eBay users plagiarizing collectors' content...

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In a message dated 6/22/2005 12:34:36 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
news at computercollector.com writes:
I'm sure this has happened to other people  here, but it never happened to me
before, and it ticks me off.  Someone  posted an eBay ad for this vintage
handheld and blatantly copied 680 words of  my work into the "more
information" part of the item's description.   Above that part, they also
stole extensively (some text and the top photo)  from the site
www.datamath.org, but at least the jerk includes that link...  There is no
credit for my work at  all.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5783764229

Having  said that, it's an excellent price.  I would bid up to $50-$75 for
this  if I didn't already have  one.

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I had that happen to me. I was just looking at stuff, and noticed some  
familiar sounding text related to a computer for sale,  a PS/2 I think. I  asked 
the seller a question and told him I knew what he did and that I demand  the 
text either removed or attributed to me. He complied and said he would not  do it 
anymore. Never had any other issue beyond that.