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Deadlord
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Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 8:01 pm

(The listing has been removed.)

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Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 8:06 am

I've reported these listings. This eBayer is selling photocopies (or .pdf printouts) of the Segment Jorune articles and Essays from White Wolf magazines 8 - 16. Not that anyone would bite at these starting bids, anyway. In case anyone is interested in the information contained in them, these are available from Joe Adam's Jorune.org site in .pdf, presumably with the blessings of the copyright holders.

cgi.ebay.com/Jorune-Rpg-Lot-of-Essays-a ... 2c52660d58

cgi.ebay.com/Jorune-Rpg-Segment-Jorune- ... 2c526618ad

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Deadlord
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Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 10:06 am

Reported.

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Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 7:38 am

The listings have been taken down

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Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 1:45 am

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A little copy infringement down under.

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Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:20 am

JasonZavoda wrote: Antiques & Collecting Magazine | eBay

A little copy infringement down under.

Reported

"But I have watched the dragons come, fire-eyed, across the world."

Mars
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Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:14 pm

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

A little copy infringement down under.

This guy is a regular on this thread and has made a business of selling them. Look at his feedback, he is up to almost 200 sales of illegal pdf'd collections.

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Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:40 pm

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

Would the disappearance of Howard Thompson mean that Metagaming properties are now "orphan works"?

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Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 1:10 pm

sauromatian wrote:
Would the disappearance of Howard Thompson mean that Metagaming properties are now "orphan works"?

No, but if there is no one to defend a copyright then it can be exploited by the unscrupulous.

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Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:35 am

** expired/removed eBay auction **

This guy states that the city state book is a photocopy

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Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:42 am

The City State copy listing is already gone!

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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:40 pm

I have to wonder, with sites like this one (and there are many) what's the point in going after individual eBay sellers anymore?

ÏˆLoad.com - Find Rapidshare and Megaupload files

I did a little poking around there to see what was available, and downloaded a PDF of a work that I already own a copy of in hardcover. I wanted to see if it was legit; that the file was actually present and what it claimed to be. It was.

Worse, it cost nothing to download at all, except about 60 seconds of my precious time.

JohnGaunt
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:14 pm

deimos3428 wrote:I did a little poking around there to see what was available, and downloaded a PDF of a work that I already own a copy of in hardcover. I wanted to see if it was legit; that the file was actually present and what it claimed to be. It was.

The "beasts of lejend" search wouldn't be yours, would it?

[Edit: LOL. "dark chateau" "deimos soul" "dragon archive" "isle ape" "keep borderlands"]

[Edit II: I'm having fun making graffiti-searches for that front page.]

deimos3428
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:24 pm

JohnGaunt wrote:The "beasts of lejend" search wouldn't be yours, would it?

That was one of 'em, yep. But I was originally looking for "The Exotic Realms of Hazgar". It couldn't find that one but did particularly like the keyword "realms" due to a certain D&D fantasy setting that shall remain forgotten. ("badmike nude" wasn't me, though.)

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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:27 pm

deimos3428 wrote:("badmike nude" wasn't me, though.)

JohnGaunt wrote:[Edit II: I'm having fun making graffiti-searches for that front page.]

I'm going to sleep before I spend all night thinking of graffiti.

Deadlord
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:32 pm

"bclarkie loves mbassoc". Whose was that?

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Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 12:29 am

RaisedFromTheDead wrote::o "bclarkie loves mbassoc". Whose was that?

Not me, but this is what this is what was presented when I first looked...

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Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:45 am

deimos3428 wrote:I have to wonder, with sites like this one (and there are many) what's the point in going after individual eBay sellers anymore?

ÏˆLoad.com - Find Rapidshare and Megaupload files

I did a little poking around there to see what was available, and downloaded a PDF of a work that I already own a copy of in hardcover. I wanted to see if it was legit; that the file was actually present and what it claimed to be. It was.

Worse, it cost nothing to download at all, except about 60 seconds of my precious time.

"What's the point", I think it is probably a matter of degree. As you stated, it cost you 60 seconds and zero loonies. Having copyrighted .pdfs available for free isn't exactly lawful. Making a profit from them, I think most would agree, is worse. That is the line to me.

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