Sell sell sell!!!!

[Ian M]

I couldn't agree more with Brett & also so with Justin & Jonathan. At the end of the day it is upto you to take a chance if that is the road you want to go down. I used to be involved with a group of classic car clubs who had some videos produced many years ago from the original films made by a major car manufacturing group in the 1950's & 60's. We were horrified to find one of the films being sold as a DVD on Ebay complete with our copyright printed on the sleve. We got Ebay to remove it straight away & had to do the same with the same seller several more times. The seller then threatened us with legal action but we had now a major French car manufacturer who now owned the rights behind us. The French car manufacturer had given us permission to reproduce any item including the films & they said if anyone infringed the copyright it would be their lawyers who they would answer too & all we had to do was get in touch with them. This we did as we had had enough of this seller on Ebay with his threats to us & he was sent a letter direct from the French lawyers telling him he would sued in Paris & not the UK. They also gave him an idea of how much they would be seeking & the figure made us gasp I can tell you. The seller has never been seen again & we later found out he was a crook with quite a long police record.

As Brett said we have all sailed close to the wind at times but, these days are now different & there are a lot of layers looking to make a fast buck or two. If you want a good example well, just watch the TV programme Mary Portas, Secret Shopper & you will see that any shot of her car or her in her car they have had to blank out the 3 pointed star Mercedes-Benz logo.

Ian

[jennywren]

People on here saying report this and report that, is all well and good till you cross the wrong people and also face the consequences of THEIR actions.[/QUOTE]

Not sure what you mean quote above, do you mean don't report and life is easy, or report at your peril, it you are reporting someone, is it not kept confidential, they can only retaliate if they know who it is or have something on you.

[jennywren]

Funny enough someone emailed me and ask could I send the images only 3 with out pmg splattered across it. Gob smack what shall I reply , I need short but but no answer with no swearing, still two words feel better in my head

[jennywren]

Sorry should have made it clear, pmg is what I put on the artwork on our website, someone emailed me and asked if he could have images without pmg on. how strange is that.

[Andrew]

That's the problem with the internet, people assume what is in the public domain is a free for all. Music, movies, games etc. People wouldn't come to your place of work and try and take artwork for free but it seems fair game on the net. I stopped chasing and more so checking as it used to wind me up.

[Stitch Up]

What is his Ebay ID, I'd like to see what is actually selling?

[Andrew]

The OP is http://stores.ebay.co.uk/SublimeDesigns

He obviously isn't worried as all the designs are still there. The income is obviously too good to tempt him back on the straight and narrow. Football, Film, TV, Music...... all dodgy.

I would have thought he'd been reported by now as well. There are probably a few members here that have licences for certain lines like Moto GP etc that he is able to undercut without having purchased a licence.

[DREAMGLASS]

Not sure what you mean quote above, do you mean don't report and life is easy, or report at your peril, it you are reporting someone.

Unless your allegations are based on DEFINITIVE knowledge rather than assumption if you report someone, then the person being accused has legal channels open to them for damages of libel and slander through the courts. That includes getting a court order to find out who made the allegations in the first place. Copyright and trademark infringement are civil offences, as is someone protecting their business reputation through the same civil courts.

Making allegations against people in a similar trade without proof, would just present itself as a malicious competitor in the courts and carries the appropriate financial penalties if found guilty. You can't just go round accusing people of this and that wthout accepting the responsibilities for your actions.

The rights holders are the ones best suited to protecting their own copyright and trademarks. If they choose not to police their own rights, then that is their own personal choice and really of no concern to anyone else.

[jennywren]

He is a member of this forum and therefore had time to put us all right, he has choose NOT too, this speaks volumes, and if as you say it a personal choice and really no concern to anyone else, then you have exasperated the situation with your remarks, it seems to say loud and clear, don't say anything bad about this member, do you know him, and I sure all of us has read thing in the paper and said he or she is guilty, it is our right within reason and with no response for him I choose to believe that he does not have a License. If innocent this is NOT a time to be silent

[jennywren]

The rights owners have the responsibility of protecting their own copyright and trademarks. Not some jealous trader in a related industry showing moral indignation. Those traders that choose to cross over the line make their own decisions and face the consequences of their actions.

People on here saying report this and report that, is all well and good till you cross the wrong people and also face the consequences of THEIR actions.

This was not my quote just asking what you meant it, hence my reply