Copyright Aid

I’ve searched, but maybe am not searching with the right words, but would the movie franchise, Compass, that made the original Halloween in 1978, be able to effectively own copyright on the carved pumpkin in the opening credits? I realise the artefact is perishable and obviously long gone, but the i...

I’d be interested to know how this went?

As a further note, I’ve tried to submit the somewhat complicated Amazon form asking for these items to be removed. I am being told ‘they can’t verify’ who I am for me to claim my ownership. Yet there’s no way of attaching a copyright agreement to prove my ownership, if you will. I’ve reached out on ...

Thank you.

DMCA is clearly a powerful tool and I hear sites like Amazon et al are increasingly concerned with its misuse (I’ve been a victim of this myself on Etsy) - can I legally use this on my own as just a licensed reseller?

Thanks Andy. I’m not concerned with getting money out of these people - just getting them to stop. I guess a strongly worded email to the people infringing might be worth a try?

I am an authorised seller for artwork by a film company who are based in the USA. I have recreated a well-known piece of art but with unique and different colours based on vintage cars of the period. I have now, inevitably, started to see these unique artworks being pirated and sold on Amazon USA an...

I see that a few pieces of artwork by German artist Heinrich Gogarten are in the public domain (he died in 1911) but not many and I'm a bit confused as to why not. For example, this fine piece of work 'Sunset over the Winter Forest' (1881 I think) doesn't show any result searching Wiki Commons image...

I have a situation where the image in question was on a website in development. I was trying out different images with the client before adding attribution and we ultimately went live with a different image anyway. 3 weeks later we got the demand. Pixy software found the development website somehow...

My own experience of Etsy is that Etsy claims complete neutrality much like eBay. Which means they comply with all DMCA notices filed and remove items, and thus cannot be held legally responsible for what is sold on its platform. It’s then up to you to either file a counter-notice if you know the no...

Thanks, this has been swiftly resolved. Etsy also give the complainer’s email to allow direct contact, & I sent a no-nonsense opinion of this action to him knowing he could not possibly own the rights. He backed down immediately, & it transpired his actions were against around 20 different E...

My version of the artwork from the 1700s, John Henry Fuseli - The Nightmare, which I sell as a restored print, has been the subject of a takedown notice on Etsy from a fellow Etsy seller who has 'claimed' this Public Domain work under Etsy's 'Notice of Intellectual Property Infringement'. Under DMCA...

This is very true. We also often quote the White Rabbit as saying ‘I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date!’ too, which is purely scripted by Disney adapting the original ‘oh dear I shall be too late’ phrase. One to watch out for!

Just wondering on this, were Disney being a bit sneaky here and taking advantage of the often misquoted title of the book? I think the correct title of the book is Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland, though obviously it’s often colloquially shortened to ‘Alice In Wonderland’ - though the latest luxury...

Hi, to answer your questions in order: 1. I was lucky enough to find a uk forum populated by uk lawyers who provided valuable advice free. 2. Not initially, though others on this forum could answer this better. I suspect if it went through court, they could get access to USA based info, like PayPal,...