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Hi there,
somebody told me about that photographer, who is using my photos for advertising his photography - classical art theft. He is from chile. What would you do? I think he does photography as well but is using my pictures and saying that it's his work:
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What would you do to make him stop? Have you tried to hire a lawer in those cases?
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In the end, it's true. It depends on how the people are using my work, but still, wrong is wrong. A lie is a lie.
If they do not comply, then file a complaint with the appropriate authorities over there and inform both the hosting company and the photographer of that fact, send a CC of this to the same authorities you are complaining to. When you reach this point you want to be sure you are documenting these steps completely and in such a way you can prove you attempted a resolution in case it goes to court. I wouldn't wait too long after that before hiring a lawyer, and would not have any further communication with anybody that doesn't go through the lawyer. They will make sure you don't accidentally do anything to weaken your case.
Finally, I know it's kind of locking the gates after the horse has escaped, but I wrote a journal entry on Art Theft and what you can do to try and prevent it a while back. Nothing is perfect but there are some good ide4as in there so if you want to check it out got to: [link]
Good Luck!
Now here's some to preventative measures you can take to help not being ripped off to begin with.
1. Watermarks. I notice none of your works bear a watermark from you or the one DA provides. I know watermarking can mar the work aesthetically but it does A) give pause to those who would just take your work and claim it as their own and B) Identifies the work to everyone as being yours.
2. Downloading. If you allow the download feature to be active folks will download it. If you allow downloads of your work without watermarking it, well, the inevitable has happened already.
Just a couple of things to think about
Good luck in dealing with this rip off dick.
Second of all I'd send him an email/facebook message etc informing him of his infringement being brought to the attention of authorities and request that he desist.
I would consider a suit the last resort because the expensive will not be covered until/when/if you win the case. Also outside of the US the jurisdiction of any suit may be hard to pursue.
However, a lawyer to pressure recalcitrant thieves might be useful to have on retainer. What you can and should do instead is notify the hosts of his sites to let them know they are (perhaps unwittingly) harboring a thief and demand they cease supporting his activity.
I am sorry this happened to you but at least it is a sign you are doing something right.