PAYPAL claims it violates their "terms of service" for a seller to offer fraudulent items. But they allow it.
You'll read more about it on various entries on this site, including how FEDERAL LAW is being broken by allowing sales of material WITHOUT A SIGNED MODEL RELEASE of AGE and CONSENT.
THIS entry is for YOU: the famous actress. Or YOU the manager or agent or relative of the famous actress. Say #METOO to "I'M NOT ALLOWING THIS."
The good news is it's easy to get items removed from EBAY through a DMCA and...even better...the more complaints there are, the more likely the seller will be SUSPENDED.
The problem right now is that a few times each month, somebody NEW shows up, and it takes way too long to get that person SUSPENDED. That person not only makes money off these women, he is stoking the fires of STALKERS and LUNATICS who think these pictures are REAL because they are SOLD as REAL.
Sending in a DMCA is simple. Just cut and paste the auction number. A lawyer isn't needed. All that's needed is AUTHORIZATION. Ebay needs to know that YOU are ACTING on BEHALF of the ACTRESS.
Right now, here's SOME of what one seller is offering in the hidden "ADULT" section of the site. (You didn't know there WAS an "ADULT" section? It's accessed by checking EVERYTHING ELSE: adult on the front page category list).
https://www.ebay.com/b/Adult-Only-Photographs/323/bn_16562693
IS one way to take a look. It's one of the categories.
This seller has 100's more...because these celebrities either don't know there's abuse going on, or don't know that anyone, even a trusted fan running a Facebook page, can be authorized to send in a complaint and get the item removed. It takes ONE MINUTE. But it takes AUTHORIZATION.
Management offices. Agent offices. If you're reading this, please deputize an intern to check eBay once a week or bi-weekly to send in DMCA's. It'll be "maintenance" very quickly. There aren't many of these creeps around. The target is to make sure there are NEVER any who stay around for long.
It's vital not only because this stuff is immoral, but because it's DANGEROUS. It's DANGEROUS that a high-profile site like eBAY has such flaws in its system. Using "REPORT ITEM" and sending a complaint to "OFFENSIVE MATERIALS" works maybe one in three times. Ebay claims they know Photoshop fakes are "offensive" but employees vary on what they think is "offensive" and some even believe it's possible these sellers are authorized, and leave it to the VERO (Verified Rights Owner) program to stop items.
DEPUTIZE/AUTHORIZE an Intern, Mr. Manager, Mr. Agent. Deputize a friend or a fan, Ms. Celebrity. Don't wait for a stalker to show up saying, "Pose like this for me...you're obviously selling your images on eBay, so do what I tell you..."
Internet sites must obey law. They rely on apathy to help them make a profit. THIS seller has over 8,000 dupe photos for sale. Does eBay and Paypal want a percentage of each sale? YES. Should they get it? NO. Join VERO@EBAY.COM and send in the DMCA's to STOP THIS. Say #METOO, I am VERO REPRESENTED.
This seller with over 8,000 FAKE and UNLICENSED images should NOT be putting actresses at risk of stalkers, and should NOT be pimping Photoshop fakes.
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