Al I'm going through the same thing with a client of mine. One of the images we took is being used in a online article about USAC's weekly Regional series. The image we took is watermarked with our logo however it was cropped out, which really gets me going. I issued a Cease and Desist letter which the owner of the site claimed the photo was not the same, until I showed proof his organization visited the site, oops. All we ask for is credit, and its to bad that in this society people cannot give credit when credit is due. I cannot lock down, or watermark all my clients images because they need to be shared, however using them without permission is a violation.
Issue a Cease and Desist and hopefully the madness will stop, unfortunately though for every one letter you issue, there's probably hundreds more that need to go out.
Keep up the great work Al!
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