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Note: Due to the sharp increase in demand letters from PicRights, AP, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, and their law firm Higbee and Associates, we have created a streamlined, flat rate consultation for evaluation of their claims/ demand letters. These consultations are $179 and last 30 mins, and we will provide (i) an evaluation of your circumstances, […]

Is PicRights A Scam? Are Higbee & Associates Emails a Scam?

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I’ll make it simple if you don’t want to read a long article: No. But read on for the nuances. Copyright and Images on the Internet Does copyright apply when you get an image off of the internet? Yes. Copyright is automatically granted to creators as soon as their original work is fixed in a […]

Can I use a Google Image on my Website or Social Media?

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Historically, the expense of litigating a copyright dispute has been a major roadblock to creators enforcing their rights in copyrighted material. However, the launch of the new Copyright Claims Board (“CCB”), colloquially referred to as a “copyright small claims court,” aims to address that issue– and it just started taking cases as of June 17, […]

The New Copyright Claims Board is now open for submissions

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When we think about copyright infringement, most of the time we default to thinking about “Person A suing Person B” for infringing their copyrighted materials. That’s a civil lawsuit. But copyright law also carries some sharp penalties in the criminal realm too– think “the State vs. Person B.” The federal government can prosecute criminal copyright […]

Jail for Copyright Infringement? It’s possible.

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