Date : Sat, 19 Nov 2005 22:30:43 +0000
From : Neil Ward <neilw01@...>
Subject: Re: Making the most of the Micro
Hi everyone
Well, what can I say - a lucky escape !!!
But the bad news is that I have no video. Does anyone out there have a
recording of the series who would be willing to let me borrow or buy
(for the price of the recording medium and P+P) a copy please ?
Thanks and regards
Neil Ward.
neilw01@... wrote:
>Interestingly enough, ebay emailed me with the following info this afternoon
>...
>
>Dear Neil A Ward (neilw01@...),
>
>Please be aware that the following listing:
>
>Item Number - 6452532028
>Item Title - Making the Most of the Micro BBC DVD retro computer
>
>has been removed by eBay for breaching of one or more of our policies. Any
>offers or bids placed on this listing are now null and void. We advise you
>not to finalize this transaction with the seller. As stated in the eBay User
>Agreement, neither seller nor buyer should engage in transactions that breach
>the law or eBay policy.
>
>Please review eBay's Prohibited and Restricted Items guidelines and User
>Agreement at the following locations:
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> http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/item_allowed.html
> http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/user-agreement.html
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>We thank you in advance for your cooperation.
>
>Regards,
>
>eBay Trust & Safety
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>>-- Original Message --
>>Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 15:11:37 +0000
>>To: neilw01@...
>>From: Phil McIntyre <philmac@...>
>>Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Making the most of the Micro
>>
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>You can report him to ebay for piracy. You can report him to FACT
>>(http://www.fact-uk.org.uk/). Trading standards might well be interested
>>if
>>it's a business.
>>I would email him and say you no longer wish to buy it on the grounds that
>>
>>it is a copy and take it from there.
>>Most sellers will just cancel and forget about it. Then you can report him
>>
>>anyway......
>>I've just checked on ebay and got the following:
>>
>>This listing (6452532028) has been removed by eBay or is no longer
>>available. Please make sure that you've entered the item number correctly.
>>If the item was removed by eBay, please consider this transaction
>>cancelled. If anybody contacts you to complete the sale, please ignore the
>>
>>request. Completing the sale outside of eBay may be unsafe and will not
>>
>>
>be
>
>
>>covered by eBay purchase protection programs.
>>
>>So, you're OK. It's should be cancelled.
>>
>>HTH,
>>
>>Phil
>>
>>At 13:48 18/11/2005, you wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Thinking about it, if this is a true piracy situation, am I obliged to
>>>
>>>
>
>
>
>>>continue
>>>the purchase ? What would be the best course of action here - I don't
>>>
>>>
>want
>
>
>>>my name associated with purchasing pirate copies of copyright material.
>>>
>>>I don't feel so happy now !
>>>
>>>Neil.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>-- Original Message --
>>>>Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 17:22:53 +0000
>>>>From: James Fidell <james@...>
>>>>To: Darren Grant <darren.grant@...>
>>>>Cc:
>>>>Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Making the most of the Micro
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Quoting Darren Grant (darren.grant@...):
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>A clear violation of copyright for commercial gain.
>>>>>
>>>>>This guy is making a profit on copying a video to DVD, if he was doing
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>for
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>the cost of the DVD that might at least be considered a way of
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>distributing
>>>
>>>
>>>>>information that the BBC has no interest in putting on DVD. But this
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>is
>>
>>
>>>>just
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>plain cheek
>>>>>
>>>>>Please don't encourage piracy, I hope someone buys one and runs off
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>copies
>>
>>
>>>>>selling at £2 a pop to cover the DVD cost so he knows what it is like
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>to
>>>
>>>
>>>>>have someone copy your work.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>And if you really want it, it's available for download for free on
>>>>uknova.
>>>>
>>>>James
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>"Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits that under
>>
>>analysis some of them won't stand up either."
>>
>>Phil McIntyre
>>Computer Support
>>School of Biological Sciences
>>Liverpool University
>>Tel: 0151 794 4383
>>email: philmac@...
>>
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