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:
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For more information on why eBay may remove a listing, please
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Please be assured that your listings have not been targeted
in any way. Although there may be similar items currently
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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 |
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