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@emerald40 wrote:Ebay removed the report button. They will not get involved. They will tell you to work it out with that person.
IMO this is a conseqence of sellers using "sell similar" to list.
Ebay didn't remove the report button. It's still there but requires you (the infringement victim) to file a VeRO report. And although it sounds complicated, it's simple and the benefit of a VeRO takedown vs. ebay removing a listing through the old report is that a VeRO ding on the picture or description thief's account is huge. It's a much more serious infraction.
Description theft (plagiarism) is more difficult to prove so as @duchess-at-speakeasy suggested, use of unique and unusual adjectives and language can prove the work is your own and was copied. (I once proved a text-theft case when I realized I'd made a typo that the plagiarist copied!)
@emerald40- the report button is there and when you click the copyright and infringement button, it refers you to VeRO.
Ebay does get involved, but not through the "report" button. And as I'd commented, when you report as VeRO and successfully get the listing removed, the red mark on their account is painful. (I've never submitted a VeRO report by snail mail. I use email according to the DMCA/Notice of claimed infringment below.)
http://pages.ebay.com/seller-center/listing/create-effective-listings/vero-program.html#m17-1-tb2
I Want to Report a Rights Violation
We appreciate your help in identifying and reporting listings that you believe may infringe on your intellectual property rights.
Reportable listings include:
- Unauthorized use of your content or photo in a listing description
- Items that infringe on your intellectual property
- Counterfeit or replica items
Ineligible reasons to report a listing:
- Wanting to control where a product is resold by trying to enforce contracts or distribution of goods to authorized sellers (selective distribution)
- Not allowing the sale if items are below a controlled price point (minimum advertised pricing or MAP)
- Any terms a brand puts into their contracts that controls the way items are resold (contractual issues)
- Government-controlled items that are illegal to sell (regulatory compliance issues)
If an item or listing infringes on your intellectual property rights, you can report the listing by submitting a Notice of Claimed Infringement (NOCI). Once your report has been processed, we'll provide you with information on how to submit additional reports, if necessary, through our VeRO reporting tool. The NOCI can be submitted to eBay:
By email
By fax
(801) 757-9521
You can also report alleged copyright infringements via a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) notification sent to the eBay designated agent (contact information below) by providing ALL of the following information:
- A physical or electronic signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright that is allegedly infringed
- Identification or description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed
- Identification or description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the eBay site, with enough detail that we may find it on the eBay website
- Your address, telephone number, and email address
- A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the allegedly infringing material isn't authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law
- A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf
Contact the designated eBay agent:
By mail
eBay Designated Agent
583 W. eBay Way
Draper, UT 84020
By fax
(801) 757-9521
By email
