lunaatnewyorkcity in eBay Copyright Theft
lunaatnewyorkcity of In Deutschland, Germany, stole & tried to disguise our 1991 Canadian $100 Gold Proof Coin Obverse & Reverse Photographs to use on eBay, without permission to try sell his own coin. Totally dishonest.
He failed to state or warn potential buyers that the superb condition proof coin in our high quality photograph was not the coin you would receive. This is deception.
Image theft is endemic on eBay, and most sellers appear not to care whether their buyers are deceived.

High eBay Feedback is No Guarantee of Integrity or Honesty
When we wrote this page, this eBay member's feedback was 354, with 100% positive, according to eBay.

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.

Sample Listing

Canada - 100 $ - 1/4 oz GOLD - 1991 - Empress of India
Da ich für ein Studium längere Zeit ins Ausland muss, löse ich nun all meine Sammlungen auf! Vieles habe ich über Jahre gesammelt, aber da ich das Geld dringend benötige, trenne ich mich schweren Herzens! Schaut gerne auch in meine weiteren Auktionen! Ich versende alles zusammen, somit könnt ihr Porto sparen! Hier geht es um :
Kanada / Canada
100 $ Dollars GOLD
1991 - Empress of India
(Zur Erinnerung der Ankunft des Schiffes "Empress of India" in Vancouver vor 100 Jahren
1/4 Unze Feingold (13,338 Gram, 58,33% Gold, 41,67% Feinsilber == 7,77 Gramm Feingold)
Maße: 27 mm x 2,15 mm; Auflage 33966 Stück.
Top Sammlerstücke in original Münzkapseln unberührt!
Porto Sparen - 1x Kaufen!
Achtung! Bei Paypal-Zahlung ist DHL Wertpaket zu wählen (Versicherungsschutz)

Google Translation

As I studied for a long time abroad must, I am selling now all my collections!
Many things I have collected over the years, but I urgently the money need, I separate my heavy heart! Looks like in my other auctions! I ship everything together, so you can you save postage! This aims to:
Canada / Canada
$ 100 Dollars GOLD
1991 - Empress of India
(Remember the arrival of the ship "Empress of India" in Vancouver 100 years ago
1 / 4 ounce of fine gold (13.338 grams, 58.33% gold, 41.67% fine silver == 7.77 grams of fine gold)
Dimensions: 27 mm x 2.15 mm, 33 966 piece edition.
Top collectible coin capsules in original untouched!
Save postage - 1x Now!
Oops! For Paypal payment, DHL to select value package (Insurance coverage)

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 bar, 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.
This particular eBay crook had made quite a good job of trying to disguise our images, and then placed his own logo on the composite image had had created. As it is necessary to copy our photographs first, before manipulating them, he has infringed our copyright.
Whether he altered our photos to avoid detection we do not know, but if the lazy arschloch has the skill to "improve" them, then he should have the skill and take the effort to take his own photographs in the first place.

Price
The seller was asking a starting price of €262.50 for this item.
When we spotted one of his listings, he had already offered it at least 4 times on eBay, unsuccessfully.

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.

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