Hello I am writing this because people on the net are using my images in their own work, even some web companies are claiming they have done images but they are using my work - is there anything I can do. I have seen the same companies saying they worked on websites that they did and they have not done these at all - I would be surprised if the real site owner even knows.. ??
Do you have proof that you made those images before those other sites? If not, then there is nothing you can do. However, if you do, send them an email and tell them to stop, if they don't, you have a large number of options available to you, one you can sue them, another contact the hosting company. Not just the people putting them on websites, but also the website owners.
I have some proof, PSD and FLAs. But not for all of them, including the important ones. WTF? This is blag. Is there a way I can replicate there page completely and just spam dex it so google weaks both the new page I make and theirs!
Maybe they are using your images, but if they ripped it, it's hard to tell, because you can't claim that is your idea, you thought of it first. so if you can't prove that image is your, you can't do anything about it.
Google cache will show it has been on my site for ages. I have seen other companies do this, clearly saying they work for so and so, when they don't If I went on your site and you were saying you did Google's logo then could I go to Google and ask them - hey did this guy outsource for you lot?
Not a lot you can do really, even if you coud prove it, would it really be worth the hassle and cost to take it any further. Your best bet is to email them and say this is my work, remove it from your site and respond to this notice within 48 hours or we will have to take the matter further.
As long as you created it first, you have the files with an original date of creation, you are ok as far as copyright laws go. If you were to take it to court the court would want proof that you are in fact the copyright owner. It doesn't matter if they made the exact thing as you on their own or just took it from you. If I write a song and in a few years some famous songwriter writes the same song, as long as I can prove I wrote it first, that songwriter has to give up all his copies, etc. Edit: But is it really worth the hassle? Are they or you making money from them? Are they taking business away from you? Is it worth the time and effort your going to have to go through with a law suit? Evaluate that, and if you still feel it is, then you should immediately consult a copyright lawyer.
in terms of copyright etc - comes down to different country laws and also if you are willing to actually take him to court
try everything before you take legal action such as filing a copyright lawsuit, these lawsuits take very long time and you might ended up paying a lot out of your pockets. usually if you win, then they will be responsible to pay your legal fees, but that's only if they have money to pay up.
I think I am going with the faint transparent image. How can a company just physical say they have done something which they have not? I also have a script downloaded by thousands of people and someone is giving it for free (fla) because I have no encrpytion of the swf, so they decompiled and put it to demonoid, i spoke to k4z the hosting company who people claim are hosting demonoid and no luck WTF?