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Subject: [Leica] Stupidest Auction Copyright Thief EVER ??
From: dcm at pobox.com (David C. Mason)
Date: Sat Nov 26 18:59:39 2005
References: <43891BDC.5040304@earthlink.net>

How very odd - I suppose even in the online world of thievery,
stupidity is king.

Dave



On 11/26/05, Stephen Gandy <leicanikon@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Stupidest Auction Copyright Thief EVER ??
>
> OK, I know this is off topic, but it is SO funny!
>
> Someone emailed me an auction, which I instantly recognize as containing
> one of my pics from a classic camera profile.
>
> I thank him in my reply, saying I will have auction site stop the
> auction.  I thought he emailed the auction to me, like often happens,
> because he recognized it was my photo in the ad.
>
> He emails me back asking why should I stop the auction, it is HIS camera!
>
> I inform him the pic is taken from my site which is a copyright
> violation, and I give him the URL of the page from which it was taken.
>
> He continues to claim thru two replies that  it is HIS pic -- and he is
> obviously lying. .
>
> Finally he changes the pic in his auction, without admitting his own
> thievery or how amazingly stupid he is.
>
> This reminds me of the bank robber who left his wallet in the bank.
>
> The moral of this story is that if you are going to steal pics for an
> auction ad,
> don't email the auction to the guy you stole the pics from!
>
> Stephen Gandy
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