Matt, I want to thank you and your fellow DMC owner very much for bringing this to my attention. I have also sent a complaint to eBay, and just so you know, I quoted you below about your emails with Michael. I can only imagine what his 14*11 print looked like...and I hope that no one bought his "product" and if they did, I hope they are dissatisfied. I will in the future be sure to put a "watermark" on my images to help prevent this sort of fraud. Thanks again! Cindy of CHamm Photography (www.kynthos10.com) --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Matthew P. Olans" <mpolans@xxxx> wrote: > Hey all, > Last night a fellow DMC owner pointed out that there was a poster of > my car for sale on ebay. The wheels had been digitally altered and all the > background was erased. That "artist" was offering this as "Original artwork > by Michael Antoine." This was actually a photograph taken of my car at > Memphis by Cindy Hamm. Below are both the original link from Cindy's site > and the now defunct auction on ebay: > > http://www.kynthos10.com/memphis/b1.jpg > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItem&item=3527170241&category=20135 > > I emailed the seller asking who's car this was and where he got the photo > and he responded that it was from an ad online. I advised him that it was > my car and since neither I nor Cindy had authorized this print and the fact > that he was claiming it as his own that I had contacted ebay to report this > as fraud. Everyone will have a different opinion on how their car is to be > used or not....but because he was lying and claiming the work as his own I > felt I had to end the lie. There was no money in this endeavor to be had, > but the fact that the person lied about where he got the photo and claimed > it was his original work really got to me so I made sure he knew I did not > give my permission for him to use my car in his work in anyway. If you feel > a bit protective of your stuff I would advise you to watch out for things > like this. > > Matthew > VINs 10365 and 16816