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Friday, August 28, 2009

Your pics will be not be yours on EBAY starting August 31st 2009...Unless you do this..

I FOUND THIS IN A SPAM GORUP AND THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE.


SHAWN


You have until AUGUST 31 to opt out. Basically in a nut shell ebay will be considering all photos that are found in your auction whether it be your boutique photography photos, photos of your kid's, or the wii pictures you just took snap shots of to list to go into a picture library for all ebayers to use, kind of a stock photo mentality. Not everyone's will make the grade eBay says. Only the ones that they think are good. If you take a picture of an ipod touch and they consider it to be a good image they will put it in a library to be used by other eBayer. You will get a small name credit that eBay says may take up to 30 days or more for you to get credit. eBay does not say that it is limited to stock kinds of items. So if eBay thinks you take GREAT boutique pictures they can add it to the stock eBay images and then your competitor "sammyideastealer" can not only copy your boutique idea she can now use YOUR photos to sell her knock offs of your stuff.

Here is how you OPT OUT
If you do not want eBay to make the photos you upload to all of your future auctions available to other users in a sort of catalog process, you need to go change your settings *NOW*, before August 31st! If you opt out after that date, any photos you upload between the 31st and when you opt out will still be eligible for inclusion in their "catalog."

In order to opt out of this so-not-okay process, do the following. Hopefully your eBay pages look like mine. (I followed this easily)

1) Go to your eBay summary page ("My eBay").

2) On the left-hand side, there are three tabs that say "Activity," "Messages," and "Account." Hover over the "Account" tab. (I did not need to hover, hovering did nothing for me, if yours doesn't either, just go to the third step.)

3) A drop-down list will appear. Move your mouse down to "Site Preferences" and click. (Mine was simply listed under the Account section, again I did not need to hover, hovering did nothing for me)

4) You will be taken to a page with a list of site options for selling, shipping, and listing. About the sixth from the top is "Share your Photos." Click on the word "Show" on the right hand side next to this option.

5) The box will expand, and if you are opted in, "Yes" will appear. If you are opted out, "no" will appear. A small "Edit" link will appear below the "Show" link. If you want to change the settings, click "Edit."

6) You will be taken to a new page with the following text: If you'd like to opt-out of this program, please do so by checking this box and clicking the "submit" button below. (If you opt-out before August 31, 2009, none of your photos will be considered for inclusion in this program unless you opt back in at a later time. If you opt-out after August 31, 2009, any photos we select for inclusion in this program prior to your opt-out may continue to be used in the catalog)

7) If you want to opt out of the program, check the checkbox on the left-hand side next to the text, then go down and click the "Submit" button.

8 ) You will go back to the settings screen you were just on, and there will be a green checkmark and a confirmation message. Go down to the "Share your Photos" option again and click "Show." Your setting should now appear as "No."
Here is a link so you can read more
http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/sharing-content.html

(some of this was copied from another board.) Please fell free to spread the word by copying all or some off this post if you like.

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