Yeah, that's a little creepy...

 

Go Get Em JJ!

In the "Report this AD" link, there is a place for intellectual property infringement, copyright infringement.

 

I e-mailed eBay on your behalf letting them know whats going on.

BEATNUT

 

BGWC, you are right to be upset. There are criteria for fair use of copyright material, and this clearly violates them (he is using a photo to which he does not own the rights for his own profit). There are serious fines for this if you want to pursue it.

In terms of the fraud part, did you contact the shop that did your stripes? They may have grounds for a suit or settlement (over and above whatever ebay does to the seller).

 

If I had a Ebay account I'd bewriting them too. I've had my work pulled off NAM and used in an email advertisement without my persmission, needless to say that the vendor no longer gets any support from me (thoguh I won't slander) Fortunatley it was a one time infraction so I didn't have to rasie h#!!

I've also heard stories of magazines grabbing up photos from Bimmer forums and using them without crediting the photographer.

I usually don't care unless its something like this where its misrepresentation or using a photo to make money without giving any credit to the author.

 

Misrepresentation

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/item-location.html

Go here http://pages.ebay.com/help/contact_u...&guestSignIn=1

Follow the links. You wlll be a guest and can report.

Fraud is listed

 

Go to http://cgi.ebay.com/Mini-BONNET-STRI...QQcmdZViewItem

and click on the report this item on the bottom of the page!

 

I don't believe you should sue him over it. You should report him to ebay though. I doubt Mike would want to pursue any charges.

 

The seller has total control over what questions and answers appear in the ad. I sell a fair amount on eBay and the standard response form has a check box for having the Q&A appear in the ad. No matter how many people write this seller, the comments will not appear in the ad unless he is foolish enough to put them there.

 

At this point he has been reported to eBay. Lets see what is done, these things arent instant.

BEATNUT

 

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

 

If it's true, it's not slander, it's fact.

Matt

 

Actually, the seller determines if the questions show up or not, IIRC. I know I've asked some questions about auctions before and they didn't show, while others have.


Note that as he's in Australia, BGWC couldn't do much even if she did want to get medieval on his a$$. Can raise hell on ebay though.

 

What is this, throw in random posts of music lyrics day?!!?

At least you picked a good song.

 

JJ, did you wake up in a field somewhere miles from home? Maybe you were abducted by Aliens (Australian Aliens) and then administered drugs to make you forget. Happens to cattle and guys on sci-fi channel all the time. Instead of studying human physiology, they were intent on ripping off your bitchin graphics.
It's nice having a car that's so unique that people can recognize it out of context and send you a message. Good for theft prevention too.

 

There is a different car in the ad now. A black MCS with black & yellow stripes. Guess he took the hint.(But I wonder whose work he is taking credit for this time.)

 

YAY! The photos have been removed! It's nice to know my NAM buddies have my back (and Mike's!). Again, thanks everyone.

 

and left comments. And asked the seller a question about where they got off on claiming someone elses product was their own. I'm sure I'm not the only one, and I'm sure the seller could read the tea leaves....

Matt

 

Just one of the many benefits of belonging to a cult...

 

that is the picture in the auction...the stripes dont look pink to me?

 

Jeremy: The listing has since been edited and no longer includes pics of BGWC's MINI with pink strikes / UJ Roof.

BEATNUT

 

i guess i feel like the only one who wouldn't care if they use my pics for there presentation as long as its not totally misrepresentation or misleading but thats just me. as long as i dont get hurt than its fine.

do what you want to do and hope everybody can get a good nite sleep afterwards and hope its not money you are doing it for.

 

Ok, that explains why I'm so confused to this one

 

But that's the whole issue - there *was* blatant misrepresentation. In his ad, the seller was trying to pass off the stripes on her car as *his* product, which they were not. Maybe his are just as nice, maybe they're crap, but you'll never know from the pictures, since their not his stripes.

It's like the companies that manufacture "kit cars" of Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Porsche Spyders, etcetera, but use pictures of the REAL CARS in their advertising. They're trying to pass off someone else's work as their own, pure and simple.

 

is it just me or do the yellow stripes on that black MINI look photoshopped on?