Copyright Theft
Perhaps we should be flattered by the number of people including dealers who continually infringe our IP (Intellectual Property) rights by using our copyright images, but we do not find it amusing, and will take legal action against any copyright thieves.
Carson Antiques (goantiques.com)
Carson Antiques Steve Carson (goantiques.com) & (carsonantiquesuk.tripod.com) are just one of the many coin dealers & jewellers worldwide who commit copyright theft by using our copyright images without our permission. This is dishonest.
Carson Antiques (goantiques.com) of South East of England
Go Antiques Member Page for Carson Antiques
We were astounded at the low profile Carson Antiques appear to prefer, as they failed to reveal thier address or even town, on this page, simply giving out the teaser "South East of England". This is either such a vast international company that they need no publicity, or it's a one-man part-timer, probably with another full-time job, or on DSS...
CARSON ANTIQUES has been trading since 1982, which is a family run business, based in the South East of England. We sell a wide variety of antiques & collectibles. This includes Jewelry, Silver, Silver Plate, Clocks, Watches, Victoriana, Glass, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Arts & Crafts.
Google Search
Surely a business established in 1982 must be easy enough to find, so we tried Google, and found...
CRAVENSTONE Antique & Vintage
cravenstone.highwire.com
cravenstone.mybisi.com
About Us
Member of The Society of Jewellery Historians Fellow of the NAG Institute of Registered Valuers
CRAVENSTONE Antique & Vintage have been trading since 1982, an online subsidary company of S & L Carson (Antiques UK)
A family run business, based in the South East of England.
We sell a wide variety of high quality British (and some International) antiques & collectibles.
This includes Jewelry, Silver, Silver Plate, Clocks, Watches, Victoriana, Glass, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Arts & Crafts.
All stock sold items shipped Free of Charge world-wide
VALUATION APPRAISALS FOR INSURANCE & PROBATE / JEWELLERY AND SILVERWARE UNDERTAKEN
By a fully qualified Member of the National Association of Goldsmith's Institute of Registered Valuers (*HOME VISIT - UK ONLY)
For further information regarding our Valuation service and charges
or If you are looking for a particular item or are trying to source a suitable gift, please do not hessitate in contacting us by email steve@cravenstone.com
*Please note: We do not undertake valuations of items via email etc, all valuation work undertaken by home visit only.
Copyright © 1982-2010 Cravenstone antique & vintage. All Rights Reserved.
Domain Lookup
Registrant:
Cravenstone
212
victoria road
southend on sea, ss1 2tb
United Kingdom
Domain Name: CRAVENSTONE.COM
Created on: 24-Jul-09
Expires on: 24-Jul-12
Last Updated on: 26-Jul-09
Administrative Contact:
carson, Steve carsonandco@blueyonder.co.uk
Cravenstone
212
victoria road
southend on sea, ss1 2tb
United Kingdom
+44.447956919233 Fax --
Technical Contact:
carson, Steve
Cravenstone
212
victoria road
southend on sea, ss1 2tb
United Kingdom
+44.447956919233 Fax --
Domain servers in listed order:
NS45.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
NS46.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
Other Pages - Repairs
Repairs
WORKSHOP ON THE PREMISES
COMPETITIVE PRICES
ALLWORK (sic) GUARANTEED
FREE ESTIMATES
QUICK & EFFICIANT (sic) SERVICE
ALL WORK FULLY INSURED WHILST ON OUR PREMISES
OTHER WORK UNDERTAKEN
RINGS
Sized,refurbished,remodelled,cleaned,polished,shanks repaired,claw (sic) work & stones fitted
CHAINS & BRACELETS
Repaired,shortened,new (sic) fasteners & safety chains fitted
PENDANTS & CHARMS
Soldered
EARRINGS
Repaired
OLD UNWANTED GOLD
Remodelled into a new item
WHITE GOLD JEWELLERY
Re-Rhodium plating
What's Wrong?
This is the most blatant example we have yet seen of plagiarism and copyright abuse.
The 10 images of 5 coins on their Gold Coins page are all ours, and stolen from our websites. Without double-checking, it also looks like all the text has been directly lifted from our pages, as have the information and specification tables. Even the names of the images are unchanged from our original names.
Bramall's are in direct competition with us, yet have seen fit to steal our images to do so. This is not only dishonest and unethical, but...
...at this point, polite words to describe what we feel fail us, and we do not wish to publish taboo or offensive words on our website.
Our Images
We have shown two of our own images so that you can compare, but all the other eight can be found on our websites, and can be instantly recognised for their high quality.
Our Opinion
We have a very low opinion of other dealers who steal our images, and use them to compete with us. It is dishonest. We could sue these people, possibly for thousands of dollars, but it costs time and money, and even though we would win and be awarded costs, we might not be able to recover the costs if the copyright thieves turned out to be impecunious or insolvent. That's why we have decided to give these crooks some free advertising our our website, something which we do not normally provide even for payment.
Carson Antiques. are not only gold coin & bullion dealers, but "is a National Association of Goldsmiths Full member and as such has met the exacting standards set by the leading trade Association". As such it is surprising then to find it so careless at sourcing its own images, or so lacking in regard for fairness in its dealings with competitors.
In an industry where ethics, trust, and honesty are of paramount importance, it leads to the conclusion that we could not recommend Bramall as a reasonable alternative to us for Steve Carson, Yorkshire, or east coast customers.
Copyright Notice
Please see our "Copyright" page for further information.
Copyright Infringements Remedies
Our suggested draft remedies for copyright abusers dependent on category - competitors, bloggers, pseudo-expert & advice sites acting as eBay & Google portals, eBay & other auction site sellers.
Other Copyright Abuse
Other Copyright Abuse
Other Web Sites
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Our Images
Reverse of 1909 Edward VII London Mint Gold Sovereign
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