Now there is this: https://www.imagerights.com/
They will go after infringements for a part of the settlement. I've heard
good things about them.
Tina
On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 2:48 PM, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Good! Would love to have had something like that in place when one of my
> images showed up on a Romney for President site. I never got anything other
> than an apology and removal of the photo from the site. It would have cost
> thousands of dollars to go after the offender in federal court. My case was
> a slam dunk, but still, I would have had to give my lawyer $5000 up front
> just to assemble the federal filing.
>
> --Bob Whitmire
> Certified Neanderthal
>
> On Apr 7, 2015, at 1:51 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Punitive damages of 5x his normal price for the photo in question plus
> court costs etc.:
> >
> >
> http://the1709blog.blogspot.com.es/2015/04/small-claims-triumph-as-aerial.html
> >
> > The 1709 blog deals with all manner of copyright issues (1709 was the
> year the Queen Anne statute was enacted in the UK, the world’s first
> copyright law). Lately copyright in our photography world seems to be
> getting more attention.
>
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