Do you allow others to use your ebay photos?

jmski52

I just had an ebay user contact me to see if I would allow him to use one of my auction photos. What are your thoughts about this? Would I have any liability if I allowed this?

Barndog

I got the question before too. Told him as long as it was a non-commercial venture (not used to sell or not used on a dealer web site) it would be fine with me. And my photos suck.

21Walker

If he/she buys the coin, no sweat off my b*lls.............Rick

RWB

Only if they buy the coin.

Russ

If it's a coin they bought from me, no problem. Otherwise, no.

Russ, NCNE

Bochiman

Sure I would, if asked, but so far, no one has asked


I have asked people I buy from if I can copy/use their photos as well. So far, no one has said no, and a couple have even sent me more pics they had taken.

Edited to add...yeah, with the condition others stated about them having bought the coins from me first
Else, they could pay me for them

DenverDave

<< <i>I got the question before too. Told him as long as it was a non-commercial venture (not used to sell or not used on a dealer web site) it would be fine with me. And my photos suck. >>



your photos do suck..."-)

mgoodm3

If they own the coin and paid for the pictures, no problem. Otherwise it's nice to ask first.

pontiacinf

Sure, so long as nothing funky is going on

UtahCoin

only if they buy the coin

jessewvu

I would say no. Why in the world would he need your photos? Is he flipping the coin? If he did buy the coin from you, they could alter the coin or swap it, use your pictures and ship out a bum coin.

I usually have to deal with people stealing my pictures, text, and format. You should feel luck he even asked you!

mrpotatoheadd

It would depend on the use. For personal use, I'd say okay. For commercial use, no. I'd also say no if the buyer wanted to use the picture to sell the coin on eBay if I was still listing similar items myself.

segoja

If they ask, and I've had people ask, I say sure.

Reality is they can cut and paste any photo. If you don;t see it, you'll never know they took it.

If they have the courtesty to ask, why not.

mrpotatoheadd

<< <i>If they have the courtesty to ask, why not. >>

Well... sometimes, I'll have a roll of coins which I sell individually. I don't want my buyer competing with me by using my own photos against me if he takes crappy pictures himself. And if he has the ability to take decent pictures on his own, why does he need mine?

That's one reason.

messydesk

The only person ever to ask was Bill Gibbs at Coin World. He didn't buy the coin, but I let him use it anyway with proper credit.

jmski52

My auction just ended, so I gave him permission to use the photo one time, as long as it fairly represents the set that he will be selling. He had the decency to ask, so why not - as long as his auction didn't conflict with mine and as long as he isn't misrepresenting what he is selling?

VicThrust

I had one guy who used a silver eagle pic of mine. I sent him a note asking if he thought my kitchen tile floor looked good (it was in the background of the pic). We both had a good laugh.

mrpotatoheadd

<< <i>as long as his auction didn't conflict with mine and as long as he isn't misrepresenting what he is selling? >>

I could live with that.

Animalkeeper

My photos must suck, 'cause nobody ever asked to use mine!

mike92694

<< <i>I just had an ebay user contact me to see if I would allow him to use one of my auction photos. What are your thoughts about this? Would I have any liability if I allowed this? >>



A question would be more likely does buying the coin get you the rights to the photo also?

bluespaceant

mrpotatoheadd

<< <i>A question would be more likely does buying the coin get you the rights to the photo also? >>

No.

CoinMaster1229

I stolen some one`s discription once, just change a few lines. he contacted me and said hey! thats mine, what do you yhink you are doing. he realy sounded mad.

I told him that his discription was the best i could find, thats why i snatch it!! I also told him he should feel honored that I chose his to Steal. he never replied.

fcloud

I always give the okay for others to use my photos if they are the buyer.

foundinrolls

I can't believe what I'm seeing. I know I might be in the minority, but sharing pictures is nuts.

1). Ebay still requires that the exact coin for sale must be pictured. So if a guy is using your picture to sell another coin. He is in violation of the rules and you helped scam someone.

2). Even if the guy buys it, The coin may be switched out or damaged by the chucklehead that "borrowed" your picture. Again, you become complicit in his scam if he doesn't send out the coin pictured.

3). People are now swiping images left and right to list coins they don't own. They collect the money and noone gets the coin. Do you want to have someone use your picture to pull that stunt?

4). You did the work to take the picture in the first place. Let the other guy who is probably gonna ask you to use one picture and then assume he can steal any of your others take his own pictures so the real coin can be seen in a sale on Ebay.

If the guy doesnt buy your coin and relist it, you are probably contributing to the new wave of scams starting to emerge on eBay that pertains to swiping pictures.

Thanks,
Bill

seemyauction

I don't have that problem, I use Auctiva's image protection, its not foolproof but it stops 90% of the picture thieves.


Alan

jmski52

1). Ebay still requires that the exact coin for sale must be pictured. So if a guy is using your picture to sell another coin. He is in violation of the rules and you helped scam someone.

Rest assured that if the picture wasn't more or less generic (it was a pic of a 4-coin platinum proof set), I wouldn't have given my consent. The picture wasn't a closeup of a rare coin that showed any diagnostics. I stand by my decision, and if a scam gets perpetrated, it's not because of the pic.

Added: I hope my pics are improving, but I'm still a far cry from mgoodwin, Russ or JapanJohn, or many others.

foundinrolls

<< <i>1). Ebay still requires that the exact coin for sale must be pictured. So if a guy is using your picture to sell another coin. He is in violation of the rules and you helped scam someone.

Rest assured that if the picture wasn't more or less generic (it was a pic of a 4-coin platinum proof set), I wouldn't have given my consent. The picture wasn't a closeup of a rare coin that showed any diagnostics. I stand by my decision, and if a scam gets perpetrated, it's not because of the pic.

Added: I hope my pics are improving, but I'm still a far cry from mgoodwin, Russ or JapanJohn, or many others. >>




Maybe your picture can end up in an ad like this. Besides, a generic picture is still not to be used. The exact coin or coins for sale are to be pictured in the ad. So what you are doing is still contributing to fraud. How do you know he doesn't use your pictures to sell sets that were recovered from the floods in New Orleans after Katrina?

Check out this chuckleheads ad using a borrowed picture. He's picturing a slabbed coin to sell you a raw nickel. So I still think that people who allow the sharing of pictures, are 1). Irresponsible and 2). Probably helping someone scam someone else.

It may not be your fault if someone gets scammed, but you helped. As much as Ebay still needs to do, they are trying to clean up the act a llittle bit. You are making that effort more difficult by allowing others to sell items using your 'generic" picture. Follow this link to see how your picture may be used:

Link to Bogus Ebay sale

derryb

I recently asked ebay to pull a listing because the guy lifted my pic without asking or without buying the coin. it was clearly my pic, i gave ebay the listing number that it was lifted from. ebay replied back that i should put my user name on my pics and they did not pull the guy's listing. i have no respect for seller's that try to represent their coin with a picture of a completely different coin.