# Explain this copyright situation to me, please

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 28, 2010, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-copyright-situation-to-me-please/526767 "2010-01-28T15:17:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-copyright-situation-to-me-please/526767/21 "2010-01-29T03:43:00Z")

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> [@Dogzilla](#):
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> Why don’t you just complain to eBay about the other seller’s image? Then they’ll be able to enforce their own policy consistently and she can take her own lousy pic of the items.

For various reasons of my own, including such action not solving my problem, me not being a snitch, personally disagreeing with much of US copyright law, and my disgust at the company’s crummy anal-retentive policy and poor grammar on their “we’re watching eBay” page.

They even reserve the right to have listings removed because the listing includes the name of the company. They claim that only THEY have the right to sell merchandise they make, which is preposterous. I bought the jackets, they’re mine now.

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