Are Tributes allowed?

[fortheloveofbet]

Seems there are other people selling fake Betty knobs on Ebay and following suit of acmejunkcompany. (The girl selling them by the thousands!)

What about tributes such as these?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Set-of-6-custom-large-Betty-Boop-cabinet-knobs-Pulls_W0QQitemZ4431630878QQcategoryZ10034QQssPageN ameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

(And what is this: "If you think you have rights to this....."

[The Moocher]

They seem to be anticipating objections.

What's a VeRO "about you" page? Anyone know?

Mooch

[boopie1969]

Seems there are other people selling fake Betty knobs on Ebay and following suit of acmejunkcompany. (The girl selling them by the thousands!)

What about tributes such as these?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Set-of-6-custom-large-Betty-Boop-cabinet-knobs-Pulls_W0QQitemZ4431630878QQcategoryZ10034QQssPageN ameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

(And what is this: "If you think you have rights to this....."
Someone on this forum bought some of those drawer pullers and said they are garbage. Something about they're only stickers put on the nobs and if they get wet the sticker comes off.

boopie1969

[Candlesnboop]

I am an Ebay user, I kindly sent a message to the person this was their reply:

I will no longer sell this or any other Betty Boop items on ebay. Thank you.

[bettyboopfan]

What's a VeRO "about you" page? Anyone know?

Mooch


What is the Vero Program?

eBay established the Verified Rights Owner (VeRO) Program to work with rights owners to educate eBay members about infringing items and to enable rights owners to request removal of allegedly infringing items. Our program is based upon a Federal laws. Before removing any item, eBay requires that VeRO Program Members swear under penalty of perjury that they are authorised to represent the rights owner, and that they have a good faith belief that the identified listing violates their rights. eBay reviews the reported items and, unless there is an obvious error, ends the listing. If we fail to end an infringing listing, we may expose you and eBay to liability.


(I found this on ebay.)

[Bikerbettyboop]

The Verified Rights Owner for Betty Boop is King Features/Hearst Corp. they are the only ones who can stop these illegal auctions.

[bettyboopfan]

Hopefully they can get stopped!

[fortheloveofbet]

What is the Vero Program?

All the attorneys would have to do is fax in a "Vero" sheet to Ebay listing the item #'s and the sellers name.
They have to swear that the items violate their copyright/trademark.
Ebay will end all the listings and tell the seller if they relist, they will be banned. With mass production like this seller is doing, she would probably be banned anyway with that many vero's.

As for the seller saying she wouldn't sell them anymore,
she has over 124 listed!

[bettyboopfan]

I don't know why she said she wouldn't sell them anymore....doesn't look like she ever stopped or planned on stopping!