If you feel your work has been infringed upon, but you don't know what to do about it, our online Copyright Infringement Assistance Tool can help. It's simple, answer 4 questions to get help tailored to your specific case. You'll get the proper DCMA takedown notices, certified copyright infringement letters, and steps letting you know when it's time to contact an attorney.
It’s essential to protect your work, your business, and your livelihood – especially in today’s digital world where your photography can be accessed online and used without authorization (and compensation). PPA helps you protect your work with these sample copyright and usage agreements. Simply download and customize with your business name, logo, address, etc. Or, piece together to fit your specific needs.
As one of the many benefits you receive as a PPA member, access to the Copyright Kit gives you the advantage of knowing how to protect yourself and your valued work. Not only will this information help you stay proactive and well informed, but you will also gain the knowledge and experience that PPA has to offer.
This document provides an overview of the Copyright Claims Board (CCB) process. It includes information on filing a claim, compliance review, discovery, and more.
This agreement specifies client use of an image in a specific manner, purpose or time frame. Since you maintain the copyright, this license gives you good flexibility in deciding which rights you are selling to the client.
Like in a limited copyright license agreement, an unlimited agreement allows you to retain the the copyrights to a work. This means you AND the client can use the work.
Use this template ONLY when your goal is to transfer all copyrights of a work to a client or third party. For more information about copyright transfers, please refer to your Copyright Kit.
If you’ve been the victim of copyright infringement, use this online tool to answer two or three questions. You’ll get advice that’s specifically tailored to your case, including DCMA takedown notices and letters to the infringer as well as what steps to take when it’s time to contact an attorney.
Here's a sample letter to use to inform someone of a copyright infringement violation.
This letter uses a provision in the copyright law that gives a website service provider the choice of removing copyrighted material, or leaving the material up and losing their immunity to a copyright lawsuit in regards to the posting. Many online services have specific email addresses for these kind of requests - check the hosting company's Terms of Use. To the best of our knowledge, the sample letter meets the technical requirements of the law. This letter can be emailed, faxed or mailed.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is part of U.S. Copyright law. It includes a provision called a DMCA Takedown which allows you, if you are the copyright owner of an image used online without your authorization, to request a takedown AND for the content (your image) to be taken down by the website owner or the internet hosting service provider.
The template you’ll find below contains step-by-step instructions for submitting a DMCA Takedown Notice. Keep it handy!
A cease and desist demand letter is a notice that a person can send informing the other party of some harm that is being experienced. So in photographer’s case, if they see an image being used without permission, business name being used by someone else, or their name being slandered a cease and desist letter will come in handy!