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Kosh Vorlontay
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Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:00 pm

bclarkie wrote:

See the Shady Dealers thread for more details, but the short story is its our old friend Maxwell.

Well at least he is off to a good start with his feedback rating

http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.d ... dback:2:us

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Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:12 pm

Apparently, he's selling figures from the D&D Miniatures line, but just throwing them in an envelope when it comes time to mail them.

Here's a neutral:
"$9 S&H = Figures shipped loose in padded envelope. I am not impressed."

And another:
"Horrible packing. The figurine is nearly destroyed. Try a box next time."

Why do some people make the eBay experience so damn difficult? *

+++++

* rhetorical; no need to answer

notquitekarpov
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Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 6:50 am

What's the view on this auction?

** expired/removed eBay auction **

I would have thought the name "White Dwarf" at least in that typeface has to be copyrighted, no? They are described as "brand new remakes...just like they were in the 80's." It is not clear if he is making them himself but I think so as clearly binders for other mags are being produced too (see
** expired/removed eBay auction **
).

Thought I would get some views of the community before reporting him. Thoughts?

Cheers!
Nick

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notquitekarpov
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Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:40 am

Well, in the absence of any views ( :wink:

) I have asked him whether they are reproductiions, if he is producing them under license if so and pointing out he risks being reported to Games Workshop and/or eBay if he is breaching copyright laws.

We will see what he says. Auction scheduled to end Sunday.

Cheers!
Nick

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NetRodent
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Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:14 am

I don't think its a copyright violation, although it very well might be a trademark violation.

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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 3:17 pm

[quote="Deadlord39"]Not much I can do anymore, eBay requires a credit card to register. So it seems, at least.[/quote]

I wonder if you can use one of these instead of a credit card.. <g>

http://www10.americanexpress.com/sif/cd ... on=cardnav

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Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 10:35 am

whom of you, US guys, is so kind to handle this newbie?

** expired/removed eBay auction **

** expired/removed eBay auction **

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Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 11:41 pm

Reported the second guy. :evil:

The first guy is already down. :twisted:

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Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 12:54 am

[quote="MShipley88"]Reported the second guy. :evil:

As did I... :twisted:

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Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 10:49 am

Hello Fellow Watchers,

I came across this seller posting an e-copy of a T1-4:
cgi.ebay.com/AD-D-Module-T1-4-The-Templ ... 0067744815

I thought that you might be interested :wink:

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Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 1:02 am

PM-Knight wrote:Hello Fellow Watchers,

I came across this seller posting an e-copy of a T1-4:
cgi.ebay.com/AD-D-Module-T1-4-The-Templ ... 0067744815

I thought that you might be interested

Reported... :twisted:

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Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 3:13 am

Wow...I went after him just now (12:16 AM PST on Dec. 24) but Ebay has already zapped the listing.

Nice shooting.

Mark

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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:06 pm

AD D 3 5 ALL IN ONE 4 DVD 900 E books Collection | eBay

Yeah, this one's looking pretty legal. :roll:

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Mars
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:08 pm

bclarkie wrote:
** expired/removed eBay auction **

Yeah, this one's looking pretty legal.

What are the copyright laws in Hungary? They might not recognize US copyrights.

JohnGaunt
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:23 pm

Mars wrote:What are the copyright laws in Hungary? They might not recognize US copyrights.

Regardless of whether or not Hungary recognizes US copyrights, these copies are unauthorized.

[Edit: Snippage from Recordable media policy

Sellers listing any type of recordable media must state their copyright ownership or license to resell these items in their listings and be able to prove it to eBay.

The following are examples of items that may not be listed on eBay:

. . . CD-Rs containing scanned pages from a book, magazine, manual or other copyrighted written materials that were not written by the seller.
]

deimos3428
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:16 pm

Mars wrote:
What are the copyright laws in Hungary? They might not recognize US copyrights.

Same as pretty much anywhere else*: List of parties to international copyright agreements - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[edit]*With the notable exception of Canada, which has only signed two of the five conventions/treaties.

IttyBitty
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:59 pm

bclarkie wrote:
** expired/removed eBay auction **

Yeah, this one's looking pretty legal.

Reported... :twisted:

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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 11:29 am

He's down.

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