. . . That no one will help you. The Nausicaa 
cel "incident" proves clearly enough that even 
when someone is obviously fraudulently selling a 
cel they do not own, there is no one in power, so 
to speak, who will bother to try and stop them.

I'll bet if you hired a lawyer and made a big 
stink about it, you could probably get the person 
in *some* trouble. . . But only for making money 
off a copyrighted image for which they do not 
hold the copyright. They would most likely not 
get in trouble because they were using your scan. 
(Unless the subject of the scan was an original 
piece of artwork produced by yourself.)

And I'm sorry, but I would have a problem with 
seeing my cel images plastered all over cheaply 
made mousepads and T-shirts. First because it 
bothers me to see people selling (and buying) 
unlicenced merchandise. I believe in supporting 
the people who *MADE* the shows I like so that 
they continue to create more wonderful shows. And 
second because if I wanted a common, stock 
picture of a character, I would go buy a poster 
for ten bucks - not a cel for hundreds. After 
making it a point to obtain images of my favorite 
characters that are *NOT* stock images, I have no 
interest in seeing those images turned into stock 
images by "Ding-Dong Moron" who's only achievement
has been figuring out how to run a mousepad 
through a printer.

Many Sharp Smiles,
--Drac