Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >