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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 2030689, member: 59677&quot;]No you can&#039;t just steal somebody&#039;s images.</p><p><br /></p><p>Under the Berne Convention (global copyright convention signed in the Swiss city - Google it), you own all rights from the moment of creation unless you explicitly grant them, regardless of whether the item is marked.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now the user agreement between the author and eBay may assign (grant) eBay certain rights, including the right to show the image, reuse it, perhaps even for other unrelated purposes (you would need to check the eBay user agreement). But it&#039;s unlikely to grant YOU rights to reuse the image.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a concept in US Law called &quot;Fair use&quot; which is a limited exception for criticism, educational purposes and the like. Posting a image and comparing it to the original from HA.com (see how s/he juiced the image to hide the scratch) would -probably- qualify.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>If you are interested in sharing your own images, look up &quot;Creative Commons&quot; - it&#039;s a form of license (rights grant) that may interest you.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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