I'm getting image copyright infringement emails

LordCameltoe · Oct 6, 2018

Your best bet is to contact a lawyer.

If you don't have money for a lawyer, remove the image and cross your fingers. Chances are good that they will not pursue you as it would cost more to sue you than they would get from you. There is a whole industry to law firms scaring people into giving them money over shitty copyright violations, so I would take that email with a grain of salt.

seocrab · Oct 6, 2018

promoe said:
it's a company which protects photographers work, they sent a report of the image details and source, looks like their website has a good ranking also..

The company chasing you are looking to get easy money with a couple of emails. Yes, you made a mistake and used a photo that was copyrighted, but you've done what you can to since comply.

If your website is a failed project, take the whole thing down. If you want to keep your domain, take down not just the image but also the page it was on. Basically clean up anything on your site that is not 100% licenced or copyright free.

Do you know how much of your personal data they have? Did they get your email from WHOIS? If they have no address or phone number there's not much they can do without a lot of effort.

I'd ignore the requests because it feels like they are phishing for an easy payout.

angelheld · Oct 6, 2018

promoe said:
Hello...

I got an email saying that I used a copyright protected image without a license..

I got the image from Flickr, (i didn't know it was copyrighted)

I used on my woocommerce site - which has no visitors bcs it was failure trial.

They asked me to pay about 550$ for that image and removing the image from the site will not solve the issue.
They said I have to pay before a deadline. or they will escalate to their partner attorney. and I will have to pay much more at that time.

I read a post on a forum saying that he had the same problem and he ignored the emails, but then they managed to reach him and sued him, asking for much more money.
He hired a lawyer to solve the issue and ended up paying a few thousands of dollars.

Now, I don't have that money, bcs I spent a lot on my stupid site - which got me nothing in return.

I don't live in USA or UK...

Do you guys have any idea of what could happen if I ignored?

or do you know anyone who had the same issue? and how did it end up?

Thanks

I know someone who is going through the same thing right now. He is knee deep in lawyers right now. I don't know if being outside of the USA, UK will make a difference unless it is too costly for them to sue you where you are.

Deleted member 994306 · Oct 8, 2018

There are mang free stock images sites like pixabay, pexles. Try using them from the next time. What if you remove those images? How about that?

aNoMaLi · Oct 8, 2018

that's why you need to buy it, for commercial use

Jitendra Mahato · Oct 9, 2018

promoe said:
yes, I think

It's a reason that you got that type of email.

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