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Another approach to image theft
A few days ago I left a post describing how I complained to eBay about
how a replica maker stole an image on one of my Web pages and used it without my permission to sell his replicas on eBay. eBay NARUed him for about a week (I had expected them to just warn the guy), but he stopped what he was doing. A couple of days ago, not looking for it, I chanced upon another example of a company taking a coin photo from one of my sites, this time of a Lydian electrum trite, and using it to sell gold and silver bullion. The page of theirs was on the history of coins. This was a private site, not connected to eBay. In the past when this has happened in a similar commercial setting, I've sent a cease and desist email to the person or company, and that has worked. This time I emailed an invoice for $100, including all of my contact information. First the vice president of the company phoned. Then the Webmaster, a guy with a British accent, phoned from Thailand. (!) The company had farmed out the Web site to him. He said that he didn't know that my image was copyrighted (I explained that all images are and that there's a lot of confusion over this) and that Web copyright isn't clear (I explained that it was clear and is no different from print copyright though there's also a lot of confusion out there over this). We had a nice five-minute chat, business-oriented and cordial. He concluded by asking if it were all right for the company to send me a contract for use of my photo, and I said of course. I mailed it back today and am awaiting the check. -- Email: (delete "remove this") Consumer: http://rg.ancients.info/guide Connoisseur: http://rg.ancients.info/glom Counterfeit: http://rg.ancients.info/bogos |
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