I need serious advice about copyright material usage on my website.
Depending on how big you are getting, I would not worry about it yet. If you haven't been bothered yet, keep calm and carry on. If you ever get sent a DCMA complaint, just comply and switch over to a user base. You gave credit where it's due by copyrighting the respective authors.
igniteimages
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- Apr 2, 2013
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If you genuinely think this would profit the tattoo artists themselves why not reach out to them and get legitimate licensed content?
It may be a couple of steps back to move forward but surely it would be a more authority site. You could have features on tattoo artists etc.
It may be a couple of steps back to move forward but surely it would be a more authority site. You could have features on tattoo artists etc.
This is from one of the leading copyright attorneys in California in response to a query from me.
"Generally, if you registered before this infringement (or if they infringed first but you registered within 90 days of your publication), then you have access to a range of statutory remedies, which cases we take on contingency regularly as a result. If not, then you have an actual damages case, which given your deal with Getty means there is an established royalty rate, which will be less than the scope of what is available in statutory damages (up to $150k if willful and here you have facts that evidence willfulness; and attorneys fees). Their fair use defense is not great given the commercial nature of the magazine and web-page, but they will certainly assert it. Here, they have infringed your exclusive rights by reproducing it, publicly displaying it, and also creative a derivative work/adaptation of your work. Let me know your status vis-a-vis registration and we'd be interested in exploring this further with you."
"Generally, if you registered before this infringement (or if they infringed first but you registered within 90 days of your publication), then you have access to a range of statutory remedies, which cases we take on contingency regularly as a result. If not, then you have an actual damages case, which given your deal with Getty means there is an established royalty rate, which will be less than the scope of what is available in statutory damages (up to $150k if willful and here you have facts that evidence willfulness; and attorneys fees). Their fair use defense is not great given the commercial nature of the magazine and web-page, but they will certainly assert it. Here, they have infringed your exclusive rights by reproducing it, publicly displaying it, and also creative a derivative work/adaptation of your work. Let me know your status vis-a-vis registration and we'd be interested in exploring this further with you."
DebtFreeMe
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I would carry on and just comply if you ever get a dcma or even if you get an email from someone just take down their stuff... It is way too expensive on both parties side to go to court so the odds that that will ever be a first step for anyone is near absolute zero...
I would carry on and keep that money coming in... I have run autoblogs for years and I only ever had one email, I took down the guys stuff and kept on making money...
Never shoot a gift horse in the head when you can ride it off into the sunset...
Just my experience and thoughts.
I would carry on and keep that money coming in... I have run autoblogs for years and I only ever had one email, I took down the guys stuff and kept on making money...
Never shoot a gift horse in the head when you can ride it off into the sunset...
Just my experience and thoughts.