The case you are referring to involves the use of my photo on a personal injury lawyer’s website. Specifically, the photo was used in an article advertising the service of a law firm.
My understanding is that you are the CEO of Dancel Multimedia, a company that provides advertising and marketing services to law firms, and that your company was paid to provide this content to the law firm.
The image is on my Flickr page, and it looks like Photopin automatically syndicates from Flickr. This image is under is under a Creative Commons NonCommercial that allows for non-profit use if you give attribution. Neither of these things occurred. Photopin gives a clear explanation on how to use images on their site and clearly states that images may only be used for non-commercial or non-profit projects.
One of Pixsy’s lawyers reached out to your company because you had no permission to use the work to advertise personal injury legal services. Bloggers are more than welcome to use my work for free. Businesses, including law firms (who should definitely know better) and advertising agencies, are not.
Please ask for permission ahead of time and arrange for a paid license if you wish to use my work for attorney advertising in the future.
I understand that your agency and law firm might be bitter about the situation, but I would appreciate it if we could still handle it as professionals.
In the meantime, I wish you the best of luck with your business and am looking forward to resolving things amicably.
Best regards, Daniel Foster
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Re: Daniel Foster: Photo copyright SCAM?
The case you are referring to involves the use of my photo on a personal injury lawyer’s website. Specifically, the photo was used in an article advertising the service of a law firm.
My understanding is that you are the CEO of Dancel Multimedia, a company that provides advertising and marketing services to law firms, and that your company was paid to provide this content to the law firm.
The image is on my Flickr page, and it looks like Photopin automatically syndicates from Flickr. This image is under is under a Creative Commons NonCommercial that allows for non-profit use if you give attribution. Neither of these things occurred. Photopin gives a clear explanation on how to use images on their site and clearly states that images may only be used for non-commercial or non-profit projects.
One of Pixsy’s lawyers reached out to your company because you had no permission to use the work to advertise personal injury legal services. Bloggers are more than welcome to use my work for free. Businesses, including law firms (who should definitely know better) and advertising agencies, are not.
Please ask for permission ahead of time and arrange for a paid license if you wish to use my work for attorney advertising in the future.
I understand that your agency and law firm might be bitter about the situation, but I would appreciate it if we could still handle it as professionals.
In the meantime, I wish you the best of luck with your business and am looking forward to resolving things amicably.
Best regards,
Daniel Foster
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