Copyright Aid

mmm... that's a poor interpretation of the Lofts judgement. The Lofts verdict was based on a user principle as the claimant did not have an established rates fee for licensing an image so the judge took the pragmatic view that the images should be valued against other similar images. If the claimant ...

ABSOLUTE LOFTS v ARTISAN HOME IMPROVEMENTS LIMITED is an interesting case from several prospectives. Firstly the award for the pictures is based on a 'user' principle as Absolute Loft had no prior record of licensing images to other parties. If an image creator has a proven track record of sales of ...

PicRights may well have given up the case - they, like many IP monitoring companies in the UK only send out demand letters, but after a certain period time, these cases are reverted back to the rights holders/copyright owners to pursue themselves. This can take up to 18-24 months after the original ...

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You mention that the image came from Magnum - you may well have a serious problem. Magnum is an organisation that represents the top documentary photographers in the World such as Martin Parr, Bresson, etc. They have a very proven track record of licensed image sales and the price of their ...

Here we go again - you don't understand the statue of limitations act in regards to copyright


Agripicture Images Limited v Telegraph Media Group Limited Case No: IP16S00113

District Judge Vary stated in regards to a defence of beyond statue use of a photograph
17. However, on the limited ...

as several IPEC judges have pointed out to me - the statue of limitations starts from the point of discovery. This can be further supported if the infringed image has had its original file name changed, meta data removed or altered, cropped/resized, edited/flipped etc - these actions are classified ...

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You haven't stated if this is a photography company or a copyright infringement company. If it's a photographer, there is a very good chance this will end up in court if you don't negotiate. There are quite a few precedents now for dissuasive awards plus normal license fees and the dissuasive ...

You have to understand that the analogy you used is if you had entered into a contract with the rights holder - this is not the case. You have been accused of using a copyrighted image, the claimant is free to ask the court for their normal licensing fees (not the lowest you can find on Istock) and ...

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Jonathan Webb claim was in the small track - District Judge Obodai took the opinion that the damages should be dissuasive. Small claims are limited £10,000 in respect to the income lost by the creative but damages are at the discretion of the judge and they can award whatever they feel is ...

2 IPEC judges were recently interviewed regarding the small claims track process - they stated that they are typically 250 -300 claims a year across the country, mostly by photographers and artists. This amount is increasing due to the increase in creatives being able to file their cases easily on ...

As a photographer, I don't agree with other image producers using Creative Commons licenses (v2 & v4) to effectively entrap others. There are several individuals in both the US and Germany who used this legal device to extract a lot of money from companies and individuals.
With regards to Pixsy, I ...

having spoken to over 30 photographers recently who actively monitor their IP (images) - I would say over 90% have stated that the file names had been changed and the meta data of the file was completely stripped from the infringed images. Most web designers are complicit in that they know about ...

Over the last few weeks, I have been investigating your claims regarding statue of limitations regarding copyright - I have spoken to an IPEC judge, a couple of senior copyright barristers, our own solicitor, our trade organisation etc, all agree that the statue of limitations starts from the point ...

Im not sure why you keep quoting this case as very specific and time relevant to 1994 when the case was heard. It crosses 2 pieces of Copyright legislation (1988 Act and 1968 Act) when they infringements occurred. The claimant acknowledged he could not personally claim against the defendant for acts ...

the point of limitation starts from the point of discovery of the infringement - not from when it started. I have had this as a defence several times from infringers in Court - on all occasions the judge has deemed the act of limitation began at the point of discovery. Google etc only index 3.5-5 ...