Post #208207 by kaha kii on Tue, Jan 17, 2006 1:29 PM

Aloha TC Ohana,
So check this out, while browsing on Ebay this morning I found a seller who has put up for auction, 2 gold makau pendants...Of which both arent made very well, at least not in an authentic kahiko Hawaiian style..So As I scroll down the page, I see two photos of his chang gold makau and then I see it, a picture of one of my makau from my website!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Hawaii-Hawaiian-Polynesian-Fishhook-14kt-Pendant_W0QQitemZ5037184513QQcategoryZ92840QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

At first I was pissed and wanted to give da bruddah some dirty lickins' for using my carvings to promote his pendants...Although I dont have a copyright watermark on my photos, all the content on my site is copyright protected. I did contact the kook and let him know its not pono to just grab someones work and use it to promote his chang kine pendants, and ive yet to hear back from the lolo...

So should I be miffed and pursue reporting him to Ebay or should I just appreciate the fact he felt the need to use MY work to show how an authentic Hawaiian makau looks? Im a bit Huikau on this one and would appreciate some input from my bruddah's and sistah's here on TC...

I look forward to your comments everyone!

Malama Pono!