[elky] Re: Autotrader Scam
- From: Chris Lindh <chrislindh@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 17:37:23 -0400
- 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
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