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sportscardtheory
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Check out what happened to this eBay seller from the PSA boards:
http://forums.collectors.com/messagevie ... did=844621
Here's another gem from that thread:
"I feel your pain. I just woke up this morning to having one of my listings end for "Right of Publicity" violation. The item was a signed (not certified out of a pack) 1988 Donruss Cal Ripken card. Yup, here is the message....
"The rights owner or an agent authorized to act on behalf of the rights owner, Ripken Baseball, Inc., notified eBay that this listing violates intellectual property rights. When eBay receives a report of this type of violation, we remove the listing to comply with the law.
Listings or items that contain a celebrity's name, likeness, or signature may infringe his/her right of publicity. This right is generally defined as an individual's right to control and profit from the commercial use of his/her identity, and is not limited to only celebrities.
You may need the celebrity's authorization to use his/her name, likeness, or signature in a listing or to list an item using such elements. The use of a celebrity's name, likeness, or signature as part of an eBay listing is not permitted, unless the use was authorized by that person."
WTF. It's a signed baseball card!? I guess pretty soon we wont be able to sell any cards with players images or names on them."
http://forums.collectors.com/messagevie ... did=844621
Here's another gem from that thread:
"I feel your pain. I just woke up this morning to having one of my listings end for "Right of Publicity" violation. The item was a signed (not certified out of a pack) 1988 Donruss Cal Ripken card. Yup, here is the message....
"The rights owner or an agent authorized to act on behalf of the rights owner, Ripken Baseball, Inc., notified eBay that this listing violates intellectual property rights. When eBay receives a report of this type of violation, we remove the listing to comply with the law.
Listings or items that contain a celebrity's name, likeness, or signature may infringe his/her right of publicity. This right is generally defined as an individual's right to control and profit from the commercial use of his/her identity, and is not limited to only celebrities.
You may need the celebrity's authorization to use his/her name, likeness, or signature in a listing or to list an item using such elements. The use of a celebrity's name, likeness, or signature as part of an eBay listing is not permitted, unless the use was authorized by that person."
WTF. It's a signed baseball card!? I guess pretty soon we wont be able to sell any cards with players images or names on them."
