Has my photo been illegally used?

Excellent, thanks for the investigation Molnies.

very interesting.
Please keep us updated as to how this turns out.

I will, no worries. At the very, very least... I find it hilarious that they liked the work that my CANON made

Any of your shots here?

http://popphoto2006.po​pphoto.com …in-august-22-24-2008.html

Found it! http://popphoto2006.po​pphoto.com …in-august-22-24-2008.html

aepoc wrote in post #5328953
Found it! http://popphoto2006.po​pphoto.com …in-august-22-24-2008.html

WTF?
As far as I can see they don't even credit you on that site. It would still be illegal, but at least give credit where credit is due.

I say like the others before me, send an invoice to Nikon and get this thing straightened out.

Apparently I was 3 seconds late. Nice find. Yes, the sunset Capitol one is mine... with the lights leading up to the capitol. You can check it out on flickr, uploaded in the fall of 2006.

You're right, I am not credited on the website.

Here's a direct link to his shot in his gallery (took me a few minutes to find it, thought I'd help out the next person):

http://flickr.com …in/set-72057594074741994/

I'd hold off on the send them an invoice part and go straight to the talk to a lawyer part.

looks like you'll be wanting to sue these people

Mentors | Bill Durrence & Rosanne Pennella and maybe then the magazine / webhost with a follow up to nikon's legal team.

save that page , the magazine and go see a lawyer.

nikon will deny all responsibility (they are by the looks of the thing just a sponsor)

the magazine will have a get out clause too (ad are the responsibility of .....etc)

so you'll be going after the mentors and webhost, get a lawyer who specializes if you can afford it or one who works no win no fee if you can't.

but especially make a point of going for the mentors as they are in the bis and should Know better.

i have a screen cap of your pic in place on that page if you need it

Make sure you send this image to the Copywrite office TODAY!

Interesting. Thank you for the info Andrew. Page has been saved, I am contacting a local photography club (cpmad.org) to see if they can point me to a lawyer with regards to this kind of case.

As already mentioned contact Carolyn Wright and put her to work, this may be found money...

aepoc wrote in post #5329022
Interesting. Thank you for the info Andrew. Page has been saved, I am contacting a local photography club (cpmad.org) to see if they can point me to a lawyer with regards to this kind of case.

i'm no expert

but if you are really ticked off i'd call both nikon and the new yorker to check these people exist and that they are accredited to the organisations that they claim.

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Lunajen wrote in post #5328523
Check out www.photoattorney.com and see if her blog has anything to say about this.

LBaldwin wrote in post #5329087
As already mentioned contact Carolyn Wright and put her to work, this may be found money...

that's the best advice