eBay users plagiarizing collectors' content...

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. ----------------------------------------- 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.