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Title 17 U.S.C.S., the Copyright Act of 1976
Copyright Infringement
 
Everything on the Internet is copyrighted, even images downloaded from image sites, Google Images or someone else’s website, and requires a license. Copyright infringement can be costly.
Who is responsible if your Website is found in copyright violation?
You are.
Somebody else created my website.
Third-party designers, former employees, a friend may have been contracted to design and develop you website. However, if no license exists, the liability of any infringement ultimately falls on the end user who hired that third-party. (You)
The image has been removed from the Website.
Removal of the image solves only part of the issue; full payment of any infringement demand must still be paid by you.
The images were found on the Internet and thought to be Royalty Free.
Any image found on the Internet requires an appropriate license covering each and every use.
I didn’t know the image had to be licensed.
Unfortunately, despite the fact that you may not have known, does not excuse your unauthorized use, nor does it relieve you of the obligation to pay any infringement demand.
I purchased the image from a company I found online as part of a web template.
As the end user, you are ultimately responsible for insuring that you have obtained the appropriate rights to use the image. That means that if you acquire imagery from a web template provider or other such company, you are still liable for copyright infringement if that provider or other such company did not properly license the imagery for your use.
Contact us. When we develop your Website we always insure you have license rights for any image, provided by us, used on your website.
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