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Bing is excellent for finding your images being used. What I find helps is using a non word code in the keywords metadata, example 12345abcd which you can then google / bing / yahoo search for. Although metadata is easily stripped out, you would be amazed how many people just right click save & repost with your metadata intact...

If you do find your image being used with out authorisation this is what I do.

I am not a lawyer & would always advice legal advice from a lawyer. I can only speak from experience.

1 send them an email asking to produce a licence for image usage. Be polite. The point of this is to get some form of communication going.

2 depending on reply to 1, hopefully they won't have a licence & they do respond, send them a cease & desist letter good sample version here Do not be afraid of big companies I usually find these are quickest to respond & pay.

3 If they do not agree to pay or ignore your cease & desist letter then send them an invoice for unauthorised usage, the amount you asked for in the cease & desist letter. State the payment terms are strictly 7 days & no reminders will be sent. Also state continued unauthorised usage fee is x amount per day.

4 If they still don't pay start small claims court proceedings. what I do here is download this form herefill it in & post a copy to the infringer with a letter telling them they only have 7 days to pay.

So far I have never had to go to court to get payment for infringement.

Remember you are not suing for infringement or copyright but an unpaid bill.

If this is to much for you to do yourself, then I can thoroughly recommend ip protection who have successfully chased up infringements for me & work on a no win no fee basis taking 25% of any successful claim.

If an infringement of your work occurs in the US then you can sue in the US using a Us lawyer as in the link I gave. You cannot sue for an infringement committed in the US from the UK. Hope that clarifies.

There seems to be a misunderstanding also that in order to sue for copyright infringement within the US that your work must be registered with the correct copyright people, the DMCA law enables this without registration of copyright.

Also with the internet being global it helps to understand copyright infringement options available to you within other countries & territories.

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Have bought a used k-5 with some bits that are surplus to my requirements. Items where purchsed brand new June 1st 2011, camera has just 300 clicks on it so these are obviously as new. Items will come with a copy of the receipt from warehouse express.

SMC DA 55-300mm F4-5.8ED Lens NOT the DL version
As new in the box with Pentax bag, hood, caps & all documentation. Always had a filter on not included. £230 Inc Special delivery within UK

DA 18-55mm WR Kit lens

As new, as this is a kit lens there is no box, but the lens is mint complete with all caps, hood & documentation. Always had filter on not included. £50 delivered Special delivery UK.

Genuine Pentax D-LI90 Battery for K-5

Again brand new, have fully charged it, I don't think this batter yhas even been used, it was bagged up within the camera box. £50 delivered Special Delivery within UK.

Payment is by Paypal (Please no gift payments, I will pay the fees) or bank transfer.

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I just a new one for £139.99 from Jessops & collected from Manchester if it helps at all..

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K-5 now ordered so need these gone now. Will split the focus screens if need be..

I did correct number 2 but I preferred it a little over exposed, The type 1 was great, my mate went down to the show in his type 1 but I never photographed it today, done lots in the past.