- and I opted out per the instructions. My photos are pretty bad due to an old camera, but I still don't want them being used. Also I only let eBay host the one photo they use at the top and for the gallery, I use hosting and then link the html, that way the photos are big without having to be clicked. On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Mary McCarthy<printces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > good idea. I figured no one in their right mind would use mine. I have > learned that I can buy those 36" Barbie dolls in the thrift store in the $5 > range, give them a bath and sell them for $20 or more on eBay, but buyers > want pics of her naked so they can see if she's got any damage. > > Barbie Porn. <G> > > Mary > > > > Yikes... I'm going to be watermarking my images! > > On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Mary McCarthy<printces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> I found it - was one of those Internet things that pop up in your mail >> every >> once in awhile without much credibility. Take it any way you want. The >> date was August 9, 2009 >> >> **************** >> >> If you sell anything on ebay, you need to read this warning about how ebay >> plans to use your listing photos without creators' permission. >> >> Starting on August 31st, eBay is going to institute a new policy where >> photos you upload to any listing are put into a "catalog" of online images >> that any eBay user can then use for their own listings. The default >> setting >> for this is opt-in, which is a problem if you, like me, consider your >> photographs your property and want to control how they are used and by >> whom. >> >> A copyright notice is posted with a link to your user profile, but no >> additional information is given, and the link is quite small. >> >> Since the default setting is opt-in, and eBay has not sent messages out >> about this, a lot of people are going to be caught flat-footed by this new >> policy. >> >> Again, the default for this setting is YES, you have opted in. Meaning >> "Yes, >> I will allow eBay to make my photos available for anyone to use." >> >> If you do not want eBay to make the photos you upload to all of your >> future >> auctions available to other users in a sort of catalog process, you need >> to >> go change your settings now, before August 31st. If you opt out after >> then, >> any photos you upload between the 31st and when you opt out will still be >> eligible for inclusion in their "catalog." >> >> In order to opt out of this so-not-okay process, do the following. I've >> broken it down exhaustively. Hopefully your eBay pages look like mine. (I >> followed this easily) >> >> 1) Go to your eBay summary page ("My eBay"). >> >> 2) On the left-hand side, there are three tabs that say "Activity," >> "Messages," and "Account." Hover over the "Account" tab. >> >> 3) A drop-down list will appear. Move your mouse down to "Site >> Preferences" >> and click. >> >> 4) You will be taken to a page with a list of site options for selling, >> shipping, and listing. About the sixth from the top is "Share your >> Photos." >> Click on the word "show" on the right hand side next to this option. >> >> 5) The box will expand, and if you are opted in, "yes" will appear. If you >> are opted out, "no" will appear. A small "edit" link will appear below the >> "show" link. If you want to change the settings, click "edit." >> >> 6) You will be taken to a new page with the following text: If you'd like >> to >> opt-out of this program, please do so by checking this box and clicking >> the >> "submit" button below.(If you opt-out before August 31, 2009, none of your >> photos will be considered for inclusion in this program unless you opt >> back >> in at a later time. If you opt-out after August 31, 2009, any photos we >> select for inclusion in this program prior to your opt-out may continue to >> be used in the catalog) >> >> 7) If you want to opt out of the program, check the ticky box on the >> left-hand side next to the text, then go down and click the "submit" >> button. >> >> 8) You will go back to the settings screen you were just on, and there >> will >> be a green checkmark and a confirmation message. Go down to the "Share >> your >> Photos" option again and click "show." Your setting should now appear as >> "no." >> >> I am sure that this will be a useful feature for some people, for some >> items, but the automatic opt-in is not okay with me at all, as I don't >> want >> my photographs used to illustrate someone else's auction for a different >> item, not for any reason whatsoever. >> >> >> >> >> >> Rules: Please play nicely with others. >> >> -List members page (text & pic links): >> http://www.myelcamino.net/eclist.htm >> -List members page (all pics): >> http://www.myelcamino.net/ec_list.htm >> >> > > > Rules: Please play nicely with others. > > -List members page (text & pic links): > http://www.myelcamino.net/eclist.htm > -List members page (all pics): > http://www.myelcamino.net/ec_list.htm > > > > > Rules: Please play nicely with others. > > -List members page (text & pic links): > http://www.myelcamino.net/eclist.htm > -List members page (all pics): > http://www.myelcamino.net/ec_list.htm > > Rules: Please play nicely with others. -List members page (text & pic links): http://www.myelcamino.net/eclist.htm -List members page (all pics): http://www.myelcamino.net/ec_list.htm