I made the subject line Ebay seller warnerlogan1.
Here is what I wrote........
Hello!
I am writing you because I am hoping you can help me somehow. I have been trying to understand what is your copyrighted material and what can be sold without your permission. I was part of the disboard designers and I used to design door magnets and things as fish extender gifts. I was told by designers before me that I could make these things for others for FREE but that I was not allowed to sell or profit from their use as that would get me a cease and desist letter from you all at Disney.
I made many designs using clipart and background wallpapers and would customize them with cruise ship, dates of sale and names and give them away. I did it to make people smile, not ever for any profit. Below I attached a few of my original designs of which I can provide hundreds more. I attached two examples of completed ones to the e-mail.
I was notified by fellow designers on the disboards that some of my designs were being sold as iron on transfers on ebay. I was astonished as I had worked many many hours on about 250 or so designs and I had put them in a flickr album for anyone to access so that they could customize their own.
I asked this particular seller, warnerlogan1 who seem to exclusively sell Disney stuff, to stop using my designs and at first she apologized and took one auction down. Now she has posted many, more and is denying stealing them saying that she is making her own. Either way, I thought your copyright made this impossible.
Here are the links to her ebay using the designs that I made originally:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/12220491939...64cdeee20b4&bu=43209575169&cp=1&sojTags=bu=bu
(I did the first one only)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/12220513137...3b9fc7a04f0&bu=43209575169&cp=1&sojTags=bu=bu
(first one only is mine)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/12220525475...c351d7fd606&bu=43209575169&cp=1&sojTags=bu=bu
(all 3 of these)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/12220367126...a5e9d514ddd&bu=43209575169&cp=1&sojTags=bu=bu
There are many other sellers doing the same thing. One that I am also aware of is irononit and if you search ebay for iron on Disney many come up in that search.
If she is allowed to sell these items and ones like them, can I start selling them too????? Is there a price which if I sell under that makes an ebay store legal? Please inform me as to your company policy regarding this type of selling because I would love to open my own ebay store if this is legal.
Please respond to my requests for more information regarding selling on ebay.
Thank you,
(Last time I wrote, I received the standard form letter that they had gotten my email and would investigate but due to the nature of it.... I wouldn't be informed as to the outcome. This time I am fishing for a response to maybe get their policy???)