Dan, I sent a direct letter to eBay and today received this response. I would recommend you download the form and fax it directly to the guy that signed this note. I am determined to have my "borrowed" photographs removed. Steve Dear Steve, Thank you for writing eBay in regard to a member who is using copyrighted images from your website without your permission. I understand the concern in this matter, and I appreciate the opportunity to provide an option to help resolve this situation. When it comes to removing infringing items, I want to assure you that we are committed to protecting the intellectual property rights of our members and third parties. For this reason, and in order to provide a safe place to buy and sell, we have created the Verified Rights Owner (VeRO) Program, which enables intellectual property rights owners to identify and request the removal of allegedly infringing listings. The many benefits of participating in VeRO include: - Direct access to a support team dedicated to addressing rights owners' requests and processing Notices of Claimed Infringement (NOCIs) - The ability to request the removal of listings that infringe your intellectual property rights by using the NOCI form - The ability to request detailed contact information for sellers who post listings that may infringe your intellectual property rights How to File a NOCI Report The first time you file a NOCI, you will need to download, complete, and submit the document to eBay by fax. If you need to submit subsequent NOCIs after your initial fax has been processed, you will be able to do so online. -- Note -- To view and print the NOCI, you need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. If you don't already have the program, you can download Acrobat Reader for free from Adobe's Web site. To do so, go to: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html To download a copy of the NOCI form, go to: http://pages.ebay.com/help/community/NOCI1.pdf Please be sure to complete all sections of the form, sign, and fax the NOCI to: eBay Inc. ATTN: VeRO (408) 516-8811 Here is a link that might be useful: eBay copyright removal form

She apparently thinks Google Images is a free-for-all site when she could get into serious trouble. If you click on an image in Google Images, Google warns you with: "Images may be subject to copyright". So you should be able to get her in trouble with eBay for stealing your image. It even says on the eBay policy page that eBay members are not allowed to use images or texts that they did not create unless they have permission by the original owner. You probably already clicked the "Report item" link on her auction, but if you didn't, you should report it. Maybe it'll make her think twice before being so aloof by taking another image again.

Hey guys... Well I couldn't resist jumping into this subject as it's near and dear to my heart. As an aspiring photographer who's spent LOTS of hours taking photos AND working on them in photoshop...I'm none to fussy about people taking them in any shape form or fashion for their own use (although I would find it flattering if they used them on the desktop of their computer :-)) ). I was told (and looked into it) that all these sites like photobucket, photo.net, facebook, google blogs etc. all have within their terms of use that if you post photos to their website, you do still own them BUT they can use them as they see fit i.e. you are in essence giving them permission to use them if you post them to their website (it's their server, not yours). Sure enough when I read the fine print that is what I found out. So my question is, what supersedes what? Does that agreement void any copyright stuff? I should hope not. Because of that, I'm leery about posting my photos anywhere on the net (although I have a few up on different sites). Someone had mentioned earlier in this thread that some people would be able to find a way to doctor the photos to take the watermark out. As an avid photoshop user and one who used to process a LOT of pictures for signage at a garden center I used to work at, I had first hand experience such that I can tell you a watermark spread right across a picture cannot be "photoshopped" out that readily. For instance: I'd like to see if anyone could photoshop that watermark out. If they could, I'd like to see it. I doubt they could with any ease. So because of that, I'd post this photo on the net safe in the assumption that no one could take it and claim it as their own or try to doctor it up to make it look like their own. Yes, they could still steal the picture but to post it somewhere else, anyone who saw it would most likely know that they stole the picture from another site etc. The only true way to do this and be better protected would be to (like jodik says) get a legal copyright or post the pics on your own website which no one could use for any reason (i.e. as readily as photobucket and other sites where you post pics to). So I'm considering doing to the rest of my pictures that I've done to this one...i.e. slapping the watermark over enough of the picture that it would not make it easy for someone to doctor the picture and use it/claim it as their own. Dan (bluebonsai) is right in regards to what he mentions above however, that doesn't seem to stop people from taking the pictures though. Okay guys...sorry for rambling on like this...but I felt compelled to jump in. When I have time off coming up here in January I am going to go through a bunch of pics I've taken and get some of them up on here for you guys to see. Cheers, Gerard.

Re-reading the original post, I see that you did say that you were thinking of a lighter fabric. I think that part of what I respond to in your room is the strong lines of the frame against the gray wall. I would not like to see that obscured, and I think you have just the right amount of fabric now, with the bedding and the curtain panel that is visible on the side. I was thinking of black and white framed photos, too, but I'd like to see three - I like odd numbers. I wish I could photoshop!