dingleharvey Using Copied Sovereign Images on eBay
eBay seller dingleharvey of Brecon, United Kingdom stole our 2009 Queen Elizabeth II Sovereign Reverse Photograph, but failed to tell buyers his coin was not the same one.

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Sample Listing

FULL GOLD SOVEREIGN 2009 - IN CLEAR PROTECTIVE CAPSULE
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
FULL GOLD SOVEREIGN 2009
SUPPLIED IN A CLEAR PROTECTIVE CAPSULE
100% UNCIRCULATED
The sovereign features Benedetto Pistrucci�s St George and the dragon
with the same individual characteristics as the coins of the 1820s.
The 2009 UK Sovereign Gold Coin was struck by the British Royal Mint in the year 2009
and belongs to the Sovereign series of gold bullion coins.
Each 22 carat fine gold coin contains 0.2354 troy ounce (7.3217 grams) of gold.
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INSURED DELIVERY ON THIS ITEM
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What's Wrong?
We invest a great deal of time, effort, and cost into creating some of the best photographic coin images on the internet. We strongly object when lazy and dishonest people decide to use them without a by your leave or thanks, doing so in competition with us.
Copyright theft is dishonest. We recommend you avoid doing business with dishonest dealers.
When eBay vendors use photographs of near mint condition coins, this may mislead potential buyers into believing that the coins shown are the vendors own photographs of the actual coins for sale. This may be deliberate in which case it is fraudulent, or it may be though ignorance and stupidity. It may be all these factors, and laziness also.
eBay knows it happens, but take very little action about it.

Seller ID	Item Number	Date	Description	Price
dingleharvey	360324506243	3rd Nov 2010	FULL GOLD SOVEREIGN 2009 - IN CLEAR PROTECTIVE CAPSULE	�235

Price
The seller was asking for a Buy It Now price of �235.00 for his item.
Whatever the item "sold" for, after eBay's greedy 10% selling fees, and possible PayPal charges, the crook may have been much better off selling the coins to us, instead of stealing our photographs.

Fraudulent Misrepresentation
Using our images breaches our copyright.
Using them to suggest or infer that the coins in the photos are the actual coins for sale is misrepresenting them as to rarity, because of the date mintmark combinations, and as to grade, because our photos are of high quality coins in near mint condition, whiseas the actual coins are extremely unlikely to be as good.
By not clearly stating that his coins are not those shown on the photos, she is committing or attempting fraud. This of course is an everyday occurrence on eBay.

Selling Gold Sovereigns & Other Coins on eBay
We point out that sellers may often get more money, for less effort, by selling to a specialised dealer, such as us, rather than via eBay.

eBay Guilty of Negligence or Complicity
We will be reporting this example of copyright abuse using our standard Statutory Declaration via the eBay VeRO programme, and wait to see if they chose to action or ignore our report. We look forward to taking legal action against eBay for their negligence and / or complicity if they fail to take down the offending material promptly.

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