[Foundation-l] Wikimedian image restorations exploited on eBay

Durova nadezhda.durova at gmail.com
Tue Sep 15 22:05:10 UTC 2009


An eBay vendor is exploiting a volunteer restoration of the Holocaust.

Another volunteer at Commons first spotted it.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Durova#Photo_on_ebay

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/1943-WWII-WARSAW-GHETTO-UPRISING-Jurgen-Stroop-Photo_W0QQitemZ200380794664QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Photo_Images?hash=item2ea7a04728&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
Restored:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stroop_Report_-_Warsaw_Ghetto_Uprising_06b.jpg
Unrestored:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stroop_Report_-_Warsaw_Ghetto_Uprising_06.jpg

Going through their online store revealed a dozen more of my restorations
for sale, all without credit.  Other featured picture contributors may want
to review the vendor's collection to see whether their work is also being
exploited.  I also confirmed items in this vendor's collection that are
copyrighted to the NAACP and Walt Disney Coporation.  Made relevant phone
calls this afternoon.

http://cgi.ebay.com/GEORGE-WASHINGTON-MOUNT-RUSHMORE-CONSTRUCTION-Photo_W0QQitemZ200380798081QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Photo_Images?hash=item2ea7a05481&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262
Mount Rushmore

http://cgi.ebay.com/1910s-VERNON-IRENE-CASTLE-Ballroom-Dancing-Photo_W0QQitemZ200380821338QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Photo_Images?hash=item2ea7a0af5a&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262
Vernon and Irene Castle

http://cgi.ebay.com/LUDWIG-VAN-BEETHOVEN-German-Composer-Death-Mask-Photo_W0QQitemZ130329176753QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Photo_Images?hash=item1e58396ab1&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262
Beethoven

http://cgi.ebay.com/1911-HELENE-DUTRIEU-Female-Aviation-Pioneer-Photo_W0QQitemZ200380819313QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Photo_Images?hash=item2ea7a0a771&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262
Helene Dutrieu

http://cgi.ebay.com/1873-NAVAJO-DINE-NATIVE-AMERICAN-INDIANS-NM-Photo_W0QQitemZ200380819488QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Photo_Images?hash=item2ea7a0a820&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262
Navajo family

http://cgi.ebay.com/1900S-RAMALLAH-WOMAN-Palestinian-Costume-Photo_W0QQitemZ130329177046QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Photo_Images?hash=item1e58396bd6&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262
Ramallah woman

http://cgi.ebay.com/1882-OSCAR-WILDE-Irish-Playwright-Portrait-Photo-3_W0QQitemZ200380821152QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Photo_Images?hash=item2ea7a0aea0&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262
Oscar Wilde

http://cgi.ebay.com/1879-CHARLES-ROBERT-DARWIN-Portrait-Photo_W0QQitemZ200380820462QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Photo_Images?hash=item2ea7a0abee&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262
Charles Darwin

http://cgi.ebay.com/1916-LOUIS-DEMBITZ-BRANDEIS-Portrait-Photo_W0QQitemZ200380819778QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Photo_Images?hash=item2ea7a0a942&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14
Louis Brandeis

http://cgi.ebay.com/1943-TYPHOID-VACCINATION-DOCTOR-SCHOOL-GIRL-Photo_W0QQitemZ200380798806QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Photo_Images?hash=item2ea7a05756&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262
Typhoid vaccination

http://cgi.ebay.com/1941-PEARL-HARBOR-HAWAII-USS-WEST-VIRGINIA-RESCUE-Pic_W0QQitemZ130329160904QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Photo_Images?hash=item1e58392cc8&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262
USS West Virginia

http://cgi.ebay.com/WWII-1945-US-Army-63rd-DIVISION-WALDENBURG-Photo_W0QQitemZ130329160282QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Photo_Images?hash=item1e58392a5a&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262
Waldenburg, Germany

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