Re: ebay dilemma / cdr seller

["Warren 'Llama' Ernst" <wernst@gmail.com>]

On May 26, 7:03 pm, ramito <ram...@san.rr.com> wrote:
> On 2009-05-25 18:33:48 -0700, "Garberstreet Electronics"
> <willy4...@comcast.net> said:
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> > "ramito" <ram...@san.rr.com> wrote in message
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> >> I just sold graphicwriter III after being listed just one day.
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> >> Problem is the buyer is a guy who seems to make disc images, burn em
> >> all to cd & then sell those cdrs. He has 3 sets, just search for IIGS
> >> and CD.
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> >> So I fear if I send the disks, they'll end up on his cdrs.
> >> any idea what to do?
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> >> thanks!
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> >> louis aka ramito
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> > Yes, send him the disks. He bought 'em. You can't be responsible for
> > what he does with them. That'll be on his conscience, and of those who
> > buy the CD's from him.
> > Garberstreet Electronics
> >http://www.garberstreet.com
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> thanks - I guess that is what I have to do. Anyone want to report him
> for violations?
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> Maybe if Apple II vilations matter to you, then
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> report item
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> 150342579750
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> why? ebay policy
> <http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/recordable.html>
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> Only copyright owners, or the copyright owners’ licensees, are
> permitted to list their products copied onto recordable media (such as
> VHS tapes, Audio tapes, CD-Rs and DVD-Rs) on eBay. Sellers listing any
> type of recordable media must state their copyright ownership or
> license to resell these items in their listings.
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> example:
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> Compilation of "freeware" and "shareware" programs on one CD-R

Luis,

I know your intentions are in the right place here, but I have two
comments:

1. *You* aren't the copyright holder here. This really isn't your
battle.

2. The collateral damage of you pursuing this is liable to screw up
the What is the Apple IIGS site and whole bunch of others that are
doing good work.

I think it's best if you just let this one go. It is reasonable to
expend some effort to contact original copyright holders to get
permission to distribute abandoned software (as I did with the entire
Beagle Bros TimeOut series earlier this year), and it's reasonable to
distribute it anyway after due diligence gets no response, but acting
on behalf of the copyright holder (who may intentionally be letting
"this stuff" go on with full unofficial knowledge but remains
officially silent for legal reasons) isn't necessary.

-Warr