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.
blockyourid.com
Block Your ID is just one of the many coin dealers, bloggers & websites worldwide who commit copyright theft by using our copyright images without our permission. On their website, a page of which we reproduce here, they are clearly using our 1974 Krugerrand photograph.
Sample Listing
Why Gold?
Any commodity would work: hogs, lumber, oil, etc. But you need to store, transfer, and grade the commodity.
Think of 50,000,000 chickens in Fort Knox, or shipping 200,000 hogs to China for a currency settlement. Gold has always been the only legitimate money for thousands of years.
What’s Wrong?
It is dishonest and unethical to pirate and steal other people’s work by using high quality copyright photographs without the owner’s consent. We can partially understand why they do it; it is quick and easy (but then so is robbing people).
Details
Domain Name: BLOCKYOURID.COM
Registry Domain ID: 1149295940_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com
Registrar URL: http://www.godaddy.com
Update Date: 2015-06-10T17:21:35Z
Creation Date: 2007-08-12T14:27:54Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2016-08-12T14:27:54Z
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 146
Registrar Abuse Contact Email:
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4806242505
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
Domain Status: clientRenewProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientRenewProhibited
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: Blockyourid.com Blockyourid.com
Registrant Organization: Blockyourid.com
Registrant Street: 14900 E. Orange Lake Blvd. #324
Registrant City: Kissimmee
Registrant State/Province: Florida
Registrant Postal Code: 34747
Registrant Country: United States
Registrant Phone: +1.7029974940
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Admin Organization: Blockyourid.com
Admin Street: 14900 E. Orange Lake Blvd. #324
Admin City: Kissimmee
Admin State/Province: Florida
Admin Postal Code: 34747
Admin Country: United States
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Tech Organization: Blockyourid.com
Tech Street: 14900 E. Orange Lake Blvd. #324
Tech City: Kissimmee
Tech State/Province: Florida
Tech Postal Code: 34747
Tech Country: United States
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