Copyright Aid

Thank you @AndyJ and @IPProtection for your replies. I guess I will go back and politely disagree with their claims and reiterate my offer to pay the Alamy fee and reasonable admin costs. I assume they will reject that, but the ball will then be in their court to escalate things if they wish. I ...

Thanks for replying. As it turns out, the image has, at PA Media's request, been removed from my site and server. But as it seems the clock started running again in 2020, I cannot rely on the six-year limitation (unless we are still engaging in back and forth in late 2026!) I'll reply to your other ...

Hi again Jason In terms of the payment/offer question, I offered the amount as show on the Alamy website and rounded it up - not quite to double the original licence fee but pretty close (and I would be happy to go to double to resolve this). The reply I received was: The price for this infringement ...

Hi Jason Thanks for clarifying the timing issue. I published the image in 2013 on a blog post. The post was updated with some additional copy in 2018, but the image was unchanged. I migrated my blog from a free platform to my own website in late 2020. The post (including the image) remained the same ...

Thanks so much Andy. And is a civil course of action the only remedy open to them? Or could they seek a criminal prosecution?

Thanks Andy - the image has only just come off my site. Looks like I will have to try and settle for a lesser fee than the have asked for. The last email from Fairlicensing said: "...the fee requested is reflective of PA’s licensing structure taking into account the price we pay to use the services o ...

Hi there, I'm one of the many contacted by PA Media/Fair Licensing about the use of an Alamy picture. My inadvertent use of the image was in 2013 but I know there is strict liability involved and it is irrelevant whether I was aware or not. But my question is whether a copyright claim could even be ...