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vilniusbri in eBay Copyright Theft
vilniusbri of Red Post Bridge, Andover,, Hampshire, United Kingdom, stole our 2007 Britannia Gold Proof Four Coin Set photographs without permission, in direct competition with us, and failed to tell buyers it was not the same coin set he was selling.
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When we wrote this page, this eBay member's feedback was 1 with 100% positive, according to eBay, although it was only 0 when we first saw it earlier the same day.
eBay Copyright Thieves
Many eBay vendors use our coin photographs to sell inferior quality coins on eBay. These eBay members are dishonest and should be avoided.
We believe eBay profits from IP rights infringements (copyright theft), and does so knowingly, only removing infringing items reluctantly, if at all.
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2007 Britannia Gold Proof Four Coin Set
he 2007 QEII Britannia Collection - Gold Proof Four Coin Set with certificate of authenticity. Issue limit 1,250 - this one number 0854. The £100 and £50 Gold Proof Britannias are exclusive to this set.
Coins: 1 ounce fine gold (22 carat)/£100 - 34.05g, half ounce fine gold (22 carat)/£50 - 17.02g, quarter ounce fine gold (22 carat)/£25 - 8.51g, tenth ounce fine gold (22 carat)/£10 - 3.41g.
Obverse Design: The portrait of the Queen by Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS.
Reverse Design: The seated figure of Britannia by Christopher Le Brun and modelled by John Bergdahl.
In red case of issue.
Postage charges may be amended for non-UK destinations to reflect insurance requirements - any revised fees agreed with buyer before despatch.
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Seller ID | Item Number | Date | Description | Price
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vilniusbri | 150462207308 | 30th Jun 2010 | 2007 Britannia Gold Proof Four Coin Set | £0.99
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vilniusbri | 150462200059 | 30th Jun 2010 | 2007 Gold Proof Sovereign & Certificate of Authenticity | £0.99
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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 and gold bar 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.
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.
Whether vilniusbri is misleading them deliberately or in ignorance, we cannot tell, perhaps it is a mixture of both, in which case he is not only lazy, but stupid and dishonest.
He also stole our 2007 proof sovereign photographs to try sell a similar item on eBay.
Price
The seller was asking a starting price of £0.99 for this listing.
Whatever the item "sells" 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.
We should probably delay reporting this item until a buyer has sent some money. This may sound cynical of us, but if enough greedy buyers got conned, they might kick up enough fuss, go to the media, and get eBay the publicity it deserves. It is not our job to act as unpaid policemen for eBay.
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