7 years ago I designed a logo for a small nightclub in my area. After numerous attempts to collect my money, they never paid me for the logo design. I only charged them $150 so I pretty much wrote it off and moved on with my life.
Since then the club has blown up and my logo is branded all over the place. On flyers, billboards, radio station promotions, etc. It's probably the biggest nightclub in my area and the brand is very recognizable.
I have proof that I did the original logo design and I have emails from the owners showing where they wanted minor revisions done. I also have emails where I asked them to pay but those were obviously ignored.
Should I slap them with a C&D and ask for more money. Contact the club and ask them for the original amount. Or should I get an attorney and sue them for every time they used the logo (which in 7 years has to be at least a 1000 times). I don't know what to do and every time I see the logo that I never got paid to do, it pisses me off to no end. I know they're making money off of it so why shouldn't I?
Since then the club has blown up and my logo is branded all over the place. On flyers, billboards, radio station promotions, etc. It's probably the biggest nightclub in my area and the brand is very recognizable.
I have proof that I did the original logo design and I have emails from the owners showing where they wanted minor revisions done. I also have emails where I asked them to pay but those were obviously ignored.
Should I slap them with a C&D and ask for more money. Contact the club and ask them for the original amount. Or should I get an attorney and sue them for every time they used the logo (which in 7 years has to be at least a 1000 times). I don't know what to do and every time I see the logo that I never got paid to do, it pisses me off to no end. I know they're making money off of it so why shouldn't I?
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