Would it be ethical to ...borrow...a picture?

topstuf

If one copied the pic, sprayed out the number on the slab, blanked the date and generally made it almost impossible to find on the web, would it be ethical to use it as a comparison to something you are selling that appears far better?

JrGMan2004

No, not at all... ask the copyright owner for permission...

Prometheus183

Always a good idea to ask the owner. Most won't mind, some will place conditions on their usage, others just assume knee cap you if they catch you at it.

Craig

FullHorn

You mean steal it ? Shure why not.

Dukie101

NO!!!!!!!!!!! This iritates me. I have had people buy coins from me and list them for resale before they paid, using my picture. I feel under no circumstances that this should be done. Do your own scans. No offense meant,just my opinion.

Aethelred

I do my own pictures because I feel like I can take better photos than 99% of the eBay users out there. If someone wanted to "borrow" one of mine and asked me I would not have a problem with it most of the time. If someone buys a coin from me and uses the photo to resell the coin I would have no problem at all, but I would like to be asked first.

MoneyLA

I think it is always WRONG to use a photo of something else for something that you are selling. While your intentions might be good and fair, and you might correctly describe what youve done, a bidder or buyer might misconstrue and cause you trouble later. cheers, alan mendelson

Aethelred

<< <i>I think it is always WRONG to use a photo of something else for something that you are selling. While your intentions might be good and fair, and you might correctly describe what youve done, a bidder or buyer might misconstrue and cause you trouble later. cheers, alan mendelson >>



I agree with that, I would not consent to having one of my photos used for another coin "like" the one I have photographed.

JrGMan2004

Aethelred: I must agree... you do take better pics than 99% of EBay... only other good picture taker I can think of the real actively sells on EBay, is Russ... but cosmicdebris and Frank and Jeremy are all probally int hat 1% of awesome picture takers...

RYK

I rarely sell on ebay, and when I do, I make a (feeble) picture myself. However, I do feel that if I have purchased a coin, I have also purchased the right to use the picture (save on my hard drive, show off on the message boards, make a 5x7 to frame for work, etc.). In almost all circumstances, if I ever wanted to sell/trade the coin, I would go back to the source first, not ebay. And I certainly would not try to sell a coin on ebay or anywhere else before I had taken possession and paid for the coin.

Robert

Aethelred

<< <i>Aethelred: I must agree... you do take better pics than 99% of EBay... only other good picture taker I can think of the real actively sells on EBay, is Russ... but cosmicdebris and Frank and Jeremy are all probally int hat 1% of awesome picture takers... >>



I am not even in the same class as Russ, Cosmic, Airplanenut, Cacheman or Darkhorse. They are all in the top 1% of the top 1%. Real numismatic artists in my opinion!