The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 8, February 25, 2007, Article 11

NUMISMATIC PLAGIARISM AND COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IN SCANDINAVIA

Regarding the lawsuit over copyright infringement discussed in last
week's issue, longtime E-Sylum contributor Morten Eske Mortensen
writes: "You might know, that I am also a numismatic auction catalogue
writer. My writings are so popular that other 'writers' really like
to copy my works. On September 12, 2006 I sued another auction
catalogue 'writer' for plagiarism and copyright infringement (beating
the November 7, 2006 Heritage lawsuit by two full calendar months!).
This was widely published in Scandinavia in October in two issues of
the satirical 'Monthly Commentary for well-informed circles'.

"I have not translated the texts into English language.
The Danish word "Afskriver" means "Copyist / transcriber" in a
rather non-friendly way. "Stævnet" means "sued". "Ulovligt" means
"illegal".

afskriverstaevnet.htm
afskriveriULOVLIGT.htm

"What the other writer copied were my painstakingly compiled,
researched and authored rarity statements on number of known
specimens and provenance histories.  For a single coin, researching
and writing such a catalogue entry can take around twenty hours of
working time to produce [and can end up in just a length of only a
few lines].

"You can see an example in this link (click on the picture!):
Full Story

"In 2000 I won another lawsuit on copyright against a professional
coin dealer and auction house owner: Full Story

"Four editions of the "Monthly Commentary for well-informed circles"
have earlier been translated into English language:
mem/info/auktionshusdoemtforatvildledeUS.htm
faengselsdomforudnyttelseafkoebervildfarelseUS.htm
hedesmoentkatalog1964datafra1920US.htm
unikummestdel17.htm "

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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