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So a company took an image of mine from my website, and used to to promote their business. When I found out, I sent them an invoice for quite a reasonable amount. They've now taken the image down, but not replied.
How long do I leave it before releasing the hounds?
Does "releasing the hounds" mean a second letter saying you'll go away for half? 😉
They've taken it down. Don't think it can be persued. I presume your website also has a copyright blurb?
Hounds? For what? they found your image through Google, an intern put it up on their page and as soon as the mistake was highlighted it was removed.
What more do you want?
The internet promotes your images and you should therefore protect them. You can't have it all ways.
don simon- victim of numerous breaches of copyright, but has learnt how to both live with and deal with it, but not yet finished with cyclingnews. 😉
I presume your website also has a copyright blurb?
No blur needed, copyright is automatic and they must show a reasonable attempt to get the right to reproduce the image.
They've taken it down. That's as far as the issue goes.
Yeah, copyright blurb - they've gained commercially from having it, though, even though it's been taken down, doesn't that count?
Not that I can really be bothered with all the small claims stuff 🙂
Don - I suppose what bugs me is they never bothered replying to say sorry. Usually when this happens I get an apology, which is fine.
Did you get a screen grab?
You should be able to get recompense for them using it at all, for commercial gain or otherwise.
Edinburgh Uni Cycle Club have just, err, borrowed without permission, one of mine! I don't really mind but it would have been nice to have been asked.
What proof do you have that they nicked your image? If they suspect (or hope) you have none, then their decision not to respond effectively means they got away with it.
Don - I suppose what bugs me is they never bothered replying to say sorry. Usually when this happens I get an apology, which is fine.
I understand your pain, I have found in excess of 30 of my pictures being used on a website and in spite of emails they are still being used, hey ho.
You could make a claim, but make a decision about whether it's worth it or not. I figured not, but there is still time. 😀
Some travel agency did that to me, but had the cheek to just hotlink image directly from my server, so were using my bandwidth too.
So I just set up a redirect to pick up some naughty pictures of ladies from a pr0n site 🙂
I took a screenshot - of course they could be argumentative and say I faked that 🙂
Proof from google cache?
You won't win this, they clearly don't care.
However, they also obviously like your work ? Hammer their marketing/PR dept with your portfolio, including the page from their website that has you pic. As you are already one of their suppliers and all that.
Follow it up with phone calls. Can't hurt ?
That's wortha try, cheers 🙂
Not much you can do really, grabbing photos of the tinterwed is rather too easily.
All you can really protect against is hot linking.
If the pics are that important to you you could at least embed a caption although unless it's across the middle it could still be cropped.
Send another invoice and tell them you will take legal action if they do not settle within 14 days.
Not shoe weeing, but the flaming dog pooh in newspaper on the front door step would be appropriate.
Well, they've apologised and are going to pay up - result 🙂
Good stuff. I saw this earlier today about the Telegraph borrowing a pic:
[url= http://www.petapixel.com/2012/02/15/when-i-borrow-someones-car-for-a-couple-of-hours-i-slip-them-fifty-quid/ ]www.petapixel.com[/url]
ooh how much? new disc pads, new brakes, new forks or new frame?
Theoretically, couldn't there be loads of websites using your images? How would you know?
[i]How would you know? [/i]
*sees a market for software that trawls the web matching non-linked pics on websites to copyrighted material*
They stole my idea!
Tineye's not perfect, but it finds copies sometimes - Google image search also works.
Enough for a few sets of brake pads 🙂
So how do you know you pic is being used unless you see it?
In this case, an acquaintance spotted it and knew it was one of mine.
does that mean it's one set of pads for you and one for them?an acquaintance spotted it
Do you think Edinburgh Uni Cycle Club will be up for paying me some compensation?
😆