nedkelly1959 Using Copied Sovereign Images on eBay
eBay seller nedkelly1959 of Croydon, United Kingdom, not only stole our 1900 Victoria Old Head London Mint Sovereign Photographs but used them without permission to sell his sovereign.

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Sample Listing

1900 gold full sovereign
1900 QUEEN VICTORIA FULL SOVEREIGN,
Superb Condition,these pictures are not the actual coin,my camera is not good enough to take close up pitures (sic) ,but it is superb, was left it 20 years age when my grand mother (sic) died,been in my draw (sic) since then,want to put it towards a good watch.
Sorry I do not do Paypal, anything else..

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 both sides of a mint condition 1900 sovereign, he used them in his eBay auctions to try to sell his own sovereign.
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.
We note he states that he intends to buy a good watch. We believe a �5 Casio from Argos will keep excellent time, and he would be better investing the balance on a dictionary or some English lessons.
The educational standards in the UK appear to be at an all-time low.

Seller ID	Item Number	Date	Description	Price
nedkelly1959	290423110919	8th Apr 2010	1900 gold full sovereign	�100

Price
The seller was asking a starting price of �100.

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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