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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2967532, member: 19463&quot;]Lets remember that a photo is the intellectual property of the photographer or his employer and rights to a photograph does not pass to the subsequent owners of the coin unless there is a contract to the contrary. Sellers with good photos are usually very good about allowing others to use their photos and I have never heard of a dealer suing someone who bought a coin for stealing a photo.&nbsp; I am a bit amazed that some of the big producers of quality images have been so free allowing others to profit from their work but most seem to take the attitude that what is good for numismatic education is good for all of us.&nbsp; I am not a great photographer of great coins but have been asked and granted permission to use my photos over a hundred times.&nbsp; I have been informed by others of several other printed uses of my images that did not ask but just used/stole the image.&nbsp; My favorite was a microscope seller that used a photo of mine to illustrate what could be done with a microscope but failed to mention that their microscope did not take the photo.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>You are in no way entitled to control the use of images taken of coins you now own unless you also took the photo or bought that photo from its maker or his employer who owns the photos made as part of his job. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am not a lawyer.&nbsp; Would our members who are like to correct the above?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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