This is the dumbest thing I've ever seen and a total misunderstanding of intellectual property law and copyright. The poster you listed was a promotional poster for a film in which Mara Corday assigned perpetual promotional rights to the producing movie company. By selling the poster publicly you are not infringing on any intellectual property rights, anymore than selling a Larry Rivers signed poster on Ebay is infringing on Larry Rivers' rights. Ebay like Amazon just doesn't want to have to defend any lawsuits, so it is taking the easy way out and just deleting your listing. FRANC -----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Lieberman Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 12:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MOPO] Mara Corday from TARANTULA gets a little carried away....
just received this email from ebay. this is just plain silly... Dear cinemasterpieces ([email protected]), You recently listed the following Fixed Price listing: 350233078162 - TARANTULA *1SH ORIG MOVIE POSTER SPIDER SCI FI MONSTER The listing was removed because it violated eBay policy. The rights owner or an agent authorized to act on behalf of the rights owner, Mrs. Richard Long aka Mara Corday, notified eBay that this listing violates intellectual property rights. When eBay receives a report of this type of violation, we remove the listing to comply with the law. Listings or items that contain a celebrity's name, likeness, or signature may infringe his/her right of publicity. This right is generally defined as an individual's right to control and profit from the commercial use of his/her identity, and is not limited to only celebrities. You may need the celebrity's authorization to use his/her name, likeness, or signature in a listing or to list an item using such elements. Items that contain a celebrity's name, likeness, or signature may infringe his/her right of publicity. Such items are not permitted on eBay, unless they were made or authorized by that person. For more information visit the following Help page: http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/celebrity-material.html To take the intellectual property tutorial, please visit: http://pages.ebay.com/help/tutorial/verotutorial/intro.html Please be aware that any additional violations of this policy may result in the suspension of your account. eBay understands that you may be concerned about this situation.We encourage you to contact Mrs. Richard Long aka Mara Corday directly if you have any questions. You can send an email to: deleted For more information on how eBay protects Intellectual Property, or for additional information if you believe that your listing has been removed as a result of an error or misidentification, please visit the following Help page: http://pages.ebay.com/help/tp/programs-vero-ov.html For more information on why eBay may remove a listing, please visit: http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/questions/listing-ended.html Please be assured that your listings have not been targeted in any way. Although there may be similar items currently listed on eBay, we review all listings that are reported to us by eBay members or Verified Rights Owner (VeRO) program participants. We rely on reports from our members to help maintain the safety and security of our Community. We encourage you to report any items by using the REPORT THIS ITEM button on the listing so we can quickly remove any other items that should be removed. Thank you for your understanding. Sincerely, eBay Trust & Safety team David Lieberman CineMasterpieces.com <http://www.cinemasterpieces.com/> | 15721 N. Greenway Hayden Loop, Suite 105 -- Scottsdale, Az 85260 Vintage Original Movie Posters | 602 309 0500 | Office/Gallery Open By Appt. Only. _____ Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
