ddarwish1 Using Copied Images on eBay

ddarwish1 of Troy, Michigan, United States, stole our 1985 Mexican One Ounce Silver Libertad Obverse and Reverse photographs to use on eBay, without our permission, to try to sell his own. Totally dishonest. Image theft is endemic on eBay, and most sellers appear not to care whether their buyers are deceived.

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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.

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. It is always possible, even likely, that sellers who steal photographs do not own a similar item, and have the intention to totally defraud potential buyers.

Copyright theft is dishonest. We recommend you avoid doing business with dishonest dealers. 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.

As you can see from the photograph, the logo Gainesville Coins is across the photograph. The eBay user has used the picture from their website (whether or not ‘permission’ has been granted for the use of the photograph remains unknown) but we are aware that Gainesville Coins have stolen our image. If the eBay user has been granted permission then it is not necessarily their fault they are using our images, but they still remain our images. Information about Gainesville Coins using our images can be seen here:
http://goldcopyright.co.uk/copyright-abuse/gainesvillecoins-com-using-copied-images/

Sample Listing

1985 1 oz Silver Mexican Libertad.

Front/Obverse

The design on the front (obverse) of the Mexican Libertad depicts a front facing replica of El Ángel de la Indepencia (The Angel of Independence), which was built to commemorate the centennial of the beginning of Mexico’s War of Independence from Spain, symbolizing freedom. In the background is the twin volcanoes of Popocatépetl and Iztaccihuatl. The volcanoes are said to resemble the star-crossed lovers of Aztec mythology. After the lovers are separated by death, the gods cover the lovers in snow and turned them into mountains. The volcano, Iztaccihuatl, is said to resemble a woman sleeping on her back. Popocatépetl, also know as smoking mountain, resembles a warrior crouching, forever keeping watch over his lover. He occasionally rains fire on Earth in rage over losing his love.

Back/Reverse

The Mexican Coat of Arms is the prominent symbol on the back (reverse) design of the Mexican Libertad. Adopted in 1823, the Coat of Arms symbolizes an Aztec legend. According to the legend, the Aztec people searched for new place to build their civilization. They wandered for hundreds of years until they saw the sign: an eagle landing on a prickly pear cactus devouring a serpent. Their new home is now the center of Mexico City.

The current coat of arms design shows the eagle in left profile with the upper part of the Mexican eagle’s wings are higher than the plume, indicating battle attitude. The wing feathers are facing downward touching the fanned tail feathers. The eagle is perched on the nopal cactus which is growing from a rock emerging from a lake. The curved snake is grasped in the eagle’s right talon and strong beak. Below the eagle is a semi-circle comprised of a branch of encino leaves on the left and laurel leaves on the right. The branches are tied together with a ribbon of three colors. Above the eagle is “Estados Unidos Mexicanos” (“United Mexican States”)

Coin Specifications:

Weight: 1 onza (1 ounce)

Diameter: 36 mm (1.4173 inches)

Thickness: 4 mm (0.1575 inches)

Mintage: 2,017,000

Seller ID:

ddarwish1

Item Number:

121075585744

Date:

2nd April, 2013

Description:

1985 1 oz Silver Mexican Libtated.

Price:

$42.00 (approx £27.47)

The seller was asking for a starting price of $42.00. The item did not sell.

Even before eBay’s greedy 10% selling fees, and possible PayPal charges, the seller would almost certainly have been much better off selling the coins to us, instead of stealing our photographs.

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