mokomis Using Copied Sovereign Images on eBay
eBay seller mokomis of Killarney, Kerry, Ireland, not only stole our 1982 Gold Sovereign Photographs without permission to sell his own sovereign, but failed to state that the photos were not of his actual coins, thereby deceiving all potential buyers.

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Sample Listing

6 1982 Gold Sovereign coins
YOU ARE BIDDING ON 6 X 1982 QUEEN ELIZABETH II. FULL SOVEREIGN GOLD COINS
These coins will be sent as a signed for package..

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.
This particular eBay seller not only stole our high quality images of a 1982 Gold Sovereign , he used them in his eBay auctions to try to sell his own sovereign without saying it was not the same coin. Anyone viewing the photographs would expect them to be the same, near perfect condition coin, "airbrushed" to make them look like supermodels.

It is always possible, even likely, that sellers who steal photographs do not own a similar coin, and have the intention to totally defraud potential buyers.
The vendor is not only cheating us by stealing our copyright images, he is fraudulently or ignorantly misleading and deceiving all potential buyers. Gaining pecuniary advantage by deception is the definition of fraud.

Seller ID	Item Number	Date	Description	Price
mokomis	250810613560	26th April 2011	6 1982 Gold Sovereign coins	�600.00
mokomis	250811433784	28th April 2011	3 1982 Gold Sovereign coins	�300.00
mokomis	250812231067	29th April 2011	2 1982 Gold Sovereign coins	�200.00

Price
The seller was asking a starting price of �600.00.

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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