Interesting find on GunBroker

That's the downside to using an outside photo host. Back in "the day" when you basically needed your own host for pictures, a friend of mine found his pictures being used heavily on other sites. And he was paying the bandwidth.

He put a routing rule in his web server that if the calling URL was not on his server, then the server served up some pictures of condom packages. Stopped the problem!
 
Heh! Yes, you can have some fun with them if...>

...they are dumb enough to simply link to where you have stored your image (not the situation in this case). You can change the image to whatever you like and some rather strange things suddenly appear in their auction.
 
Nice of you all to jump on the copyrights misstep, I don't think it was clear enough after the first few guys corrected it (with citations, nice touch, very clear). I enjoy a good dogpile.

But they are beautiful photos Freak. I wish I could take photos half as well as that. While I would still have the gentleman pull or at least give you proper due for your work (i.e. photograph), I think I might still be a bit flattered.
 
Personaly, I don't see what the big deal is. If it happened to me I would be flattered, and further more I would think it is down right funny. I would contact the seller and ask him/her how they were selling a gun that was in my safe. I am chuckling right now as I type this.

As far as the seller goes, yeah it's kinda shady that he is using the ole bait n' switch with the picture but for the OP, I would be flattered, not mad. But hey, thats just me.
 
It's interesting to see all the info regarding copyrights especially since we see so many photos posted on these boards and even have a monthly photo contest. I am flattered that he used my picture and I appreciate the compliments regarding my picture. Even though I'm strictly an amateur, even a blind hog finds an acorn now and then.

If he would have put a disclaimer in his description it would have been no big deal using my photo. The way it is and the description is very misleading to buyers. I know he's not trying to sell my "actual" gun but in a way, he is...if that makes sense.

It will be interesting to see if he responds to your question hexidismal.
 
Claiming someone elses art is always lame in my book. Couple that with using it to misrepresent a item being sold makes it way worse. Let us know how this goes, I'm interested.
 
Just got a response from the seller

In post #18 of this thread I posted regarding asking the gunbroker seller this question
Hi there. I'm interested in this Kimber Item #125080205. My question is.. While I realize the second picture is a stock photo, is the first picture a photo of the actual gun the winning bidder will receive or is it also a stock photo ?
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This is the response I got to the question.

Dear Hexi,
The picture is identical to the piece I have. My digital camera broke and scouted images until I found an EXACT match.
--CS

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So, the seller is not claiming it as his own, but I really do think that should have been said in the gunbroker listing.
 
I disagree. A potential buyer should not have to ask if the item shown is the one that will be delivered. If it's a stock photo, the proper thing to do would be to state something to the effect that the item in the photo is merely representative and not a photo of the actual item being sold. Someone who uses a swiped photo to sell a similar item lacks integrity. It should be clearly stated up front. Advertising one item by using the picture of another without any mention that one is doing so is simply not honest.
 
I agree with what Woad wrote,every bit.

The gun seller is misrepresenting the sale.

He should be banned from gunbroker.
 
Well,it still would have been better for him to put that in the ad.

Why make you ask him in the first place?

I take back what I said.

You asked him and he said it was not the gun so he IS'NT misrepresenting the sale AFTER you asked him.
 
Creature:
There's a big difference between a picture in a flyer advertising a sale on new blouses and a picture used to sell a used gun. New stuff is new and the assumption is that it will be new and without blemishes. With used stuff, condition is all important, thus a picture of the actual item is crucial.

How'd you like it if you bid on a used car on eBay only to find out that you were given a car different from the one pictured in the listing?

Are there any condition-conscious coin collectors out there? Chime in, please. I need some back-up here.
 
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Personaly, I don't see what the big deal is. If it happened to me I would be flattered, and further more I would think it is down right funny. I would contact the seller and ask him/her how they were selling a gun that was in my safe. I am chuckling right now as I type this.
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Not if you are a photographer and get part of you income from photography. It is like someone coming into you house and stealing your possessions.
 
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Personaly, I don't see what the big deal is. If it happened to me I would be flattered, and further more I would think it is down right funny. I would contact the seller and ask him/her how they were selling a gun that was in my safe. I am chuckling right now as I type this.

Not if you are a photographer and get part of you income from photography. It is like someone coming into you house and stealing your possessions.
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EXACTLY!

Some of the angriest I've been is people stealing my work (I own a fashion photography company).

The best is when someone tries meeting models using photos in their portfolio that I took...
 
It is the responsibility of the buyer to beware. The buyer should be asking certain SIMPLE questions before actually plunking down his or her hard earned money....such as is that a photo of the actual product?
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For used firearms, the standard is to show the actual gun being sold. The seller is implicitly representing this as the actual gun. A buyer has the right to rely on this. The original posting is deceptive.

FWIW, remind me not to do business with you.
 
The proper thing to do would have been to ask your permission, and then place the disclaimer in his auction.

That is what a stand-up guy would do.

His actions, along with his feedback rating indicates that he is not a stand-up guy.
 
Not if you are a photographer and get part of you income from photography
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If this is the case than you should know better.

It is like someone coming into you house and stealing your possessions.
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Not at all, if you post a photo online then people can do whatever they want with it. I have a ton of pictures on my laptop, and I only took a couple of them. Did I steal them? No. They were posted on a public forum and I just saved them. I could see if I took one of those photos and tried to sell it as my own work, but thats not the case.
 
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