BLEGHH
Soooo, a while ago, for some reason I found out about a seller on Ebay who's selling Daft Punk sshirts, one of which has my original artwork on it.
My piece: (Done for a little poster art battle on SatelliteSoda years ago)
And the shirt with altered stolen art:
which is here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Daft-Punk-DANCE-LIVE-PARIS-Electroma-T-Shirts-Men-L_W0QQitemZ270510270296QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMen_s_Clothing?hash=item3efbab2758#ht_2767wt_939
Thanks to my good friends Jess and Phil, I tried sending messages to stop it on Ebay's Customer support. They sent a reply:
"We will review the listing(s) you have reported for violations of our
Encouraging Infringement Policy. We often rely on members like you to
bring such violations to our attention.
In light of eBay's privacy policy, we cannot share with you any action
taken by eBay with respect to this listing. If we determine that the
listing violates this policy, we will remove the listing or suspend the
seller. Account suspensions are usually reserved for those sellers that
repeatedly disregard policy.
If the item you reported does not appear on its face to violate this
policy, we may refer it to the intellectual property rights owner for
review. If the rights owner has a good faith belief that the item is
infringing, they may choose to send eBay a formal request to remove the
listing. For more information on eBay's cooperation with rights owners,
please visit:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/confidence/programs-vero-ov.html "
So I know many other artists have had to deal with this kind of unfortunate situation. I haven't messaged the member who has it up yet, and the shirt is still up for sale. I'm just wondering if there's any tips or suggestions for what to do? Frankly, I have no idea what I should do.
Thanks guys.
My piece: (Done for a little poster art battle on SatelliteSoda years ago)
And the shirt with altered stolen art:
which is here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Daft-Punk-DANCE-LIVE-PARIS-Electroma-T-Shirts-Men-L_W0QQitemZ270510270296QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMen_s_Clothing?hash=item3efbab2758#ht_2767wt_939
Thanks to my good friends Jess and Phil, I tried sending messages to stop it on Ebay's Customer support. They sent a reply:
"We will review the listing(s) you have reported for violations of our
Encouraging Infringement Policy. We often rely on members like you to
bring such violations to our attention.
In light of eBay's privacy policy, we cannot share with you any action
taken by eBay with respect to this listing. If we determine that the
listing violates this policy, we will remove the listing or suspend the
seller. Account suspensions are usually reserved for those sellers that
repeatedly disregard policy.
If the item you reported does not appear on its face to violate this
policy, we may refer it to the intellectual property rights owner for
review. If the rights owner has a good faith belief that the item is
infringing, they may choose to send eBay a formal request to remove the
listing. For more information on eBay's cooperation with rights owners,
please visit:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/confidence/programs-vero-ov.html "
So I know many other artists have had to deal with this kind of unfortunate situation. I haven't messaged the member who has it up yet, and the shirt is still up for sale. I'm just wondering if there's any tips or suggestions for what to do? Frankly, I have no idea what I should do.
Thanks guys.