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BV, what you have to consider is that its not always a clear cut case of copyright infringement. Sometimes a scammy content broker is to blame, and the webmaster is the innocent victim. Where a content broker sold him pics, but never paid or notified the producer. Trust me this happens so much in this business, most producers aren't even aware how often.
I've had this happen before where I saw a site with pics I owned and then found out a broker who I didn't even have a biz relationship with had just scooped up pics off a site of ours in the members section, packaged them, and was reselling them to webmasters.
I've also been victimized by other photographers who sold me pics they claimed they produced when it turned out it was another photographer who had done it and they were cheating that guy.
So don't always jump the gun on the webmasters, more often then not, especially with newbies, they could have been easily duped thinking they were getting licensed content the proper way.
Its also a sensitive issue releasing account info until the facts are clearly sorted out and true infringement or whatever the problem is is fully evident. You can run into a lot of legal hassles releasing confidential information in an online environment.
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