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.
ABC-Krugerrands on Ali Baba (alibaba.com) & Copyright Theft
ABC-Krugerrands, Mr. bennedict holyoake (sic), are just one of the many Alibaba (alibaba.com) members or advertisers worldwide who commit copyright theft by using our copyright images without our permission.
Alibaba & Copyright Theft
Alibaba runs a product listing website (portal). On a number of ocacsions we have reported to them copyright abuse by its members or advertisers. On the first of these occasions, we were told that the listing would be removed. We naturally trusted this statement, but when we happened to look again several months later, the same listing was still appearing.
On a number of subsequent occasions, Alibaba have been obstructive, and have failed to remove infringing material. We regard this behaviour as unethical and dishonest, and will be serving them with legal notices in due course.
Sample Listing
We show a screenshot of just one typical sample listing:
KRUGERRANDS 1OZ REDUCED agent
Domain Lookup
Registrant:
Alibaba.com Corporation
Room 2403-05 Jubilee Centre
Wanchai
Hong Kong
HK
Domain Name: ALIBABA.COM
Administrative Contact:
Tsai, Joe tim.steinert@alibaba-inc.com
Alibaba Group Holding Limited
Room 2403-05 Jubilee Centre
18 Fenwick Street,Wanchai
Hong Kong
HK
852-2215-5100 fax: 852-2215-5200
Technical Contact:
Network Solutions, LLC.
13861 Sunrise Valley Drive
Herndon, VA 20171
US
1-888-642-9675 fax: 571-434-4620
Record expires on 24-Sep-2019.
Record created on 15-Apr-1999.
Domain servers in listed order:
NS8.ALIBABAONLINE.COM 60.190.232.99
NSP.ALIBABAONLINE.COM 128.242.107.229
NSHZ.ALIBABAONLINE.COM 121.0.21.4
NSP2.ALIBABAONLINE.COM 128.242.107.228
"Alibaba.com Corporation" owns about 128 other domains
tim.steinert@alibaba-inc.com is associated with about 11 domains
Cheap On Sale xinran hu of Beijing China (cheaponsale.com)
ABC-Krugerrands, Mr. bennedict holyoake (sic), also runs the same advert on cheaponsale.com, also using our photos.
Other Copyright Abuse
Other Web Sites
All comments about copyright also cover content of all our other websites including, but not limited to:-
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Alibaba (alibaba.com) of Hong Kong Krugerrands Page
Our Images
Our 2004 One Ounce Proof Krugerrand Obverse Photograph
Our Images
Our 2009 One Ounce Proof Krugerrand Reverse Photograph
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