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Post Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:48 pm 
 

Ralf Toth wrote:I just had an email exchange with WOTC corporate counsel Shelley McKinley. She said that we should report illegal eBay auctions with PDF files of copyrighted material to the following email address:

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Post Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 10:20 am 
 


** expired/removed eBay auction **




Aaaaand....it's gone!


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Post Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 10:12 am 
 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0559073837



Seems like the Outlaw Press guy with a new seller ID.

  

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Post Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 6:18 pm 
 

JasonZavoda wrote:
** expired/removed eBay auction **


Seems like the Outlaw Press guy with a new seller ID.


Is gone now.  What is his new eBay ID, and what is he selling?

  

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Post Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 6:55 pm 
 

JohnGaunt wrote:Is gone now.  What is his new eBay ID, and what is he selling?


It was a reprint of a Third Edition Tunnels and Trolls Rule Book and supplement and the seller stated in the description that he thought it was not an original, but a copy.


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Post Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 10:28 pm 
 

Alphascript Publishing republishes the contents of Wikipedia.  Why should you care?

Here is a book called Monsters of Spelljammer:

eBay auction:
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** expired/removed eBay auction **


Buy.com listing:
. . . http://www.buy.com/prod/monsters-of-spe ... 83740.html
Product Summary
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9786130070649
Publisher: Alphascript Publishing
Publish Date: 1/18/2010
Buy.com Sku: 213883740
Item#:
Pages: 98

Monsters of Spelljammer. Spelljammer, Campaign Setting, Dralasite, Tokusatsu, Kamen Rider, List of Forgotten Realms Deities, Oghma (Forgotten Realms), Chelydridae, Kaiju, Gnome (Dragonlance), Baldurs Gate (Series), Dungeon (Magazine), Players Option: Skills, Alignment (Role-Playing Games), Lords of Madness, Monster Manual, Umber Hulk, Players Handbook, Article Sources and Contributors, Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors


And guess what?  Betascript Publishing does the same thing.

More information:
. . . User:PrimeHunter/Alphascript Publishing sells free articles as expensive books - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Is it legal?  Maybe:
. . . Wikipedia:Buying Wikipedia articles in print or another form - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  

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Post Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 9:55 am 
 

JohnGaunt wrote:
Here is a book called Monsters of Spelljammer:

eBay auction:
. . .  
** expired/removed eBay auction **



The description on their auction doesn't even make any sense. What did they do, print out pdfs at the local Office Depot? "Brand new unopened item"...yeah right!

Their 'contact seller' button is coincidentally defaulted to "seller is not answering questions at this time" on the ebay listing.

How convenient :wink:

  


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Post Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 9:53 pm 
 

Dungeons & Dragons 4e PDF Collection

cgi.ebay.com/Dungeons-Dragons-4e-PDF-Co ... _500wt_982

From the auction listing:

Price:  $100 or Make an Offer
10 or More Available

Digital PDF copy of the following Fourth Edition D&D Books:

Player's Handbook
Dungeon Master's Guide
Monster Manual
Adventurer's Vault
Martial Power
Draconomicon
Open Grave
Manual of the Planes
Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide
Forgotten Realms Player's Guide
Official 4e Character Sheet

Dragon Magazine full issues 164-170
Dungeon Magazine full issues 155-162


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You may choose either a direct link or torrent file.
I myself prefer a torrent file.



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Post Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 10:37 pm 
 

That auction went down fast! :)

  


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Post Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 11:31 pm 
 

misterspock wrote:That auction went down fast! :)

WotC is likely to make a bigger fuss over current products, I'd imagine.

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Post Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 3:53 am 
 


** expired/removed eBay auction **


some one want to do the honors..

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Post Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 6:21 pm 
 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dungeons-Dragons- ... 27b166217d

  


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Post Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 7:24 pm 
 

beasterbrook wrote:
** expired/removed eBay auction **


some one want to do the honors..

Brette:)


I reported that one very shortly after it went up.  Glad to see that eBay is as prompt & responsive as usual.


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Post Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 5:21 pm 
 

jonjhargreaves wrote:
** expired/removed eBay auction **


Ok, this should be one for "laughable feedback"

'this was a home made disk, un labelled, pobably an infrindgement of copy right' dungheap51

Reply by knb1000 (25-Apr-10 20:38):
'everybody else who bought this seemed to be happy what do u want for £3.99 ?????'


I guess honesty really IS the best policy :lol:

Most of the seller's items are pdf discs, btw

  

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Post Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 9:33 am 
 

thrylax, purveyor of the "Self-printed module":

. . . self-printed | eBay

  

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Post Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 10:45 am 
 

JohnGaunt wrote:thrylax, purveyor of the "Self-printed module":

. . . http://desc.shop.ebay.com/thrylax/m.htm ... 313&_rdc=1




Reported, though ebay seems to be slacking off on shutting down listing violations recently

  

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Post Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 3:40 pm 
 

When I reported text theft of one of my listings, the offending auction was taken down in less than an hour.

I'm also wondering if EBay knows the difference between self-printed and self-published.

  

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Post Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 2:07 am 
 


** expired/removed eBay auction **




This guy is selling printed PDFs.


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