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News Credits: 3646 · Thu Apr 03, 2008 12:34 pm

As many of you are aware, the problem with eBay sellers using Seibertron.com photos in their auctions is becoming more and more rampant. I don't mind so much when the Seibertron.com watermark has been left intact in the photo, but I keep seeing more and more eBay sellers getting rid of my watermark.

Many of you have contacted me over the last couple of years expressing your concern about this. I have finally signed up for eBay's Infringment program to help ease this problem so that you guys can make sure that you are receiving the item pictured in auctions and on a lesser note to prevent the use of my images in eBay auctions.

If you see use of the Seibertron photos in eBay auctions, please post a link to the eBay auction in this thread. I will contact eBay to inform them of this infringement to help clean up eBay auctions.

Most recent example: http://cgi.ebay.com/SALE-2008-TRANSFORM ... dZViewItem

Thanks for your assistance everyone!

News Credits: 9 · Thu Apr 03, 2008 12:42 pm

will do

News Credits: 1014 · Thu Apr 03, 2008 2:21 pm

lol, thats hilarious. Professional looking pics of the figure, then "Well Packed" pics of an old box with not enough bubble wrap on the floor.

Thu Apr 03, 2008 2:27 pm

Sounds good Seibs.

Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:30 pm

your wish is my command

News Credits: 3 · Fri Apr 04, 2008 8:21 am

I had posted about this before. The problem with using someone else's pic, is the figure the person is selling may not be the same as the pic used.

Digital camera's are so cheap, and a 6 or 7MP with a good lens will work fine.

News Credits: 3646 · Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:10 am

Ah hah! This process actually works and eBay actually helped me out regarding this situation. Let this mark the end of people using my photos on eBay dammit! Woo hoo!

Thank you for contacting us.

We are pleased to inform you that the following listing(s) you reported have been removed from eBay in response to the Notice of Claimed Infringement you recently sent:

ameninsky
230237512611

We have notified the seller and all participating bidders that the listing(s) has been removed due to your request.

If the Notice of Claimed Infringement contained items that are not listed above you will receive a separate email communication about those items. These notices may arrive at different times (over a period of up to several hours) as items for different sellers are processed separately.

If you should have any questions or concerns regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact us again.

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eBay Trust & Safety

Fri Apr 04, 2008 3:00 pm

Scalpers steal from the collectors and now even the collectors' site. Sometimes Ebay is really evil.

News Credits: 14 · Fri Apr 04, 2008 6:26 pm

God to hear EBay actually did something. I'll keep my eyes peeled for auctions using your pics.

Sat Apr 05, 2008 12:58 pm

Overcracker wrote:God to here EBay actually died something.

I think killing the seller is a bit harsh. :shock:

News Credits: 387 · Sat Apr 05, 2008 8:44 pm

Link.

He posted his own image and left the water mark, but he still used yours regardless.

News Credits: 3646 · Sun Apr 06, 2008 12:24 am

Nekoman wrote:Link.

He posted his own image and left the water mark, but he still used yours regardless.

Thank you very much. Message sent to eBay for both of his auctions. I wasn't going to initially do it for the King Atlas auction, but when I saw that he was trying to pass off a knock off G1 Megatron as the real thing, I decided to act on both of these auctions since he used my photos in both.

News Credits: 3 · Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:22 pm

That Megatron auction is ridiculous. The first pic is a real Megatron and the second pic is a bad KO.

News Credits: 3646 · Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:24 pm

muswp1 wrote:That Megatron auction is ridiculous. The first pic is a real Megatron and the second pic is a bad KO.

Both auctions have been removed.

Thank you for contacting us.

We are pleased to inform you that the following listing(s) you reported have been removed from eBay in response to the Notice of Claimed Infringement you recently sent:

firehawk82475
220219904112
220219903677

We have notified the seller and all participating bidders that the listing(s) has been removed due to your request.

If the Notice of Claimed Infringement contained items that are not listed above you will receive a separate email communication about those items. These notices may arrive at different times (over a period of up to several hours) as items for different sellers are processed separately.

If you should have any questions or concerns regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact us again.

VeRO Program
eBay Trust & Safety

News Credits: 1014 · Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:52 am

Heres use of Dropkick. The seller reveresed the pics and added a sepia tone to one of them.

http://cgi.ebay.ie/Transformers-Deluxe-Movie-Autobot-Dropkick_W0QQitemZ250234665591QQihZ015QQcategoryZ753QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

News Credits: 3646 · Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:19 pm

First Gen wrote:Heres use of Dropkick. The seller reveresed the pics and added a sepia tone to one of them.

http://cgi.ebay.ie/Transformers-Deluxe-Movie-Autobot-Dropkick_W0QQitemZ250234665591QQihZ015QQcategoryZ753QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I don't think those are my photos. They don't match the angles I took and they have extra white space around the figure, which I would crop in my pictures.

News Credits: 5 · Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:16 pm

I found this one guy who has multiple Animated auctions up using nothing but Seibertron pics. Some seller called chicagorhinox. Of course, I come to Seibertron to report him and the front page says it's you Seibs so, umm...

I guess he's cool, right? :grin:

News Credits: 3646 · Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:33 pm

zodconvoy wrote:I found this one guy who has multiple Animated auctions up using nothing but Seibertron pics. Some seller called chicagorhinox. Of course, I come to Seibertron to report him and the front page says it's you Seibs so, umm...

I guess he's cool, right?

LOL.

Yup. chicagorhinox is indeed me.

News Credits: 4 · Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:13 am

Seibertron,

I was looking at Botcon Thundercrackers and found this guys auction

http://cgi.ebay.com/Transformers-2007-B ... dZViewItem

Looks like the same picture from your gallery

http://www.seibertron.com/toys/fullsize ... 1&image=24

News Credits: 3646 · Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:18 am

Firebird wrote:Seibertron,

I was looking at Botcon Thundercrackers and found this guys auction

http://cgi.ebay.com/Transformers-2007-B ... dZViewItem

Looks like the same picture from your gallery

http://www.seibertron.com/toys/fullsize ... 1&image=24

Thank you Firebird. I have sent a message to eBay regarding all 3 of the auctions posted by that seller at http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZdave.med

News Credits: 1 · Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:21 pm

No prob seibs, I've seen some in the past before but thought nothing of it now I'll pay attention.

News Credits: 4 · Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:26 pm

Glad to help, I will keep my eyes open for more.

News Credits: 10 · Sat Apr 12, 2008 4:45 pm

Just out of curiosity, it is acceptable to sell a figure with pics of the exact figure for sale, but then post a link to the seibertron gallery for that figure?

Something like, "Check out more photos of this amazing figure (not the one for sale, but one just like it) over at seibertron.com <insert link to gallery>"?

News Credits: 3 · Sun Apr 13, 2008 3:29 pm

Lapse Of Reason wrote:Just out of curiosity, it is acceptable to sell a figure with pics of the exact figure for sale, but then post a link to the seibertron gallery for that figure?

Something like, "Check out more photos of this amazing figure (not the one for sale, but one just like it) over at seibertron.com <insert link to gallery>"?

That should be ok. As long as it's just a link to the gallery, it should be fine.

News Credits: 3646 · Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:08 pm

muswp1 wrote:
Lapse Of Reason wrote:Just out of curiosity, it is acceptable to sell a figure with pics of the exact figure for sale, but then post a link to the seibertron gallery for that figure?

Something like, "Check out more photos of this amazing figure (not the one for sale, but one just like it) over at seibertron.com <insert link to gallery>"?

That should be ok. As long as it's just a link to the gallery, it should be fine.

Agreed.