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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 3094769, member: 71642&quot;]You own the slab/coin/bodybag, whatever.&nbsp; You are allowed to take pictures of your own property.&nbsp; Now, taking a picture of a copyrighted photo would be wrong, but you can take a photo of your coin/slab/label.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect you will get a slightly less humorous response (if any) from PCGS, but it should be the same.&nbsp; They don&#039;t own the slab or label, you do.&nbsp; You paid for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, being cautious and asking permission is not wrong.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a few photos on my site--one was a shot from an Atlas Numismatics coin I purchased.&nbsp; My cell phone shots were atrocious in my earlier renditions for the site (pre-Canon Rebel XS).&nbsp; I asked Atlas if I could use their sales photo (with permission and no profit motive) and they said yes.&nbsp; I own the coin, but not their photo (on the flip side it is astonishing at how many people think if they buy the coin, they own the photo--which is soooo NOT true).</p><p><br /></p><p>I also had a few coins imaged professionally and asked the photographer permission to use them on the site.&nbsp; Seeing as they were imaged with the intent of me sharing the pictures on message boards or for a registry set, it was kind of implied.&nbsp; Even so, I asked and he gave permission (with the appropriate credits given of course).&nbsp; My site is an informational/vanity site and there is no profit motive.</p><p><br /></p><p>In any case, I applaud trying to stay within the bounds of copyright laws and not using someone&#039;s intellectual property inappropriately.&nbsp; However, you bought the NGC/PCGS/ANACS/ICG opinion and slab.&nbsp; YOU are the owner of the photograph in that case and it is YOUR intellectual property.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ANACS response was spot on and funny to boot.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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