What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
California
I am a photographer in Los Angeles, and recently I shot a portfolio for two friends of mine who are models and DJ's. During the shoot we were in the recording company where they mix their tracks, so the manager asked me to shoot a couple of shots for the interiors of the recording room, normally I would refuse to do this, but I did it on the premise that I will get business from them.
I gave them the shots to review, but to my surprise after I tried to cal them several times, I saw that they have uploaded the images on their website without a signed license from my side, they also used one of the DJ's shots on their website when I have granted no such use to my friends.
1- Can I claim through a lawyer that a fee must be paid to me for the use of my images since they hold no written nor signed license from me for both the usages of my interior pictures as well as those taken of the DJ's?
I need to claim USD 3000.00, please advise me on how complicated this could be and how much of a chance I might get my compensation.
Many thanks
California
I am a photographer in Los Angeles, and recently I shot a portfolio for two friends of mine who are models and DJ's. During the shoot we were in the recording company where they mix their tracks, so the manager asked me to shoot a couple of shots for the interiors of the recording room, normally I would refuse to do this, but I did it on the premise that I will get business from them.
I gave them the shots to review, but to my surprise after I tried to cal them several times, I saw that they have uploaded the images on their website without a signed license from my side, they also used one of the DJ's shots on their website when I have granted no such use to my friends.
1- Can I claim through a lawyer that a fee must be paid to me for the use of my images since they hold no written nor signed license from me for both the usages of my interior pictures as well as those taken of the DJ's?
I need to claim USD 3000.00, please advise me on how complicated this could be and how much of a chance I might get my compensation.
Many thanks