Hi everyone,

I’m a photographer from Belgium. I discovered one of my photos has been printed illegally and is on one of the walls in a cruise ship. It’s a major US company. I discovered this because a passenger recognized my work and sent me a photo of it.

Does anyone now what’s the best thing to do here?

Thanks!

  • SuperbWrap7846@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago
    1. Register the copyright - ideally this is already done but better now than later if it isn’t
    2. Contact a lawyer that deals with copyright. The outcome is going to depend on a variety of factors, but when it comes to dealing with larger entities like this you should use a lawyer rather than sending a demand letter yourself.

    On a side note you could run a bulk reverse image search on your images to see if there are other infringements like this on the web (Recommend not using a service like pixsy as then you are forced to use their infringement lawyers and wont be able to pursue it any other way) which might give some idea as to where the image came from. Chances are it isn’t the cruise ship company themself that got it, but rather they purchased it somewhere.

    • thunderclogs@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      In Europe copyright does not have to be registered, it is applied automatically. Even so: even outside the EU the user is legally required to check if copyright applies, and to contact the copyright owner for permission.