eclcpurchasing in eBay Copyright Theft
eclcpurchasing of Stuart, FL, United States, stole our French 20 francs photographs to use on eBay, and omitted to tell buyers that the images were not of the coins he was selling. Totally dishonest
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When we wrote this page, this eBay member's feedback was 43; with 100% positive according to eBay.
Sample Listing
1904-1907 FRENCH ROOSTER GOLD COINS 20 FRANCS
1904/1905/1906/1907 FRENCH ROOSTER GOLD COINS 20 FRANCS
1 SET AVAILABLE
6.4516 GRAMS
0.900 GOLD
0.1867 OZ PURE GOLD
OBVERSE: THE HEAD OF MARIANNE
REVERSE:COQ D'OR "ROOSTER"
Excellent international liquidity. Immensely popular among European collectors and investors, these coins have a large, ready market overseas as well as here in the United States.
Complete financial privacy. Unlike some modern bullion pieces, which must be reported to the IRS by brokers, there are no reporting requirements for these classic French gold coins.
Exemption from confiscation. As collector coins of historical significance, French 20 Franc gold Roosters are not subject to any confiscation law passed in the U.S. Bullion coins like Krugerrands, American Gold Eagles, and Canadian Maple Leafs, however, may be seized under current U.S. laws.
Ease of transportation and storage. Unlike gold bars, they smaller size of these coins means they may be easily transported and privately stored in case of hardship.
SHIPPING INSURANCE INCLUDED IN SHIPPING PRICE: ONLY IN US
INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING WILL BE CALCULATED BY REGION AND COUNTRY
THANKS FOR LOOKING!
On May-20-09 at 14:45:35 PDT, seller added the following information:
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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.
This particular eBay seller not only stole two of images of French gold 20 franc coins, he used them in two different listings for a total of 11 coins. He did not seem to think it was worth mentioning to potential buyers that the high quality photographs of near mint condition coins were not his own photographs, and not the same coins as he was offering for sale. This is almost certainly illegal in the UK under the Trade Description Act, although it appears to happen on a daily basis on eBay.
It's possible he is ignorant of such fine points, or just plain ignorant.
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, she is fraudulently or ignorantly misleading and deceiving all potential buyers. Gaining pecuniary advantage by deception is the definition of fraud.
Price
The seller is asking a starting price of £165 for each of the 5 coins. This is pretty stupid of him, eBay will charge about £2 each in listing fees, £16.50 per item selling fees, possibly plus PayPal fees. He is likely to get complaints, and all the coins returned, if eBay buyers have any brains, so will have wasted time money and postage both ways, for himself an others.
He would have got more simply selling them to us, without all the bother of listing them.
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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