eBay Copyright Thieves & Crooks Named and Shamed
It's dishonest to copy photographs, and misleading to buyers.
passatwolle Using Copied Sovereign Images on eBay
eBay seller passatwolle of Düsseldorf, Germany, not only stole our Mint Condition 1907 Edward VII Gold Sovereign Reverse image without permission, but failed to tell buyers his coin was not the same coin.
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It also demonstrates that high eBay feedback is no indicator of honesty.
Sample Listing
Sovereign britische Goldmünze 1907 Edward VII
1 Sovereign Goldmünze
Edward VII
Jahrgang 1907
Gewicht 7,98 g
Feingewicht 7,32 g
Da dies eine Privatauktion ist, kann ich keine Rücknahme und keinen Umtausch geben.
Google Translation
British Sovereign Gold Coin Edward VII in 1907
1 Sovereign Gold Coin
Edward VII
Year 1907
Weight 7.98 g
Fine weight 7.32 g
Since this is a private auction, I can give no return and no exchange
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 mint condition Mint Condition 1907 Edward VII Gold Sovereign, he or she failed to state that the coin shown in the photographs was not the same coin he was selling.
Seller ID | Item Number | Date | Description | Price
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passatwolle | 130408292843 | 13th Jul 2010 | Sovereign britische Goldmünze 1907 Edward VII | €1
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passatwolle | 130408280460 | 8th Jul 2010 | 10 Gulden Goldmünze 1932 Königin Wilhemina | €1
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Price
The seller was asking a starting price of €1 for this listing.
Whatever the items "sell" 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.
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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