Recently, our firm has seen an increase in correspondence from
companies like Getty Images, PicRights and Copytrack alleging
infringement of copyright and requesting compensation. Business
owners weary from endless scam and spam emails might just hit the
delete button – but there is reason to be more cautious.
In one particular instance, our office received an email
advising we were likely using an image on our website without the
proper permission. The owner of the image specifically wished to
enforce their image rights within Germany – where the alert
could be accessed.
The email also bore some markers of a scam email that caused
concern. These included: atypical phrases; an urgent deadline to
respond; a repeated request for payment; directions to use various
links included in the email. But a specific image was identified
(one used as the cover image for a legal alert like this one) and a
Google search revealed that the sender was a real company. So, the
issue
