[SEL] Ebay plagiarised listing description.

[Peter Lowe]

The internet is a free domain and the old adage of "if you don't want it 
pinched, don't put it there", goes as far as I am concerned. He was not 
selling the article, only using the information to enhance the sale. He also 
had acknowledged the Maytag Owners Club. When selling computer and 
electrical spares I pull from the manufacturers web site every time, it is 
advertising their product.
I know we had this discussion before when others where using our web site 
photos to make a profit on Ebay, yes chase the bastards then. Peter Forbes 
went to the trouble of encrypting his photos.

If writing an article else where, you acknowledge in your Bibliography if 
information was obtained from other sources.
However, with the growing use of electronic sources, this is now called a 
Works Cited page (because biblios means book, so it is inaccurate to call it 
a bibliography if you used more than books).
The last paragraph was pinched from a "Yahoo Answers" page ;-)))

Peter, Oz





>I cannot say how it may apply in the USA but if someone in Australia did
> that from an Australian website it most certainly would be illegal. I'd
> be surprised if USA Copyright was much different.
>
> This kind of issue is simply avoided by asking the copyright holder for
> permission - could you imagine it being refused, especially since it
> comes with a little free advertising? Mind you, if this seller was dodgy
> then someone might seek compensation from the website.
>
> Regards
> Paul
>
> Peter Lowe wrote:
>> That's cool, he has made mention of the Maytag collector's web site. 
>> Nothing
>> illegal as far as I can see.
>> I also do that for Ebay adverts.
>>
>> Peter, Oz
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Check out the fellow that copied his description DIRECTLY From the pages
>>> of
>>> the Maytag Collectors Club web site. Didn't change a single letter. Item 
>>> #
>>> 220261157286
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Mark & Christine Shulaw
>>> Bluffton, Ohio
>>> Email: Frappi at wcoil.com
>>> Home #419.358.5206
>>>
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