Open Letter to eBay and CEO about VeRO Improvements Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/open-letter-to-ebay-and-ceo-about-vero-improvements.html Online petition signatures en-us Thu, 9 Apr 2026 12:30 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Lyn Evans [Signature #284] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10877384?utm_medium=rss Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:04:39 UTC 10877384 David Hadrian [Signature #283] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10876072?utm_medium=rss The requests in this petition, if implemented, will prove ebay is serious.

]]> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:06:54 UTC 10876072 Kayelle Allen [Signature #282] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10849241?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:00:14 UTC 10849241 Kareem Jordan [Signature #281] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10259940?utm_medium=rss Piracy is theft, plain and simple.

]]> Sun, 17 Apr 2011 09:58:06 UTC 10259940 Roni Denholtz [Signature #280] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9386207?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:14:19 UTC 9386207 Kasischke Betty [Signature #279] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9310735?utm_medium=rss Your quick response to our concerns about pirated works being sold illegally would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

]]> Sat, 15 Jan 2011 11:32:15 UTC 9310735 Diane McGuire [Signature #278] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9306590?utm_medium=rss Fri, 14 Jan 2011 07:08:22 UTC 9306590 Nicola Browne [Signature #277] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9305086?utm_medium=rss Fri, 14 Jan 2011 03:11:27 UTC 9305086 Lee Rowan [Signature #276] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9256211?utm_medium=rss Most writers make less than $10,000 per year. Many of us don't even approach that number. To allow people to steal from us and profit by that theft cannot be justified.

]]> Sun, 9 Jan 2011 09:29:30 UTC 9256211 Marcia James [Signature #275] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9253571?utm_medium=rss Sun, 9 Jan 2011 02:23:29 UTC 9253571 Jerome Brown [Signature #274] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9253480?utm_medium=rss Sun, 9 Jan 2011 02:10:10 UTC 9253480 Karin Huxman [Signature #273] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9252992?utm_medium=rss Sun, 9 Jan 2011 01:13:19 UTC 9252992 Anonymous [Signature #272] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9251981?utm_medium=rss It's like having a 9-5 job....do you want someone else to HAVE your salary for the work YOU do?

]]> Sun, 9 Jan 2011 11:23:45 UTC 9251981 Erin Aslin [Signature #271] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9247781?utm_medium=rss Sat, 8 Jan 2011 10:43:51 UTC 9247781 Marissa Doyle [Signature #270] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9246346?utm_medium=rss Sat, 8 Jan 2011 04:09:58 UTC 9246346 Rochelle Weber [Signature #269] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9245496?utm_medium=rss We authors work hard to produce our books. Then they need to be edited; cover art is not cheap and even though they're e-books, they are not "free" to produce. Pirating is theft.

]]> Sat, 8 Jan 2011 01:31:44 UTC 9245496 Josie Brown [Signature #268] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9245386?utm_medium=rss It is a disgrace that you allow these eBay vendors to rip off the creators of their works. Please stop this practice now.

]]> Sat, 8 Jan 2011 01:14:24 UTC 9245386 Jacqueline Applebee [Signature #267] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9245214?utm_medium=rss Sat, 8 Jan 2011 12:44:40 UTC 9245214 Rita Clay Estrada [Signature #266] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9244571?utm_medium=rss I have not given anyone the rights to my writing, books or manuscripts. All rights are mine alone. Thank you

]]> Sat, 8 Jan 2011 11:09:18 UTC 9244571 Deborah Dunn [Signature #265] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9244400?utm_medium=rss Sat, 8 Jan 2011 10:46:41 UTC 9244400 Marie-Nicole Ryan [Signature #264] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9244108?utm_medium=rss I support this issue. Copyright belongs to the AUTHOR and she/hefshould be paid for their hard work, not some enterprising e-pirate. Only the publisher who pays royalties to the author has the right to distribute the author's work through various contracted venues.

]]> Sat, 8 Jan 2011 10:06:53 UTC 9244108 Anonymous [Signature #263] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9243794?utm_medium=rss My vampire romances have been burned to CD's and sold along with hudreds of others. That money should have gone to me and my publisher...the people who made the item, not a thief!

]]> Sat, 8 Jan 2011 09:21:00 UTC 9243794 Sharon Calvin [Signature #262] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9243029?utm_medium=rss Sat, 8 Jan 2011 06:55:32 UTC 9243029 J Wilson [Signature #261] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9242658?utm_medium=rss Isn't it time eBay stepped up to the plate and worked on this issue?

]]> Sat, 8 Jan 2011 05:40:02 UTC 9242658 Liz Flaherty [Signature #260] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9242388?utm_medium=rss Sat, 8 Jan 2011 04:48:16 UTC 9242388 Cornelia Amiri [Signature #259] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9241951?utm_medium=rss Sat, 8 Jan 2011 03:01:57 UTC 9241951 Billi Wagner [Signature #258] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9241594?utm_medium=rss Sat, 8 Jan 2011 12:48:01 UTC 9241594 Barbara Bockman [Signature #257] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9241523?utm_medium=rss Sat, 8 Jan 2011 12:12:18 UTC 9241523 Anonymous [Signature #256] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9240741?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Jan 2011 07:49:34 UTC 9240741 Stacey Joy Netzel [Signature #255] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9240673?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Jan 2011 07:29:49 UTC 9240673 Jeannette Monaco [Signature #254] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9240493?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Jan 2011 06:38:00 UTC 9240493 Sandra Marshall [Signature #253] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9239597?utm_medium=rss Somehow theft of books whether in print or digital needs to be stopped.

]]> Fri, 7 Jan 2011 04:15:10 UTC 9239597 Kimberly Bahnsen [Signature #252] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9239476?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Jan 2011 03:58:37 UTC 9239476 Patricia Rice [Signature #251] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9239428?utm_medium=rss The only time a CD of numerous books, songs, etc can be copyright free is if all the content is by the seller. All such auctions should be removed and it should be left to the seller to prove their ownership, not to the owners of the copyright.

]]> Fri, 7 Jan 2011 03:51:35 UTC 9239428 Virginia Crane [Signature #250] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9239304?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Jan 2011 03:34:41 UTC 9239304 Denise Patrick [Signature #249] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9238938?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Jan 2011 02:53:19 UTC 9238938 Linda Holmes [Signature #248] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9238847?utm_medium=rss Our creativity is ours. We make very little, but what we do make should not be stolen from us by those who cannot take the time or make the effort to give birth to their own words. Stealing is stealing, robbery is robbery and this is both. Please put an end to offering a venue for these thieves taking the creative words of others. They do not deserve the profits from OUR labors.

]]> Fri, 7 Jan 2011 02:39:17 UTC 9238847 Margaret Carter [Signature #247] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9238820?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Jan 2011 02:33:57 UTC 9238820 Rebekah Smith [Signature #246] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9238789?utm_medium=rss Please do everything in your power to stop internet piracy by whatever means necessary.

]]> Fri, 7 Jan 2011 02:29:39 UTC 9238789 Jacqueline Paige [Signature #245] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9238716?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Jan 2011 02:19:23 UTC 9238716 Robin Coll [Signature #244] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9238541?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Jan 2011 01:59:27 UTC 9238541 Fredericka Meiners [Signature #243] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9237784?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Jan 2011 12:36:25 UTC 9237784 Anonymous [Signature #242] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9237686?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Jan 2011 12:28:13 UTC 9237686 Jane Toombs [Signature #241] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9237549?utm_medium=rss I am the copyright holder of all books with Jane Toombs as the author. Anyone ese who claim she or he owns a copyright or nay of my books is either misled or lying.

]]> Fri, 7 Jan 2011 12:18:02 UTC 9237549 Imari Jade [Signature #240] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9237320?utm_medium=rss The piracy needs to stop. I published 8 books last year and I can now find each of them at a piracy download site.

]]> Fri, 7 Jan 2011 12:01:28 UTC 9237320 Jessica Brown [Signature #239] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9237142?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Jan 2011 11:46:08 UTC 9237142 Beppie Harrison [Signature #238] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9236946?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Jan 2011 11:28:07 UTC 9236946 Jean Hart Stewart [Signature #237] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9236782?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Jan 2011 11:15:31 UTC 9236782 Kaenar Langford [Signature #236] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9236691?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Jan 2011 11:07:21 UTC 9236691 Gaye Walton [Signature #235] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9236603?utm_medium=rss If authors do not receive reasonable payment for their work the flow of new literary work will drop to a trickle and eventually stop. Intellectual property is still property and the work to create it deserves fair recompense to same as any other labor.

]]> Fri, 7 Jan 2011 11:00:34 UTC 9236603 Beverley Haynes [Signature #234] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9236595?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Jan 2011 11:00:06 UTC 9236595 Kate Douglas [Signature #233] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9236351?utm_medium=rss As the author of over forty novels, novellas and short stories STILL UNDER COPYRIGHT, I am dismayed by the constant battle against theft. What's even worse, eBay and other sales venues, as well as the thieves, are profiting from my loss. This has to stop.

]]> Fri, 7 Jan 2011 10:40:13 UTC 9236351 Michelle Beattie [Signature #232] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9235890?utm_medium=rss I see pirated versions on ebay all the time. You don't work for free, why should we?

]]> Fri, 7 Jan 2011 10:01:21 UTC 9235890 Linda Campbell [Signature #231] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9235621?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Jan 2011 09:37:16 UTC 9235621 Wendi Christner [Signature #230] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9235472?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Jan 2011 09:21:42 UTC 9235472 Angie Fox [Signature #229] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9235464?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Jan 2011 09:20:52 UTC 9235464 Robin Kaye [Signature #228] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9235442?utm_medium=rss Copyright infringement is against the law. Ebay is allowing this to happen and making money on it. It's just wrong.

]]> Fri, 7 Jan 2011 09:19:00 UTC 9235442 Dixie Taylor [Signature #227] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9235436?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Jan 2011 09:18:42 UTC 9235436 Elizabeth Schechter [Signature #226] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9235408?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Jan 2011 09:15:32 UTC 9235408 Judie Troyansky [Signature #225] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9235389?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Jan 2011 09:13:40 UTC 9235389 Anonymous [Signature #224] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9235243?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Jan 2011 08:55:19 UTC 9235243 Trish Milburn [Signature #223] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9235128?utm_medium=rss It is frustrating and disheartening (not to mention hurts in the ability to make a living) to have one's hard work stolen, and that's exactly what copyright infringement -- theft.

I heartily hope eBay creates much more stringent policies concerning infringing auctions.

]]> Fri, 7 Jan 2011 08:39:37 UTC 9235128 Leslie Langtry [Signature #222] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9235109?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Jan 2011 08:37:50 UTC 9235109 Keena Lykins [Signature #221] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9235071?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Jan 2011 08:33:00 UTC 9235071 Susan Monteiro [Signature #220] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9235045?utm_medium=rss I do hope that Mr. Donahoe understands authors' positions.

]]> Fri, 7 Jan 2011 08:28:13 UTC 9235045 Marianna Jameson [Signature #219] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9234940?utm_medium=rss This is a much-needed reform of eBay's policies and seller relationships. Please enact this.

]]> Fri, 7 Jan 2011 08:13:30 UTC 9234940 Kim Seidel [Signature #218] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9234869?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Jan 2011 08:04:09 UTC 9234869 Joseph Vadalma [Signature #217] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9234855?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Jan 2011 08:02:52 UTC 9234855 Robin Bayne [Signature #216] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9234836?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Jan 2011 08:00:34 UTC 9234836 Michele Young [Signature #215] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9234588?utm_medium=rss E-bay will lose credibility with governments and honest folk if it knowingly permits the sale of stolen works. In the non digital world this is known as knowingly profiting from criminal activities. Eventually there will be legal ramifications, why not take the high road now.

]]> Fri, 7 Jan 2011 07:29:04 UTC 9234588 Janis Susan May-Patterson [Signature #214] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9234528?utm_medium=rss To take an artist's work without compensation is theft.

One who assists in such an action or permits it is an accomplice.

Both are crimes, and should be prosecuted and punished as such.

]]> Fri, 7 Jan 2011 07:19:27 UTC 9234528 Rowena Cherry [Signature #213] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9234444?utm_medium=rss It seems to me to be close to a "Pay-to-Play situation when authors can be, and are ripped off at will unless they purchase the products in order to substantiate a complaint.
When they do buy a collection, they are sometimes not reimbursed. Moreover, EBay may remove a collection but declare the infringer "not at fault".

]]> Fri, 7 Jan 2011 07:05:18 UTC 9234444 Alessia Brio [Signature #212] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9234405?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Jan 2011 06:59:01 UTC 9234405 Roxanne St. Claire [Signature #211] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9234245?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Jan 2011 06:39:40 UTC 9234245 Anonymous [Signature #210] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9234132?utm_medium=rss Creators deserve to be paid for their hard work. Please help us achieve this goal.

]]> Fri, 7 Jan 2011 06:25:02 UTC 9234132 Lorna Collins [Signature #209] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9234025?utm_medium=rss Those of us who have worked hard to create literary intellectual property are deeply offended when that work is blatantly stolen and others profit from our efforts. We would appreciate your assistance in stopping this practice!

]]> Fri, 7 Jan 2011 06:10:37 UTC 9234025 Shermaine Williams [Signature #208] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9233896?utm_medium=rss By failing to prevent thieves from making money through other people's work you ruin the reputation of your own site. It is similar to condoning the act of a mugger or burglar, condoning them taking what doesn't belong to them.

]]> Fri, 7 Jan 2011 05:53:20 UTC 9233896 Jane Richardson [Signature #207] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9233307?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Jan 2011 04:36:41 UTC 9233307 Stevie Woods [Signature #206] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9233293?utm_medium=rss We need to protect our rights, stop piracy!

]]> Fri, 7 Jan 2011 04:35:21 UTC 9233293 Margaret Tanner [Signature #205] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9232703?utm_medium=rss I would like to add my support to this worthy cause - stamping out e-book piracy.

]]> Fri, 7 Jan 2011 03:02:53 UTC 9232703 Laura McQuillen [Signature #204] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9232528?utm_medium=rss With electronic publishing becoming more and more popular and things like Kindles/Nooks becoming commonplace it is a good idea to address this now before things get out of hand any more than they already are.

]]> Fri, 7 Jan 2011 02:29:47 UTC 9232528 Skylar Sinclair [Signature #203] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9232290?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Jan 2011 01:27:12 UTC 9232290 Allie Standifer [Signature #202] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9231940?utm_medium=rss Thu, 6 Jan 2011 11:28:22 UTC 9231940 Meghan Schuessler [Signature #201] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9231927?utm_medium=rss Thu, 6 Jan 2011 11:24:11 UTC 9231927 Randall Van Vynckt [Signature #200] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9231915?utm_medium=rss Thu, 6 Jan 2011 11:19:57 UTC 9231915 Jude Mason [Signature #199] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9231742?utm_medium=rss As an author, I find it appalling these steps to aid us in protecting our copyright haven't been done sooner.

]]> Thu, 6 Jan 2011 10:19:42 UTC 9231742 Diana Castilleja [Signature #198] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9231695?utm_medium=rss Thu, 6 Jan 2011 10:07:05 UTC 9231695 Pat Brown [Signature #197] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9231672?utm_medium=rss Pirates should not be allowed to flourish on eBay. As an author, it hurts me but as a shopper who loves shopping eBay I want to feel comfortable giving my money to eBay and its sellers.

]]> Thu, 6 Jan 2011 10:00:57 UTC 9231672 J. L. Jensen [Signature #196] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9231671?utm_medium=rss Thu, 6 Jan 2011 10:00:50 UTC 9231671 Natalie Dallaire [Signature #195] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9231667?utm_medium=rss Thu, 6 Jan 2011 09:59:50 UTC 9231667 Bronwyn Green [Signature #194] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9231666?utm_medium=rss Thu, 6 Jan 2011 09:59:19 UTC 9231666 J.P. Bowie [Signature #193] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9231651?utm_medium=rss Thu, 6 Jan 2011 09:55:48 UTC 9231651 Daniel Juris [Signature #192] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9231648?utm_medium=rss Thu, 6 Jan 2011 09:55:04 UTC 9231648 James Buchanan [Signature #191] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9231646?utm_medium=rss Legit resellers of print books are fine, but the resellers of eBooks, which, by law, you cannot share, are a constant thorn. Even w/an eBay account 1/2 the time my alerts don't catch it fast enough.

]]> Thu, 6 Jan 2011 09:54:13 UTC 9231646 Anonymous [Signature #190] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9231637?utm_medium=rss Thu, 6 Jan 2011 09:52:21 UTC 9231637 Linda Johnson [Signature #189] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9231533?utm_medium=rss Thu, 6 Jan 2011 09:37:59 UTC 9231533 Anonymous [Signature #188] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9231532?utm_medium=rss Thu, 6 Jan 2011 09:37:55 UTC 9231532 Lex Valentine [Signature #187] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9231455?utm_medium=rss Thu, 6 Jan 2011 09:27:18 UTC 9231455 Angelic Mitchell [Signature #186] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9231291?utm_medium=rss Thu, 6 Jan 2011 08:59:41 UTC 9231291 Emily Ogle [Signature #185] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9231286?utm_medium=rss Thu, 6 Jan 2011 08:59:01 UTC 9231286