Now someone stole my picture and is using it on EBAY

[Anne]

Hi Jean,

I am so sorry about this situation, I know how infuriating it can be.

I've had the same thing happen with pictures of my Araucanas from my website.

People have tried to use my pictures to sell Easter Eggers.

Even worse, a woman who really WAS selling "true" Araucanas used one of my pictures, and when confronted claimed that it really was her bird!

I DO have the ability to watermark all my photos -- though with the sheer number of pictures on my website at this point, it would be a lot of work.

However -- I REALLY do not like the visual handicap of a watermark. I want to display NICE-LOOKING pictures of my birds on my website. A small watermark in a corner would be OK, but anyone could easily crop that out, and a large watermark across the entire photo is (in my opinion) ugly and distracting.

Instead I put a large notice across the top of each page that reads:
*** Copyright 2007 www.araucanasonline.com. Unless otherwise noted, all pictures contained within this site were taken by me and are of my own birds. THEY ARE NOT TO BE USED ELSEWHERE WITHOUT MY EXPRESS PERMISSION. Thank you. ***

So far it seems to have discouraged the ebay sellers from stealing them (and I check ebay auctions for Araucana eggs every week).

 

[the1much]

i think imma gonna watermark my av,,,,i looked through ebay and noone ha used mine yet,, i rather be safe,, theres alot of "hippie sellers" out there

sorry, but some humor takes a LITTLE of the sting away

 

[DTchickens]

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i think you look more like a wrestler. i saw once then a hippy

, not sure which one though

-Daniel

 

[halo]

That seller sure sounds like the buyer. If I were the buyer Id be happy to get an email like you sent. Sounds like he's "buying" his own eggs, so he can leave himself great feedback. I was this close to bidding on them myself, then not paying and posting the auction was fraudulent. Im sure he'll post again....

 

[EweSheep]

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[the1much]

you should let ebay know about the "buyers" reaction, and send them a copy of both emails,,,all they have to do is look at the ip address of the buyer and seller to see if its the same person ,, then they'll ban his ip.

 

[the1much]

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i gave him so much "poop" he wouldnt even respond,,, maybe it was something i said

:|

 

[geareduplyn]

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i think you look more like a wrestler. i saw once then a hippy

, not sure which one though

-Daniel

You guys be nice to Hippies, I'm the real thing. Actually I was Beatnik before I was a Hippie.

Back on topic: Jean I think you should post his Phone #, so we could all give him a call. I have unlimited long distance and can talk for hours. Gary

 

[waynesgarden]

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Careful you don't cross over the line of harassment. It's one thing to discuss the seller's behavior here and another for people that have no legitimate claim to begin harrassing the person.

You could find yourself having your actions come back to bite you in the butt.

Wayne

 

[geareduplyn]

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Careful you don't cross over the line of harassment. It's one thing to discuss the seller's behavior here and another for people that have no legitimate claim to begin harrassing the person.

You could find yourself having your actions come back to bite you in the butt.

Wayne

Wayne

I'm so old and dessicated I don't have any Butt left to bite. Besides I'm always polite and diplomatic.