Re: Pixsy demanding I pay a fee for unauthorised use of an image. Urgently need help.
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2024 5:52 pm
Sent you a PM, Steve, with the latest from Pixsy, which is slightly out of character. Just for your interest.
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However a UK court would not necessarily accept a US registration as prima facie evidence of ownership. It might be persuasive however.(c) In any judicial proceedings the certificate of a registration made before or within five years after first publication of the work shall constitute prima facie evidence of the validity of the copyright and of the facts stated in the certificate. The evidentiary weight to be accorded the certificate of a registration made thereafter shall be within the discretion of the court.
Followed by the case number and artist's name.Legal Escalation Notice:
The same "client" who has been banned from Flickr. And I still wonder what mug of an attorney they can find in the UK to pick up this at all. And at costs that make it worthwhile to them - which it is not nor to any lawyer - and what lawyer will look past so many aspects i.e. how no financial loss occurred. They say "much higher when we account for copyright infringement" which they can't do since that has nothing to do with actual damages off a flickr CC2.0 image. They are not talking to any old mug. I'd hoped they realised that by now. It's just more threats again and I think I will block their emails from here.Our offer to license NAME's imagery for a fair market fee is available until the end of business on Friday. At this stage, we will expediently advise our client as to the appropriate next steps to take to resolve this matter, which will include our recommendation to immediately initiate legal proceedings in our Legal Resolution Program using a local copyright attorney.
Keep in mind that the full value of NAME's imagery is much higher when we account for copyright infringement. In our Legal Resolution Program, our partner attorney's will seek the highest possible damages for unauthorized commercial reproduction of our client's work.
Hi. Best to read through all the posts in this thread particularly how Andy advised me throughout since August. What a gent.armyofme wrote: Fri May 17, 2024 9:58 am Hi all, just wondering if anyone has updates on their Pixsy shenanigans. My business received an email from them recently with pretty much the same stuff that's been talked about here - a free Flickr photo under CC2.0 and they're demanding WAY more than you've all mentioned - over £1,000. Has anyone made any progress or can give solid advice on how we should respond?