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Originally Posted by Smack dat
What is classed as copyright?
If I take a holiday snap and put it on facebook and then someone uses it is it still copyrighted.
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Think. It is YOUR photo and someone STOLE it and is using it.
Do they have the RIGHT to COPY it?
You admit you don't own it and found it online. You're using someone else's work without permission or compensation. I'm not an attorney or barrister but common sense says you can't take something you have no right to and use it.
Whether the letter is legal or not (I've not sent any out in ten years and don't remember the language) doesn't matter. You admit to using stolen images. Anyone with a brain knows you should remove it, particularly since you admitted in public (the Internet) you stole it.
Meanwhile, ask them how much they require to license its use to you. Apologize, tell them you meant no harm and have removed it. You catch more flies with honey than vinegar.
Again, not legal advice per se but I was very involved in 18 USC 2257 before and after it was passed.
(Yes, I once got a demand of takedown. An employee, whom I fired immediately, decided to steal images rather than use ones I'd licensed or owned copyright to. It was highly embarrassing but partly my fault for not checking his updates)