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Commercial website yoinked one of my photos!
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So to update, I offered
to sell them complete ownership of the high res file for ?400
or
to continue using the pic in its current capacity from their on for ten free passes to the cinema.They removed the photo from their site and have refused all contact since.
Alas…..I was too greedy.
Jaysus, they could have given you the free passes.
That’s pretty funny though…I know this cinema well.. Cant believe they didnt contact you back after what I thought was a pretty reasonable offer.. Ten free passes would have been very fair.. Still bit of an experience anyway
So I’m guessing you will now be charging the cinema for the period during which they used the image? If you don’t mind me saying, your approach to this has been a little soft. You WERE NOT greedy. They STOLE your image.
I hope you will not let them get away with it!
Get a solicitor to send them a letter at least. Can be cheap to do. Might kick them into action.
Soft!!
I was prepared to give them a chance to sort it at the start, I was thinking that it was a mistake by some junior marketing person.
Anyhoo, sent a registered letter telling them in no uncertain terms that they were facing both a civil and criminal liability.gave them till today to get back to me. No response.
Talk about way to piss me off. If they had stuck a few free passes in an envelope I might leave em alone.
Im trawling the net for more info on how to persue this further. I want to chase them – not to make anything out of it, mainly because im not used to being ignored!!!!
dundhoone wrote:
Im trawling the net for more info on how to persue this further. I want to chase them – not to make anything out of it, mainly because im not used to being ignored!!!!
IMO you should go and seek proper legal advice now.
Got to agree……get legal advice and set the wheels in motion. They are sitting back with the attitude that “he’s only one and probably has not the means of persuing us” or “If we leave him long enough he’ll go away”. Many publications do this and you really need to get heavy with them. One of my colleagues some years back had gone into the office of a publication to collect the money due. This had happened on a few occasions so he parked his car in a way that it obstructed the managing directors car and proceded to ask for his money only to be told that the MD was not available to sign the cheque…..so he said he’d wait and was not leaving without it. After about 2 hours…..just past lunch time…..the money “appeared” from nowhere.
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