Sad Face! IMPORTANT NOTICE!

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Why is Sad Face so sad? A dishonest eBay seller has stolen multiple (2K+) models and images from Thingiverse (and possibly other sources) and is selling prints of the models for profit, using the images or screenshots to advertise them. They can be found here: http://www.ebay.com/usr/just3dprint?euid=d24089406c0a43cb82bef714707a11ca&cp=1&exe=12792&ext=32580&sojTags=exe=exe,ext=ext This seller had done the same with my model Aria the Dragon (for Dual extrusion): http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:767823 Here is their listing: http://www.ebay.com/itm/261964153371?euid=5be5a7af4ed349ec87a18cad7c671875&cp=1 I sent them a polite message via eBay asking them to take it down and this is the response I received: "When you uploaded your items onto Thingiverse for mass distribution, you lost all rights to them whatsoever. They entered what is known in the legal world as 'public domain'. The single exception to public domain rules are 'original works of art'. No court in the USA has yet ruled a CAD model an original work or art. Therefore, I have no right to exclude others from utilizing the CAD models I have uploaded. Furthermore, if in the future we do get a precedent in the USA for establishing CAD models as 'original works of art', we would still likely be just fine as we are not re-selling my CAD models, but rather 'transformative' adaptations of them in the form of 3D printed objects. SFE P.S. When I created these CAD files, did I really want to limit the amount of people who could enjoy them to the 0.01% of the USA with a 3D Printer? 100% of America can purchase the items from us at a reasonable cost and enjoy them-creating made in the USA jobs in the process as well. Furthermore, if you hate the idea of people profiteering from my work, you may want to take it up with Makerbot/Stratasys who only hosts Thingiverse for AD revenue, to sell more 3D printers." I have created "Sad Face" to highlight this problem and so that other makers can check to see if their work has been taken.