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What is the name of your state? Washington
I submitted a weather photograph to a news website (KOMOTV.com) to be posted on a viewer’s gallery and all it said was that "If you have a great weather-related digital photo, we'd love to see it! Send it to [email protected] . We might put it on air as well!” Therefore, I submitted a photo and it was placed in the viewer’s gallery. Well a while back, I noticed that the top banner on the homepage of their website looked a lot like the photograph I had submitted. Upon closer inspection it turned out that, it was my photo. It was manipulated to fit the banner and I was never told they were going to use my photo for that purpose nor did they in any way get my consent to do so. They did not use the photo for commercial purposes; they only put it on their site. I am wondering if they are committing copyright infringement and if it is grounds to try and work out a financial compromise. Thanks.
I submitted a weather photograph to a news website (KOMOTV.com) to be posted on a viewer’s gallery and all it said was that "If you have a great weather-related digital photo, we'd love to see it! Send it to [email protected] . We might put it on air as well!” Therefore, I submitted a photo and it was placed in the viewer’s gallery. Well a while back, I noticed that the top banner on the homepage of their website looked a lot like the photograph I had submitted. Upon closer inspection it turned out that, it was my photo. It was manipulated to fit the banner and I was never told they were going to use my photo for that purpose nor did they in any way get my consent to do so. They did not use the photo for commercial purposes; they only put it on their site. I am wondering if they are committing copyright infringement and if it is grounds to try and work out a financial compromise. Thanks.