Ok this guy is selling printed photos of the crew members of Columbia from his computer (a Nasa photo btw) and selling them. Obviously he didn't take the photo or he probably would have used a more professional way of printing them. Is there a link on ebay where you can notify them of stuff like this?
Sonic From Lithuania, joined Jan 2000, 1670 posts, RR: 1 Reply 1, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 4 days ago) and read 1479 times:
And he wants 20 bucks for it . I could print the photo myself (from internet) for much cheaper price if I wanted to, I can't imagine someone would buy the picture...
Twaneedsnohelp From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 2, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 4 days ago) and read 1466 times:
it's not illegal, but if NASA pursues it they could force eBay to either close the auction or force the man to pay NASA a royalty as the picture doesn't belong to him and its not his to sell.
Frankly, I think NASA has much larger things to deal with right now and if they are concerned about this guy, they aren't doing their job.
as for the auction, well it's free market capitalism. if someone thinks the seller is adding $20 worth of value to a free picture and wants it, then here you go.
Thats why eBay is quite possibly the coolest invention since sliced rye break.
Sonic From Lithuania, joined Jan 2000, 1670 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 4 days ago) and read 1464 times:
Twaneedsnohelp, this is true, but I think it's something like with that guy who sold his soul on e-bay . E-bay did forbidden him to do any such deals in the future after all though.
IHAdAPheo From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 6026 posts, RR: 59 Reply 6, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 1426 times:
Just an update I have informed EBay's SafeHarbor (Their fraud unit) of this item and they are now investigating this auction
Yours,
IHadAPheo
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Twaneedsnohelp From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 7, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 1373 times:
I'm with you on that one greg. But if Ihad.. has the time and the will to pursue this guy, good for him. I say let him sell the photo. He has a willing buyer, he'll advertised the product accurately.
Auction was created on Feb 1. If this is what the guy first thinks of on the day of a national tragedy, he's got to be a schmuck.
Dazed767 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 5447 posts, RR: 53 Reply 9, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 1365 times:
Did did you stop to think...even in the smallest moment...that maybe NASA has a bit more to worry about than copyright infringement?
No Greg, the disaster completely slipped my mind!
IHadAPheo, thanks for letting them know. Can you give me a link for future refrence? He shouldn't be allowed to sell them on ebay. TNNH, so he steals one of my photos off here and trys to sell it, are you saying that's legal?
Hamfist From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 614 posts, RR: 4 Reply 10, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 1333 times:
May not be illegal, but you could always express your feelings directly to this guy by clicking on the "ask seller a question" link.
IHAdAPheo From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 6026 posts, RR: 59 Reply 11, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 1319 times:
I received a couple of emails from Ebay on this one a "canned" response saying "thanks for your report...) and another saying I was not the only one to complain. So if anyone else wants to chime I have posted the link for EBay complaints below (they sure do make it hard to find).
B757300 From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 4114 posts, RR: 25 Reply 12, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 1302 times:
If he obtained the picture at some kind of event before the launch, he should have every right to sell it. It might be in bad taste but bad taste isn't illegal.
IHAdAPheo From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 6026 posts, RR: 59 Reply 13, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 1295 times:
Not to rant on here but..
If he obtained the photo legally he may sell IT, it does not give him Carte Blanche (sp?) to reproduce it and sell the reproductions for his own profit.
IHAP
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Twaneedsnohelp From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 14, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 1247 times:
TNNH, so he steals one of my photos off here and trys to sell it, are you saying that's legal?
If he makes any money off the photo, your entitled to a piece. if he refuses, take him to court. your not attempting to rebuild a space shuttle destroyed at 13,000 mph, so you can fight the good fight. NASA should have other priorities.
Pilot1113 From United States of America, joined Aug 1999, 2333 posts, RR: 13 Reply 15, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 1240 times:
Well... it appears he hooked one sucker on his $20.00 fishing trip. Some people are just so stupid.
If I wanted a picture of the crew of the Columbia, I would print out that picture (which is easily found on any news website) on any one of Purdue's color laser printers. This would cost me the low price of... FREE! (If you want to nit-pick, I do pay $500 out of my tuition for computer lab fees.)
Airsicknessbag From Germany, joined Aug 2000, 4723 posts, RR: 37 Reply 16, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 1208 times:
Just for those of you who aren´t that familiar with eBay: the seller´s asking price was 1 cent; it´s now at 20$ because six people placed 10 bids on it, driving it up to the current level.
Dazed767 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 5447 posts, RR: 53 Reply 17, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 1184 times:
If he makes any money off the photo, your entitled to a piece. if he refuses, take him to court. your not attempting to rebuild a space shuttle destroyed at 13,000 mph, so you can fight the good fight. NASA should have other priorities.
If anyone tried that, I'd automatically nail them to the wall because that is copyright infringment. I never even said anything about the disaster (for obvious reasons), I know NASA has other things to worry about right now. That's why I stated where on ebay can you report this. Thanks to everyone who responded without a smart@ss remark.
Matt D From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 9502 posts, RR: 51 Reply 21, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 1118 times:
Profiteering off of tragedy is the American Way. It may be egregious, but it's still the American way.
How are Ambulance companies, burglar alarm companies, auto repair shops, and so on operating?
If there was no crime, death or disaster, then there would be little reason for these businesses to exist (except maybe for the man who has a heart attack while watching The Golf Channel)
And let's be honest folks. You know as well as I do that if you had some obscure piece of whatever laying around that could suddenly net you an extra [tax free] ten or twenty thousand dollars, and you'd never miss the item, you too would jump on that bandwagon.
So don't even try and give that cock-n-bull High Moral Ground BS.
IHAdAPheo From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 6026 posts, RR: 59 Reply 22, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 1047 times:
Another update, the auction closed because the seller "pulled" the item. I guess a couple of complaints to Ebay's safeharbor did the trick, and saved some poor schmuck from being suckered out of $20.00.
Yours,
IHadAPheo
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. I could print the photo myself (from internet) for much cheaper price if I wanted to, I can't imagine someone would buy the picture...
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. E-bay did forbidden him to do any such deals in the future after all though.
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