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Higbee Associates Letter & Lawsuits Forum / Higbee and Adlife
« on: July 11, 2017, 08:49:46 PM »
I've spent over an hour reading information but couldn't find much on Higbee and Adlife. I received an email from Higbee stating I infringed on their clients Adlife photo rights. I looked at the attached document and noticed the image I used had a creative commons license and properly attributed back in '15. The letter also indicated that Adlife received copyright registration in 9.16 and they believe I infringed on their rights exactly the next day. The image online now has a reserved indication. So basically I used the image 18 months prior to their registration of copyright.
I can't believe this is happening where an image was used as a CC and attributed. Then, a "marketing" company buys that image, registers it, and then looks for small time blogger to extort $2,000 from.
I researched Higbee and seem to be a legit firm that specializes in "protecting artist's rights." But what happens if all they are doing is representing companies who buy old stockphotos and claims rights then tries to extort money from a use that predates their registration?
What do you do about this?
I can't believe this is happening where an image was used as a CC and attributed. Then, a "marketing" company buys that image, registers it, and then looks for small time blogger to extort $2,000 from.
I researched Higbee and seem to be a legit firm that specializes in "protecting artist's rights." But what happens if all they are doing is representing companies who buy old stockphotos and claims rights then tries to extort money from a use that predates their registration?
What do you do about this?