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It's one thing to display another persons work as yours....its another thing to derive money from that misrepresentation.
So I would recommend waiting until he HAS taken money before making a challenge.
As others have said, a formal letter should be sent to him stating your payment terms for use of your images.
A tour operator client received a bill last year for £10,000 for using two Getty images illegally on his website . They were minute pictures of destinations in Italy amongst other legal ones. (nothing to do with me by the way!)
He eventually negotiated the figure down to £3000... But he still had to pay...and remove the images for the website.
As always, it's how far you want to push the process...and how much realistically he will (be able to) pay.
The least I would want is a free wedding for your brother. But It depends how much work he does and how long the images have been in his use.
Which leads me to the most important question....
How did he get the images in the first place?
Two or three years ago I did some shots of new trucks for a haulage company. They were really pleased with them and asked for files on a CD. Since I was paid for taking them and they were good clients I let them have them.
6weeks later on a visit they told me how proud they had been at the recent expo in London. It was the national launch of DAF trucks new models and projected 40foot across the stage was my photograph of my clients DAF truck. GULP!
I asked if they paid him... answer...NO...but he was very proud about it so I didn't press the point. He felt it was great kudos and advertising for his company. I just felt WE missed out on a BIG payout.
But thats life.
Last edited on Thu Jul 5th, 2012 17:19 by Eric
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