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In lugnet.market.theory, Bianca Nebab writes:
> John, someone did the same thing to my sister's description for a doll she
> was selling, then THAT person was plagiarized by someone else.
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I had seena few threads about people "biting" or linking to pics, but I
never thought people were so lazy as to copy descriptions...
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> they
> altered the descriptions just enough so it wasn't word-for-word lifting, but
> it is still plagiarism. I've seen some people do hilarious things with
> photos, if the plagiarist is dumb enough to link back to the original site
> but descriptions are tough.
I have recently seen some hilarious link pictures that were inserted by
people who discovered "hot links" to their pics too...lol...great stuff.
Agreed, descriptions can be more subjective...
There's a small discussion going on about this
> now on the eBay chat boards regarding a plagiarized book review in an item
> description. There's also eBay's copyright policy, with a means of having
> the plagiarist's auction ended:
> http://pages.ebay.com/help/community/png-copyrights.html
Thanks for this info...food for thought...
> However, since his/her auction ends in less than 2 days, I'm not sure if
> this would help you or not. Right now, I'm not sure there's anything you
> can do about it short of taking it up with the plagiarist, so at least s/he
> (perhaps) won't do it again, or at least won't plagiarize *your*
> descriptions, because now s/he'll know you'll be watching.
I contacted the seller...no response. His auction closed substantially
higher than his competitors though...I was out of town when the auction
ended, so I couldn't raise a stink w/ eBay.
Unfortunately,
> I'm sure this is common practice on eBay, since plagiarists are lazy people
> and can see (as your bidders can) that you've put real work into your
> descriptions which he or she can then profit from with the least amount of
> effort. I've seen your auctions on eBay and always have gotten a kick out
> of your colorful descriptions, and yes, I do think putting some care in your
> descriptions helps instill confidence in your bidders and therefore helps
> your auction end high. For this reason alone, eBay should be interested,
> but I also realize this goes beyond economics. For what it's worth, I agree
> with you, you have a legitimate reason to be upset. If I were in your
> shoes, I might email a link of the copyright page to the plagiarist, just so
> s/he knows I noticed.
> binky
I did e-mail this page after a polite message... I fear that this "copying"
must be rampant on eBay with so many auctions everyday...this situation is
just one of those "touchy" things with me...In college I had a few
experiences in class and student government where people lfted my
legislative proposals or copied a term paer outright and achieved a greate
degree of success than I had experienced (sour grapes on my part, possibly)
I enjoy writing my descriptions and hence put some thought into them when I
am auctioning. Many of my bidders have gotten a laugh or been utterly
satisfied w/ the products because the description answered all their
questions. I am glad you enjoyed them. Wait til you see some of the new
ones (for future reference, a couple guiness can liberate you from writer's
block = )
Thanks for your support and for sharing your perspective...
John
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