Badmike wrote: Hell, I'll volunteer to be the one who emails these guys and says something like "Hello! Nice to see you have used the Acaeum descriptions as part of your item description on ebay. It would be appreciated if you".....blah blah blah fill in the blanks if it would help. Maybe we could take turns...... Mike B.
Sorry, I missed this thread yesterday, but it brings up some of the IP issues that were discussed recently in the H3 thread viewtopic.php?t=5552&postdays=0&postorder= asc&start=0. I believe Badmike's suggestion is an excellent idea. Many of you have spent countless hours compiling the information for the Acaeum and do not deserve to have your efforts and/or IP boggarted in an auction listing without at least a passing reference or credit to this site. After re-reading the 'Credits & Legal' page, it is quite clear that if you quote from or use a scan from this site, then you need to have prior written permission from either the webmaster or the original contributor to use their work. I would imagine in practice this almost never happens. My guess is that when someone is trying to come up with the verbiage for their auction listing just to unload a few old books from their childhood, they a) copy from a similar auction listing or b) google 'D&D' and the keywords and hit upon this or another D&D-related site. Voila! All the hard work is done and another victimless crime has been committed. Now, most people do this out of ignorance, laziness, or indifference. If this site is to be an ambassador for D&D collecting as some have suggested, a polite email requesting proper credit for the Acaeum is certainly not out of order. Even further provide them with the following content they can add to their listing: "Item details provided courtesy of the D&D collecting site 'The Acaeum.' If the auction listing is changed, then great. Mission accomplished. However, if the seller chooses to ignore the email, a representative of this site should send an email to Ebay notifiying them of the copyright violation. Whether Ebay takes action is another matter, but at least you have provided a polite cease and desist order. As I am relatively new to this community and do not have the 'collecting' experience of many of you to contribute, I would be more than happy to offer to help BadMike and others send the required emails. Please let me know. I think you guys, gals, and half-orcs have done a fantastic job with the site and now have me addicted to perusing the forums several times a day. Keep up the good work.
Radovarl wrote:$4.05, baby.
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Deadlord39 wrote:My wife cuts up old liquor boxes and uses them to stiffen the Prio envelopes. These aren't MY boxes; she gets them for free at the store.
Xaxaxe wrote:DAYECON+++++Wow, I hope a fictional company doesn't come after me with a pretend lawsuit.
