I received a similar email about a different
type of coin a couple of weeks ago. The coin in question has been on
wildwinds since 2008 and was taken from an
ebay sale. The current owner - a FAC member- who apparently has only recently bought it - sent me quite a snotty email that I was using the image of
his coin without
his permission....
There is however a certain
German company who takes coin photos for at least one big
auction house. He threatens with a court case when he spots one of "
his" photos on
wildwinds, despite my having permission from the
auction house. However, my reasoning is, he takes photos at the request of a company and is paid for the
work. It's just a job like a mechanic fixing your
car and being paid for the
work. So if the mechanic installs new windscreen wipers and is paid for the parts and
his work, then using the
German bloke's logic, the windscreen wipers
still belong to the mechanic's garage...