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.
colnect.com
colnect.com 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 1980 Mountbatten 20 Crowns photograph.
Sample Listing
Front: Bust Lord Mountbatten (front-right, Louis Francis
Albert Victor Nicholas) Viceroy of India
* 25 June 1900 Windsor, United Kingdom
⚭ (18.VII.1922) Edwina Ashley (28.XI.1901 – 21.II.1960)
† assassinated, 27 August 1979 (aged 79) Mullaghmore, Ireland
between (life years, left) 1900 (right) 1979
(lower, left/right) anchors (bottom, value) 20
legend: (above, name) MOUNTBATTEN
(bottom, currency) CROWNS
Back: Young bust queen Elizabeth II (right, 1952-)
legend: (left, proprietor) ELIZABETH II
(upper-left, spacer/dot) • (top-right, Overseas
Territory name) TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
(bottom, year) 1980
Edge: G – grained, type: bars
Mintage:
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: COLNECT.COM
Registry Domain ID: 1368609959_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
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Registrar URL: http://www.godaddy.com
Update Date: 2013-01-10T02:40:11Z
Creation Date: 2008-01-01T14:54:23Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2023-01-01T14:54:23Z
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Registrar IANA ID: 146
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Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: Amir Colnect
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Registrant City: Oaxaca
Registrant State/Province: Oaxaca
Registrant Postal Code: 44444
Registrant Country: Mexico
Registrant Phone: +52.3317510771
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Admin City: Oaxaca
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Admin Postal Code: 44444
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Tech Postal Code: 44444
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