Copyright Aid

Hi LoEspin,

You'll have seen the text of the letter I received (a few posts above) had a different wording and I would certainly be wanting to seek clarity from them on the total amount they expect you to pay. For what it's worth, the couple of emails I sent to PicRights were answered relatively ...

Hi qwerty2021,

I expect like most people on this forum my learning curve on this issue has been pretty steep. Whilst I was hoping that the Adobe licence would cover us, it is for editorial use only, and unfortunately the image we used was in a gallery. Therefore PicRights knocked back my offer ...

Thanks Andy,
Thanks for your thoughts on this and I'll base a settlement on the £39.99 fee.

in case it's useful for others, here's the text of the email I received:

Image Licence Validation for Reuters News & Media Inc - Reference Number: xxx

Dear xxx,

As an introduction, PicRights provides ...

Update to the above - I've just noticed a far from obvious ''payment' button on the webpage of one of the links in the email. PicRights are after £240 for use of the image, which implies to me that the actual rights were low, and/or PicRights have accounted for the very limited use of the image.

Hi @andjy,

Your advice on this and other threads is incredibly useful, thank you. I wondered if you can advise on element of a notice I've received from PicRights:

I've received a reasonably gentle email from PicRights about an image on our website. The email states they want to ascertain that we ...