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HP-85 on eBay with MoHPC pic Message #1 Posted by Vassilis Prevelakis on 6 Oct 2002, 12:11 a.m. Yet another auction with a MoHPC picture: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1774766175 It gets worse as the auction is for an HP-85 but the picture shows an HP-85B. I sent an email to the seller, but I am posting the link here for the record.

Re: HP-85 on eBay with MoHPC pic Message #2 Posted by Glen Kilpatrick on 6 Oct 2002, 10:38 a.m., in response to message #1 by Vassilis Prevelakis I like how the eBay ad gives credit where it's due, "You can find out more about the HP85 at the The Museum of HP Calculators.", this still isn't David G. Hicks permission, but at least it's not quite such a blatant theft. And just how much trouble would it have been to either ask Dave's permission, or merely forego the photo, and give a link into MoHPC's 85 stuff?

Re: HP-85 on eBay with MoHPC pic Message #3 Posted by Vassilis Prevelakis on 7 Oct 2002, 9:13 a.m., in response to message #2 by Glen Kilpatrick Another one (this one for an HP 86): http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1386870350 This one at least acknowledges the HP Museum and mentions that the picture is stolen from there. In fact the picture link goes back to the MoHPC site. The annoying thing is that the torrent of info copied from the HP Museum obscures the complete lack of any detail of the offered item. **vp

Re: HP-85 on eBay with MoHPC pic Message #4 Posted by Dave Hicks on 8 Oct 2002, 9:28 p.m., in response to message #3 by Vassilis Prevelakis Generally, I have only asked that ebay users acknowledge the source, which he has done. Do you think I should be tougher than that?

Re: HP-85 on eBay with MoHPC pic Message #5 Posted by John Smith on 9 Oct 2002, 4:18 a.m., in response to message #4 by Dave Hicks Dave wrote: > Generally, I have only asked that ebay users acknowledge the source, which he has done. Do you think I should be tougher than that? No. As long as the seller makes it clear that the image is not of the actual item being sold, is not consuming your bandwidth, and does mention the source, I think there's no misdeed involved, and you're somewhat compensated for the 'publicity' your site is given, which will certainly attract many would-be buyers to have a look. Besides, not everyone has a suitable digital camera and/or scanner and/or knows how to make good pictures. And a blurred, unfocused, dark picture is much worse to attract attention to his/her probably adequately good item than a general, stock picture.

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