Good going Josh! Next time send them a bill in addition to the "cease and
desist" note.
Once a shoe manufacturer based in Spain used one of my images without
permission in their advertisements. One of my alert friends sent me the
catalog and I promptly sent the manufacturer an official looking cease and
desist letter and a bill for "customary charges already incurred for
copyrighted image use". They paid me! I got a check for $3000 buckaroos and
an apology from the owner, who had hired an ad agency to produce the ad (the
culprit was the ad agency).
$3000!!!
If anything, the "bill" emphasizes the point that grabbing someone else's
work is a BIG LEGAL NO-NO. Most people are completely clueless about
copyright laws.
Maria
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From: artshow_photo@yahoogroups.com [mailto:artshow_photo@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of Josh Trefethen
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 10:01 AM
To: artshow_photo@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [artshow_photo] Copyright infringement on Facebook
Thanks to those that were able to comment - I noticed Deb Booth got one in
that was good. Looks like the images have been removed. Mission
accomplished this time!
I'll let you all know what I hear back from Facebook if anything.
-Josh
http://JoshTrefethen.com
http://twitter.com/joshtrefethen
http://facebook.com/JoshTrefethenPhotography
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