Badmike wrote:If someone doesn't think they can make a buck off it, sometimes they don't defend their copyright or abandon it entirely.In a case I'm familiar with, Conde Nast publications stopped defending copyright of many of their pulp characters. Many of the pulp stories were on the edge of becoming public domain, and apparantly Conde Nast didn't value the property anymore. This includes such pulp characters as The Spider, Doc Savage, and the Shadow. There are tons of cd roms, reprints and downloads out there, with no attention paid to the copyright, and no one defending it anymore. This follows many years of Conde Nast being very proactive in defending their property and attempting to charge outrageous fees for the reprint rights to series such as Doc Savage (rumor was the Conde Nast wanted a million bucks for the rights to Doc, who although one of my favorite pulp characters at this point isn't worth half that on the general market). Finally it seems they just gave up policing the flood of illegal reprints and downloads and now they are very easily found on Ebay and elsewhere.It takes two to tango, and a company not vigorously defending a copyright just gives this sort of activity the appearance of tacit approval. I'm surprised at some of the stuff that ends up in the public domain, and suprised large companies with somthing to lose like Hasbro don't do more to defend themselves.Mike B.
Kingofpain89 wrote:Noticed this DVD of Twilight 2000 .pdfs yesterday: ** expired/removed eBay auction **The same seller has a Shadowrun DVD, DC Heroes DVD, and The Maxx cartoon series DVD. Already submitted them to Ebay.
g026r wrote:I think I reported the DC Heroes one several days ago. Ah, eBay is on the ball as always, huh?
JasonZavoda wrote:From the fight that Ebay had with France I think ebay is fine with bootlegs and will only take them down when threatened seriously.
xraygord wrote:It seems ebay does not watch out for bootlegs or illegal copies, but instead relies on the public to do it for them. So not only do they make money from us (the public), we also work for them for free.
Badmike wrote:Which is why I no longer participate in nailing these assholes....if Ebay can't be relied upon to clean up their own yard, I'll be damned if I'm going to volunteer my free time to sweep the sidewalk for them.Mike B.
beasterbrook wrote:What we probably need to do find a company that will take on ebay like in france...then tell the company, not ebay, and see if it flows on to the rest...
benjoshua wrote:They are really opening themselves up for a class-action lawsuit. They say on their site what items and what kinds of auctions are illegal, and yet these sales continue while eBay takes in profits from these illegal sales. Furthermore, a case could be strengthed by maintaining that the size of their staff is inadequate to monitor its sales. Asking the community to help is fine, but it should not be their first line of defense. eBay is trying to maximize profits at the risk of skirting the law. Shameful for them and hurtful to buyers.
Kosh Vorlontay wrote:What is GSL again? ** expired/removed eBay auction **
enshook wrote:Under what rights is that manuscript being offered for sale on this site in Frank's Warehouse thread?
enshook wrote:Rob was never paid by TSR for Maze of Xaene. The company owned the title, but not the content. I believe a sale of a copy of that manuscript violates Rob's IP.Additionally, employees of TSR and Trigee signed confidentiality agreements for the exact purpose of their work byproduct never being sold by them in competition with the original author's legal IP, or the company's representation of that IP. So, I don't believe any rights can be altered through happenstance or simple possession.Under what rights is that manuscript being offered for sale on this site in Frank's Warehouse thread?