Yes, I did report the auction to eBay. No action so far. I also modified my TV-37 page to explain that I have temporarily removed the real article because it was illegally copied.
I have often given permission for people to use my articles & photos for various purposes -- but not selling on eBay, since my site has always been noncommercial.
This guy [A] didn't ask permission in the first place, and [B] copied a large portion of the article verbatim without attribution. When I asked him to cut it out, he just added a note stating that he had "gathered" some of his information online, with a link to my article.
I try not to be overly sensitive to this, but in the past people have conducted fraudulent auctions using the entire text and all of the photos from some of my articles. Others have copied text and/or photos, or linked to my site in such a way that a bidder might be confused, thinking that my fully restored set might be the one they're bidding on, or thinking that my noncommercial site is a place where everything is for sale.
Copyright infringement is a matter of degree. I wouldn't have a problem if the guy had simply used facts from my article, rather than copying & pasting a big chunk of it verbatim. I wouldn't have a problem if his description had said, "You can read more about this kind of TV at <link>."
It's not good enough for him to say he "gathered" information online. That's like me saying, "Please buy this novel entitled Jurassic Park by Phil Nelson. I gathered it by photocopying the novel Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton."
I would rather not put porno pictures on my website, even temporarily, or defeat copying from pages. As Dave mentioned, it can be useful to copy a tube lineup, or whatever, from an article, and print it out to refer to in your workshop. Helping people out in that way is why I go to the trouble of writing this stuff in the first place.
This person has sold hundreds of items on eBay and should know better. He didn't have the courtesy to reply to my message to him. Perhaps he is a well-meaning nitwit, but he should at least be called when he crosses the line.
OK, enough whining
Phil