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Author Topic: LCS - Alamy  (Read 2865 times)

kjohnson

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LCS - Alamy
« on: April 13, 2016, 09:22:13 PM »
Hi - i am new to this forum, but am here because i recently received a letter from LCS on behalf of Alamy, which is almost identical to those posted elsewhere on this site.  I have a unique situation, where I am a little lost as to how to proceed and am looking for any insight.

I recently purchased a magazine company (less than 5 months ago), which already had its web presence established.  The letter from Alamy/LCS is claiming the copyright infringement took place on an archived page on the site from 2014.  As a result - i really don't have any way to prove or disprove if the image was acquired through proper channels.  Furthermore, I wasn't the company that authorized the use, implemented and placed the image.  Lastly, since the article was from 2014 (and didn't appear in print) - i didn't receive any profit off its usage.

They are only asking from $145, however I am confused as to if i should be responsible for it.
Does anyone have any insight?

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Re: LCS - Alamy
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2016, 02:18:41 PM »
If only all trolls were so reasonable.  You should thank god they're only asking $145.  Most of the serious trolls would be asking 20x that much, regardless of whether you actually did anything wrong. 

Do you have a DMCA agent registered? Look that up and see.  It will protect you if someone else uses a bad image. If you have one you can reply and tell them about it and they should go away. Naturally you should also appologize and take down the image.

 

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