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Can I claim copyright/compensation if an image of mine has gone viral? - Katy - 11-19-2012 02:22 AM
I posted an image to a follower on twitter in October and on the 30th of April the image went viral - used on Buzzfeed, Reddit and Yahoo each with a little article about the photo. Do i have rights as i have not given any permission for the image to be used. And if i do, how can i claim anything? Or how can i get credit for the photo myself?
- probablygraham - 11-19-2012 02:30 AM
Facebook and Twitter users beware. This is why you shouldn't be using Twitter or Facebook.
- JJ Rob - 11-19-2012 02:30 AM
copywright is tricky. any thing you produce is protected under the act however the issue is you have to have good solid proof that you produced the image.
- Mary - 11-19-2012 02:30 AM
Copyright protection only exists if you attach a proper copyright notice to each copy. If you did not do that, you are out of luck.
- Quizzard - 11-19-2012 02:30 AM
Prove it's yours, then track down each user and issue a cease and desist order, followed by a lawsuit if they refuse to take the photos down.
It'll probably cost you just a few hundred dollars to send the letter to each user. If they take down the photos, you will have no cause for a suit.
- Odd Job - 11-19-2012 02:30 AM
Is it the one where you are pressing your breasts together and trying to lick your nipples? That one is SO HOT!!
- theanswer - 11-19-2012 02:30 AM
Do you hundreds of thousands of dollars to spend on lawers to get just a couple of those images down from just a few websites?
You can claim all you want, but you wont get anything you cant turn off the internet, since your pic is not in a single website but probably dozens if not hundreds.