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Welcome to my world Dean. It is an epidemic. I was in Vegas and saw my pics on BILLBOARDS and Taxi's. The best thing you can do is send everything to the (c) office when you first edit it. Then when you go after these assholes not only do you get a judgment of around $10k per image (per usage), but they will likely have to pay YOUR attorneys fees. The trick is to send them a C+D first by registered mail (better yet Fed-EX). Then when they ignore it you can go after them for WILLFUL infringement.
I don't ever let anyone fuck with my pics anymore. Neither should you or anyone making the effort to produce quality content.
I am not an attorney and the opinions I express are solely my own. Seek professional legal help etc etc....
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