Do you allow others to use your ebay photos?
jmski52
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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?
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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
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
<< <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. >>
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I usually have to deal with people stealing my pictures, text, and format. You should feel luck he even asked you!
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.
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<< <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.
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<< <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.
<< <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?
<< <i>A question would be more likely does buying the coin get you the rights to the photo also? >>
No.
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.
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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.
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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.
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<< <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
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