, as
>a service to members of the IR-list....don't let them get away with such
>shameless infringements. 
>
>
>--                 
>Bye,
>
>Willem-Jan Markerink
>
>
>      The desire to understand 
>is sometimes far less intelligent than
>     the inability to understand
>
>
><w.j.markerink@xxxxx>
>[note: 'a-one' & 'en-el'!]
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