In article <546usa$2mo@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, jarnold975@aol.com says...
>In article <01bbbc24$52dd4ce0$638061cf@abraxas>, "J. Henson"
> writes:

>> One of my images was used in a full page advertisement in the
>Sunday New
>>York Times without my permission and without any compensation. Any idea
>>what avenue to follow to get paid and how much to ask for?

>Did you have your name and Copyright, 199?, All Rights Reserved written on
>the photo?
>If you did you can challange the advertising company, have a lawyer send
>him a invoice with
>threat of lawsute. If you had the photo copyright registered, you could
>actually sue and
>expect to receive compensation., otherwise you might be out of luck.

Um, run, do not walk, to register your copyright on that photo! ;-)
You have three months from the date of first unauthorized use to register
the photo in order to sue for damages and legal costs, after which you can
only collect reasonable use fee, which with the legal costs incurred
in going after the use fee, may not be worth it. There is NO need to have
written anything on the photo - but you will need good proof that it it
was made by you (similar photos from the same shoot, or your name on the
photo that they used, etc.). If you still have time to get the photo registered before the three months is up, I would call a good copyright
attourney immediately.
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