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lawrence wilkes wrote in message ... (...) Probably.. (...) I guess that will be reveiled to the highest bidder come the end of the auction. (...) My guess is that he has the item, is selling it, doesn't have a scanner, saw your pi already cut out, (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) I took it much more negatively than this There are other resources like Pause and Brickset you can link to to show pictures of sets if you dont have a scanner or digitial camera. Whereas this looks more like trying to pass off an impression (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Can you show us how he MUST have gone to your main page and copied it from there, instead of just fleecing it from your auction page? Because I just saved both images from the auction listings only and they're identical. He probably never saw (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Because the image shown in ebay is linked to my website, its not on ebays. Therefore by copying it, albeit whilst perhaps viewing it via ebay, he is copying it from my web site. (...) You dont have to see a copyright notice to violate (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction) !
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(...) Well, technically, he isn't linking to your picture. He copied your picture and is linking to his copy on his own site. But I see your point. (...) Sure you are. I think it is a little silly to get bent out of shape over it, but like I said, I (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) It doesn't matter whether the person copied it from his web site or his eBay auction page, it is still his picture. His auction started first, he has the picture on his web site, it is his only. Not seeing a copyright notice does not excuse (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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I have to digress on the comment. Since the original Owner of the Picture HAAD a copyright on it (i'm not sure if he had a marking on his picture) but undder eBay's Rules, this is considered to be a violation of a Copyright rule. Stealing a part of (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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I want to know where Lawrence's supposed copyright notice is. I went to his site and didn't see anyhting. I think this discussion has gone far enough. It could keep on going and just get people mad at each other. I think the most logical thing is (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Ryan Dennett <rdennett@firehousemail.com> wrote in message news:Fs1sDv.Hq0@lugnet.com... (...) his (...) Its at the bottom of the page (where such things usually are) and says "copyright 2000 Lawrence Wilkes". Not hard to find. And you dont need a (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Modern copyright law doesn't require any display of copyright notices. In fact, if you don't wan't something to be copyrighted, you have to specifically say that, otherwise you still own the copyright (assuming it's your own intellectual (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction) !
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