Re: FN-FORUM: photos - used without permission

date posted 25th January 2006 18:08

If they're based in the UK, USA, Australia or Western Europe...

BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING TAKE A SCREEN GRAB OF THE WEBSITE INCLUDING =20
THE FULL URL.

Ideally send them a solicitor's letter.

If not send them a letter yourself on headed notepaper.

Inform them that they have used the image in breech of copyright and =20
that you therefore require them to pay =A32500 as payment, which is =20
your standard charge for purchasing full rights to an image, within =20
the next 7 days or you will take legal action against them without =20
further notice. Enclose a printout of the screenshot of their =20
website, which should be signed and dated by you.

Ask them to telephone you at the earliest opportunity to arrange =20
payment.

DON'T give them the option to take the photo down without paying you.

Rich Quick
http://www.richardquickdesign.com



On 25 Jan 2006, at 18:08, Andrew Wilson wrote:

>
> I've just discovered two of my pictures (from one of my websites) =20
> used on
> another website - without permission or without giving a credit. =20
> This is a
> commercial site. Any advice on how to proceed? How much to charge =20
> them for
> using the pictures? Thanks.
>
> A