If you register the image, a copyright lawyer will take the case at no cost
to you! Do it.
Tina
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 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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