eBay copyright pictures

Icey370

Hi guys, (sorry another question )

I have an auction on eBay and was just browsing and noticed someone has stolen my photo and put it up on their listing (as their only picture I might add). I know it's mine because of the distinct shadowing from other objects in the picture and the table markings (it's cropped a small amount out, but that's it)

Is their anything I can do? Their auction finished before mine in ~35mins too (they put theirs up for a shorter sell time)

Thanks,
Icey370

freddysmith

You can report the auction.

Report category copyright & trademark
Reason for report images or text copied from your listing

and let Ebay deal with it.

Icey370

freddysmith wrote: »

You can report the auction.

Report category copyright & trademark
Reason for report images or text copied from your listing

and let Ebay deal with it.

Okay, done thanks

freddysmith

Icey370 wrote: »

Okay, done thanks

In future you could just put your Ebay username on a piece of card/paper and photograph it with your items.
That's quick and easy and less likely to be copied.

onetwothree123

I like to take a pic of an item with an ODD item beside it , for sheer amusement factor I done this, ie a tin of beans next to an item to show its size but then I have a silly sense of humour and took pics of items being held in the paws of a big oversized teddy bear "holding" another item, and he showed up again sitting on a bike I had for sale hehe , and my pics have an amusement factor as well as being original! You see the item and have a laugh at the content!

techspec

Ebay used to come down hard on this - but now even Ebay use your photos for stock photos.

I dont report them anymore - and sometines do it myself. Just watermark the pictures with your ebay name.

At least when I take someone picture - i have the decency to photoshop it and try and hide the fact. Some sellers have their item up for sale in MY living room

ballisticbrian

Found an option turned "on" in my eBay that said I was part of the program for sharing my stock photos. Something like that. I turned it "off".

Icey370

techspec wrote: »

Ebay used to come down hard on this - but now even Ebay use your photos for stock photos.

I dont report them anymore - and sometines do it myself. Just watermark the pictures with your ebay name.

At least when I take someone picture - i have the decency to photoshop it and try and hide the fact. Some sellers have their item up for sale in MY living room

Unfortunately I had to replace my laptop HDD as it became corrupt so don't have photoshop anymore have the disc, but I believe I accidentally shredded the key (I shred all paperwork)

Icey370

ballisticbrian wrote: »

Found an option turned "on" in my eBay that said I was part of the program for sharing my stock photos. Something like that. I turned it "off".

I double checked that, mines set to off already, stops ebay, but I guess not other people

hesjane

ballisticbrian wrote: »

Found an option turned "on" in my eBay that said I was part of the program for sharing my stock photos. Something like that. I turned it "off".

Thank you - I never knew that. Googled how to turn photo sharing off....for anyone else that wants to do it, the instructions from eBay are:

Opting out or opting in

To opt out:
Click My eBay at the top of most eBay pages. You may be asked to sign in.
Click the Account tab.
Click the Site Preferences link on the left side of the page.
In the Selling Preferences section, click the Show link next to Share your content.
Click the Edit link next to Consider photos I upload in the listing process for inclusion in the eBay product catalog and other product offerings.
Select the If you'd like to opt-out of this program, please do so by checking this box and clicking the "submit" button below check box.
Click the Submit button.

olgadapolga

freddysmith wrote: »

You can report the auction.

Report category copyright & trademark
Reason for report images or text copied from your listing

and let Ebay deal with it.

Ebay won't do a thing about it.

A photo of ours was used by another seller and we have reported it seven or eight times but Ebay don't do anything. We even rang them twice about it and they still haven't bothered.

We resolved it by contacting the seller and advising them that we hadn't given permission for them to use our photo and therefore it was copyright theft - photo removed in minutes. Should have done this from the start rather than waste time and money going through Ebay.