I believe the post is dated Feb. 2012, just before the Maine caucuses. Alas, I
never bothered to register my photos (though that may change now), but I
suspect I can get that one registered before tomorrow afternoon at the very
latest. Seems like it's an easy process now. Can all be done online.
Getting a snail mail address is going to be difficult. They've taken down all
their contact information, and the date on whois.com is a bit incomprehensible.
I think part of it is an address, but I can't make it out. It does have an
email address, however. I'll did a little deeper and see if the organization is
recorded at the Federal Elections Commission. That may give me the address I
want.
Billing them will be mostly a bluff, as I could not afford a top-notch
copyright lawyer, and I'm guessing a little-viewed post on a losing candidate's
web site is not going to smell very lucrative to a good lawyer. But then I
could be wrong. It might be more fun t just abuse them on Facebook and other
places as the 1 percent stealing from the little guy again.
Got a good recommendation for a copyright lawyer to use for advice. He lives in
the area, used to be part of a large firm and decided he'd rather live smaller
in Maine. We have a lot of that around here. She told me this guy may even give
advice for free.
--Bob Whitmire
Registered Neanderthal
On Jun 18, 2013, at 9:16 AM, Tina Manley wrote:
> The first thing to do is get a screen capture and try to figure out how
> long they have used the photo without permission. If you have registered
> the image with the copyright office, a lawyer will take your case and you
> won't have to pay anything. If you have not registered the image, I would
> recommend doing that as soon as possible. Then send a bill for usage and
> inform them that they are using a registered photo without permission. Go
> to any stock agency and put the usage in for the time you think the photo
> has been used. Then triple that since they have violated your copyright.
> Send the bill by registered mail.
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