Copyright Aid

Many thanks Nick. Yes, remarkable similarities there! I have this morning had a reply from a legal specialist who advises that seeing as the image was included in a blog post in 2010 and Stockfood only signed the contract with the photographer in 2013 they have no right to pursue me on his behalf ...

Many thanks for your reply Andy. Unfortunately (for me), the image was only removed when I received the letter from Stockfood with their extortionate demands which was after the date on which the photographer signed the contract with them. However, the use was not 'flagrant' as defined by the ...

If a photo was used quite innocently (there was no reason to believe and nothing to indicate at the time that it was subject to copyright) in a blog post back in 2010 and the photographer subsequently in 2013 signed a contract with a stock photo agency for the exclusive license distribution of that ...