Copyright Aid

Hi Habbers,

My experience was very much the same as yours.

Last I heard from them was back in Feb this year when they Permission Machine told me they were handing over to their solicitors. I have heard absolutely nothing since then.

Hopefully your experience from here onwards will be the same as ...

Hi All,

Just a quick update on my situation.
After attempting to negotiate with Permission Machine and offering them a lower figure as settlement, they refused and on 14th Jan, I was told by Permission Machine that they were handing the my case over to their solicitors and they would be in contact ...

Hi AndyJ.

This is the latest email from them.... looks like they intend to pass over to their solicitors. I haven't responded to their last email and don't intend to ass it really doesn't warrant a reply. I'll let you know as and when anything further happens.

Thanks...


Their email :-

Thank you ...

Thanks AndyJ.

I really appreciate your input into this.

I've sent this reply to them so will wait and see what happens.....

Hi Hannah,

Thanks for your email. I understand what you are saying but the items you listed are costs and not damages. These can be treated differently by the court, some ...

Hi Andy J,

So I wrote back to them... my email below, admittedly I might have got the wrong end of the stick re your point about damages etc.... They have replied again but refusing to budge on settlement figure and giving me a deadline of 31st Jan to settle or they will hand over to their ...

Thanks again AndyJ.

I've written back re-stating my offer and declined theirs. Will see what they say.

Hi AndyJ.

I wrote back them and made an offer of £60.99 which is the licence fee of £35.99 + £25.00 to cover admin costs. At the same time in my email to them I said Moral damages, Flagrancy & Infringement fees wouldn't be considered in IPEC.

Below is their reply. Not really sure how to take this ...

Thanks AndyJ.

I will email them back with an offer based on your suggestions and see what happens.

Thanks for your advice so far.

Thanks AndyJ.

What would be your advice for next steps then? Should I offer a small amount above the original licence fee ? The original licence fee is only £35.99 so they are trying to claim over £380 in damages etc.. .. or just tell them to go away and wait to see if they take legal action ...

Hi All,

I'm in a similar position and have followed this thread for advice.

Basically Permission Machine sent me a payment request for £420 as settlement for a copyright infringement (photo on my website). After several emails back and forward, I asked them for a breakdown of costs and have ...