For some strange reason in the past two weeks, two eBay sellers have decided to use my picture of my Jayne hat that I knit (and semi-designed - semi because the hat is from a movie and the colors and style aren't original but the manner in which its knit is all mine own).....I digress...they used my picture in their auction listing. Now I love eBay. I feel that in theory it is a true testament to the American dream. It pissed me off to see pictures of my hat on someone else's auction. I take a lot of pride in my work. I also check out what other knitters are selling on eBay and I see the other Jayne hats. The sellers who've been around awhile also produce beautiful work. We knitter do take a lot of pride in what we make for the most part - especially for something we are putting out there in the public asking for their hard-earned money. So yeah, it pisses me off to see someone use my work for their profit. And it taught me a valuable lesson - copyrights and watermarks are necessary even for Jayne hats on eBay! One seller on eBay immediately apologized and that listed ended within a few others. The 2nd seller copped an attitude and wouldn't remove their listing until I reported them to eBay.
In other news, it's been raining and cold for days upon days here. So I'm off to look for a pattern for a friggin' ark just in case :)
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