Hi all, this was a first for me: yesterday, a website of a friend, to which I provided a photo which I also sell on Alamy, received an email from CopyrightAgent demanding the payment of compensation for the use of said photo.
Since I gave him the photo myself (even before I made it available on Alamy), of course the "transaction" didn't happen through Alamy hence I can understand where the misunderstanding came from. I emailed CopyrightAgent explaining that I, the author, granted permission to said website so I'm hoping the won't bother him anymore.
Still, I wonder if there's a way to avoid similar situations in the future, for I sometimes give permission to use certain photos of mine which I also sell on Alamy. Since I sell them only on Alamy I always select that they are "Exclusive to Alamy", but I'm thinking that deselecting that might help with this?
I'm hoping anyone can advise me on this issue.
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Hi all, this was a first for me: yesterday, a website of a friend, to which I provided a photo which I also sell on Alamy, received an email from CopyrightAgent demanding the payment of compensation for the use of said photo.
Since I gave him the photo myself (even before I made it available on Alamy), of course the "transaction" didn't happen through Alamy hence I can understand where the misunderstanding came from. I emailed CopyrightAgent explaining that I, the author, granted permission to said website so I'm hoping the won't bother him anymore.
Still, I wonder if there's a way to avoid similar situations in the future, for I sometimes give permission to use certain photos of mine which I also sell on Alamy. Since I sell them only on Alamy I always select that they are "Exclusive to Alamy", but I'm thinking that deselecting that might help with this?
I'm hoping anyone can advise me on this issue.
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