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AZUL-TRADING RIPS-OFF OKINAWA_SOBA (And MANY OTHERS) on eBay
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IT IS NOW MID-JUNE, 2009. I NOTICE THAT THE AZUL-TRADING COMPANY IS INACTIVE UNDER THAT NAME, AND HAS NO ITEMS UP FOR SALE. THEREFORE, AS AN "ACTIVE CASE", THE BELOW CAPTION IS NOW A "MOOT ITEM". HOWEVER, FOR HISTORICAL DOCUMENTATION OF A SOCIAL MISFIT AND UNREPENTANT PHOTO PIRATE, I LEAVE THE BELOW CAPTION AND COMMENTS UNTOUCHED FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT AND RESEARCH PURPOSES. THANK YOU.
BE CAREFUL TO NOTE THAT NO PRIVATE INFORMATION OF A CORPORATE OR PERSONAL NATURE IS EVER GIVEN, AND THAT THE REAL NAMES AND LOCATIONS OF THOSE PIRATES WHO VIOLATED FLICKr POLICY ARE NEVER GIVEN, AS WELL.
FRUSTRATIONS AND MOCK "HARASSMENT" VENTED IN THE CAPTIONS AND COMMENTS BY SEVERAL POSTERS IS DIRECTED AT COPYRIGHT VIOLATORS AND FLICKr ABUSERS WHO REMAIN ANONYMOUS CYBERSPACE ENTITIES WITH NO LEGALLY KNOWN OR ESTABLISHED NAMES OR CORPORATE LOCALES.
OKINAWA_SOBA TAKES FLICKr’S RULES AGAINST INTIMIDATING OR HARASSING OTHER MEMBERS SERIOUSLY, AND YOU WILL NOT FIND THAT HERE.
PLEASE DO NOT CONFUSE A FEW "TESTY" EXCHANGES IN THE COMMENTS SECTION WITH WHAT FLICKr COMMUNITY GUIDELINES CALL "THREATS, INTIMIDATION, OR HARASSMENT" OF ANOTHER MEMBER.
THANK YOU.
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[The following link which had an image posted in violation of flickr policy has since been removed from eBay]:
cgi.ebay.com/JAPAN-japon-photograph-JAPANESE-SAMURAI_W0QQ…
The following post mocks an un-repentant company on eBay that continues to flagrantly violate flickr guidelines and terms of service, as well as the copyrights of both private individuals and incorporated publishing entities.
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HELLO AZUL-TRADING on eBay ! STILL LOCATED IN YOUR MOTHER’S BASEMENT ???
Yeah. I thought so.
Let me just say, on a positive note, I’m glad you like my photos so much.
Not to mention how much you seem to like the modern photographs taken by others, whose copyright ownership is beyond dispute.
With that ray of sunshine out of the way, allow me to rain on your parade…..
STOP SQUEALING ABOUT "PUBLIC DOMAIN". YOU HAVE OTHER PROBLEMS TO WORRY ABOUT, AZUL !!!
BESIDE THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE RIPPED A HUGE AMOUNT OF MY MODIFIED AND CROPPED SCANS DIRECTLY FROM MY FLICKr POSTS WITHOUT LINKING BACK TO FLICKr, YOU ALSO ARE FACED WITH THE TOKYOBALONEY MULTIPLE-COMMENT THREAD CONTAINING VIABLE LINKS TO YOUR THEFT FILES AND COPYRIGHT VIOLATIONS OF MODERN IMAGES.
YOUR SORRY LITTLE ASS GETS THE DIAPERS PULLED OFF STARTING RIGHT HERE, AND CONTINUES DOWN FOR SEVERAL ENTRIES : www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/3344776539/#comment721…
ORDER IN THE COURT….. ALL OF YOU PHOTO PIRATES LISTEN UP !
THIS POST CONTAINS NEITHER LIBEL, NOR PERSONAL ATTACK, NOR DEFAMATION OF ANYONE’S PERSONAL CHARACTER. I AM DEBUNKING A NEBULOUS OUTFIT CALLED "AZUL-TRADING" — A CYBERSPACE ENTITY CONTROLLED BY UNKNOWN PERSONS IN AN UNVERIFIED LOCATION USING A "CORPORATE-SOUNDING" HANDLE ON eBay.
Of course, by implication I am talking directly about the TREE STUMP who runs "AZUL-TRADING" — and all others like them (with apologies to all other tree stumps who play by the rules) .
"TREE STUMP" ? He should be happy that’s all I call him ! Other posters have called him a JOKER, a MORON, an IDIOT, a DAMN THIEF, a BASTARD, a BOTTOM FEEDER, a PIECE OF POND LIFE, a THIEVING TOAD, and DOG CRAP ON A SHOE.
However, even though others have used those words, I would NEVER say such things.
In fact, Okinawa_Soba (formerly known as Mr_Cream_Puff) is too kind and gentle to resort to such inflammatory monikers and incendiary name calling against these eBay-using, UN-CIVILIZED, CRETIN PIN-HEADS, and un-evolved PRIMATES who live by the dictates of their OXYGEN-STARVED, lower CROCADILLIAN brain stems, formed from the DNA of a JELLY-FISH, and having an IQ less than a TOMATO. Not to mention being SOCIAL MISFITS functioning on HALF A BRAIN CELL.
Like I said, I would never say such things.
Therefore, I think I’ll stick with TREE STUMP to describe this little eBay perp.
Or…….BLACK BEARD THE PIRATE…….on his RUBBER DUCKY POOP DECK ???
Whatever.
IF A GUY ROBS A BANK, AND YOU CALL HIM A BANK ROBBER, CAN HE SUE YOU FOR DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER? LET HIM TRY ! IF A GUY BREAKS FLICKr RULES WHILE PUBLICLY FLAUNTING HIMSELF ON eBAY, AND YOU PUBLICLY CALL HIM OUT ON IT, CAN HE SUE FOR LIBEL ?
Yeah. If you live on the MOON ! (Or, he can meet me in JAPAN…..SAME THING !)
"AZUL-TRADING" trying to sue me for posting this would be like the BOOGIE MAN trying to sue my CAT. And I don’t even have a cat !!!
Even if he tried, he’d have to make it a reverse CLASS ACTION SUIT against his detractors, as there are more than just one who have a bone to pick with this eBay seller. See what another photographer has to say — after his copyright photos were also ripped off by AZUL-TRADING (whom he calls a "Bottom Feeder") : sushicam.com/2009/03/09/bottom-feeders-need-love-too/
Note that the legal terms "he" and "him" used throughout this post represent the nebulous cyberspace entity known as "AZUL-TRADING" on eBay, and by inescapable implication, the INVISIBLE piece of DRIFT WOOD (formerly known as TREE STUMP) who is hiding behind the eBay operation of the same name.
And further….. is this entity a "HE", a "SHE"..or an "IT" ??? NOBODY KNOWS. So of course, NO ACTUAL PERSON is named in the below complaint. eBay gives the "company’s" location as SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA. Did AZUL-TRADING even pirate their eBay name ? A Web search shows a "namesake company" based in CANADA…. and also one in CHINA. As far as the eBay version is concerned, they’re way out in LEFT FIELD.
LIBEL : "….. a statement or representation published without just cause and tending to expose another to public contempt….."
Refer to this link : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation and make your own legal judgment in the tentative case of AZUL-TRADING vs OKINAWA_SOBA !!!
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"……YOUR HONOR, MAY I APPROACH THE BENCH….."
Beside the above eBay seller ripping off almost 50 images from my photostream that are personally modified, corrected, marked, and cropped specifically for flickr use from original "public domain" images in my posession, AZUL-TRADING has also flagrantly stolen the modern copyright images of others here on flickr, as well as from copyright image sources outside of flickr ! [Actually, as I post this, from 30 to 50 of my own flickr posts appear on any given day as the seller's auctions recycle]
As some have pointed out in the viewer comments below, this type of thing is widespread in the world at large. Okinawa_Soba is under no illusion that this post will change the world, or even bring a halt to the eBay seller who I am hanging out to dry. I simply post it as a graphic demonstration, using a real-time screen grab (of which I have many more), and concrete links for those that want to make a quick "study" of this incurable disease. I have no plans to devote any new time to becoming a "Pirate Hunter".
PLEASE…..DON’T immediately jump down and leave a comment below telling me that Azul owns all rights to my photos since they are supposedly "in the Public Domain", and that he can do what he wants, when he wants, and as he pleases. That argument has been worn out on many other of my posts.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT PUBLIC DOMAIN.
Read the 5 points below, and THEN make your comments. Thanks.
NOTICE THE FOLLOWING :
(1) Azul-Trading doesn’t tell the buyer that his so-called "photo" for sale is actually just a copy reprint. The descriptive text (not shown here) tells the buyer that it’s a REAL 8 x 10 PHOTO on PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER. (Note to Azul : A printout of a scan copied from a flickr post is not a "real photo" — no matter what resolution you print it out as. I happen to have the "real photo" in my possession !)
(2) He has placed a COPYRIGHT "C" in a circle, and added his own watermark claiming personal copyright on my flickr SCAN — and by extension, on the ORIGINAL IMAGE which I have in my possession !!! (Note to Azul : If you want to claim that my posted scans are in the "Public Domain", and that you have the right to copy and sell them, then why are you watermarking and copyrighting the eBay scans you copied from my posts? Are you saying these are NOT in the public domain ? Why are you trying to prevent others from copying "your own" scans — after you freely copied them from my flickr photostream ? NOTE TO SELF : Send Azul a copy of the book HOW TO BE A PIRATE AND A HYPOCRITE ALL AT THE SAME TIME )
(3) He’s charging 18 bucks for a cheap quality, pixelated injet copy, when anyone here can download CC version for free right here — or ask me for a larger file if needed. (A French buyer gave Azul-Trading NEGATIVE FEEDBACK, complaining about the pixels !)
(4) Flickr policy dictates that if anyone uses a flickr scan on another website (like eBay), the user of the image MUST PROVIDE A LINK FOR THAT IMAGE BACK TO FLICKr. The seller has failed to do this, thus violating flickr’s terms of image use. (Note to Azul : Do you know how to read English?)
(5) He has changed the actual description of the image content, claiming that the dressed up photographer in the photo (T. ENAMI) is an ACTUAL SAMURAI (which T. Enami is not), thus defrauding the buyer by knowingly selling a miss-labeled item, and not telling the buyers the true story behind the image, and the man modeling the armor. (Note to Azul : Look up the phrase "Scam Artist" in the Dictionary…..if you can read English, that is…) Of course, if Azul cannot read English, I suppose he did not "knowingly" misrepresent his knowingly-pirated merchandise !
The seller has also sent e-mails to a photographer friend of mine, threatening him with legal action if my friend attempts to stop his piracy activities on eBay !
(Obviously, this eBay seller can write English — even if he can’t read it !)
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AZUL-TRADING’S PROBABLY DEFENSE STRATEGY :
"………Your Honor, if it please the court, I thought all of these photos were like POTATO CHIPS, and since none of them were ‘REGISTERED, PENNA. DEPT. of AGRICULTURE’……Well, I just thought if I sprinkled a little bit of garlic salt on them it would be OK to put them on eBay and….. blah blah blah…….."
Holy Mother of God.
PLEASE NOTE THAT, IN SPITE OF THE NEGATIVE FEEDBACK FROM FRANCE LAMENTING THE POOR QUALITY OF HIS COPY-PRINTS, MOST OF HIS BUYERS GAVE HIM POSITIVE FEEDBACK FOR SPEEDY SERVICE, WITH A FEW COMPLIMENTING HIM ON THE HIGH QUALITY OF HIS IMAGES. Commentor PBY gives some interesting links in the comment section below concerning feedback scams. Check them out, you might be surprised. Thanks, PBY.
In any case, a Pirate is still a Pirate, even if he does have a mouth full of gold teeth.
(And yes, I have complained to eBay. I suppose they are investigating…..)
For those PUBLIC DOMAIN advocates who feel that you have all the answers, and for those who would defend AZUL-TRADING’S alleged "right" to rip any and all pre-1923 original photos and works of art from anywhere he can find them, please read my comments at these two links below, then get back to me with your honest, well-though-out opinions on the matter :
www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/3344776539/#comment721…
and
www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/3344776539/#comment721…
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ORIGINAL FLICKr SCAN POSTED BY ME, THE OWNER OF THE ORIGINAL IMAGE : www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/2383039735/ (includes eBay links)
For a clear cut case of modern day photography copyright violation by this eBay seller, please see this link, where some of AZUL-TRADING’s alleged replies to complainers are posted in the COMMENTS section : www.flickr.com/photos/sushicam/3321736003/in/set-72157614…
NOTE TO AZUL-TRADING : Does the above post piss you off ? Good ! Now you know how the rest of us feel when we see you ripping off our photostreams. REPENT !!!
MARCH 10TH, 2009 SCREEN SHOT FROM MY MONITOR. All Logo Marks and Design content copyright eBay and PayPal. Posted for non-profit, instructional use only.
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