Author: Uri Blass
Date: 11:15:31 10/16/04
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On October 16, 2004 at 13:22:20, Mike Byrne wrote: >On October 16, 2004 at 10:26:29, Jon Dart wrote: > >>It is possible the seller doesn't have a clue, so just letting him know his >>merchandise is not "public domain" would be a first step. If he still doesn't >>get it, you could consider getting a lawyer to send him a letter spelling it out >>for him more clearly ;-). >> >>Re eBay, if you tell them the merchandise was mis-represented, they might take >>action, but I wouldn't bet on it. >> >>--Jon > >EBay supposedly takes copyright infringemnet versy seriously has it pontentially >opens a bag of worms for them if they simply ignore it. > >Authors should take als ocopyright infrigement seriously as well - as >unprotected copyrights may fall into public domain status. "aspirin" and >"escalators" are two of the better known copyrighted names that fell into public >domain from lack of copyright enforcement. "xerox" is a copyright that Xerox >has gone to great lengths to protect. What do you suggest authors to do to protect their engines? Do you suggest to go to the following link http://pages.ebay.com/help/contact_inline/index.html and later to the following link by choosing: "report a listing policy violation or prohibited item" http://pages.ebay.com/help/contact_inline/report_listing.html What exactly do you suggest to choose there? Uri
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