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PicRights - Unlicenses Use of Imagery

  • 23-04-2024 12:23pm
    #1
    Fabmum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭


    Hello

    I work in a small business and we have just received a number of letters from PicRights due to the use of an unlicensed image in one of our SM posts. The image may be unlicensed and the post has been removed (it was from a few years ago). PicRights are sending us letters on a monthly basis demanding we pay them a fee! Has anyone else had any dealings with them - looking them up online there are all sorts of reviews about them particularly in the states.



Comments

  • #2
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,412 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Probably working on behalf of the photographer whose work you nicked. If you used the image, you should probably pay the author?



  • #3
    ItHurtsWhenIP
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,116 ✭✭✭ItHurtsWhenIP


    From what I've heard, they're copyright trolls. They apparently hounded a catholic parish for having a picture of the pope on their website. 👀👀👀 They claimed it was from one of the news agencies (AP or Reuters).

    The person who told me said that they don't actually have the rights to chase on behalf of those organisations, but that they likely do toss a few % their way when people pay up, but keep the vast majority of it for themselves.



  • #4
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,536 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122053789#Comment_122053789


    On the other side of the coin there are plenty of people that use these services very legitimately to chase people that use their intellectual property without permission….as the OP appears to have down. Having a small business doesn't make them exempt from copyright laws.

    OP, what payment are they seeking?



  • #5
    jbv
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 252 ✭✭jbv


    I would just completely ignore it if the post had been removed. I was in a similar situation. I was advised to ignore it. I didn't get in touch with them and eventually stopped.



  • #6
    crybaby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 895 ✭✭✭crybaby


    You should probably hit them back in writing, asking for proof they own the image and a breakdown of what they’re claiming. Sometimes it’s just automated junk, so pushing back can slow them down.

    If you only used the image on a small post and didn’t make money off it, you could try negotiating the fee down or even get it dropped. I worked with a good team that made all the job good, and i recomend them

    https://marken.legal/en/attorney-at-law/competition-law/



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