Picrights Reviews 246

Assurdo che ti venga chiesto di dimostrare se un'immagine che hai utilizzato l'hai acquistata.
Io devo dimostrare? Di seguito poche e semplici considerazioni:
- Sono legittimati? La Picrights vi chiede una prova d’acquisto della licenza, ma loro sono realmente legittimati? Hanno realmente ricevuto mandato dal titolare? Come prima cosa dovrebbero fornire loro prove del mandato ma tranquilli questo non accadrà
- Ed io devo fornire a loro tutta la documentazione andando a cercare la licenza su un'immagine acquistata oltre 10 anni fa?
- Poi la parte più interessante è l'importo della richiesta che non è esagerato e questo porta molti a pagare senza neanche sbattersi perchè una lettera dell'avvocato costerebbe di più.
Insomma un bel giochino al limite del legale per fare un po' di soldi facili facili e poi si sa che "tanti pochi fanno assai".
Non è una truffa attenzione ma semplicemente un modo molto disinvolto di chiedere dei soldi.

I know of two interesting cases with Picrights in the last four years on two separate websites.
One website had historic blog content on that was paid for and licensed under the URL. Picrights refused to accept the evidence and the £10,000+ that was paid for the licensed content as it didn't specifically mentioned the individual picture, even though invoices and dates were quite clear for the licensed content that had been created by a large, well known agency.
More recently Picrights sent an email about an image on another website that is actually part of a National Archive and they have confirmed from the archive that the image has no restrictions for use on it! Picrights claim their client owns the image and a license was never purchased.
Although they are not technically a scam, I would call them chancers and overly exploitative in their actions. They normally pick old images from a website that you may struggle to find your original licensing/payment for. They then demand you provide evidence of the license for the old image, when in reality you may well not remember which website you purchased or obtained the image from, and therefore even when you know you are in the right, you may well not be able to prove it! How many people keep evidence of purchases of Microwaves, TVs, Cookers etc. Just because you haven't got an invoice and can't even remember where you bought it, doesn't mean it's not yours or you stole it! On that basis I would have to forfeit about 90% of the goods in my house!!!
I'm all in favour of people using licensed images on their websites and not stealing other people's work and using it for free.
But this is despicable behaviour from a totally unscrupulous company, leveraging peoples' inability to prove their genuine image licensing, for their own over inflated gains with threats from solicitors and the fear of going to court.

New scam in town. These guys surf the internet and find pictures on websites and then google them to find out where else they are. Then they send you a threatening letter to scare you into paying because 'removing it is not enough'. It appears this is how they get paid as they have ZERO other services and work in a VIRTUAL office. They probably pocket 50% of the scammed money from starving and hardly able to make ends meet people. Corporate Greed is all it is and boycotting all the companies listed on their website is the next step. Who ever this guy is behind this scam I hope someone with 'Mad Skillz' exposes them and then we can all have a talk in person. You can say you are not responsible after it goes to a lawyer but you will still be the one people look at.

Anyone Can help me i received 3 email yesterday about my 6 to 7 image are copyrighted,which i use 1 year ago and also deleted it 6 month ago still i got this email.
How we proced it i am very sad.
please any one reply my it does not effect my site?
i am single person doing blogging earn $80 per month.
How i pay him $1700 please any one reply me

Only 1 star as cant go lower. Claimed I had used an image from one of their clients, which was totally untrue, as I always get images from paid sources. They got their supposed client to write a legal copyright notice, basically a word doc with the image and a note saying they held copyright. Strange that the said Company only has a website and no where for reviews etc even though they are supposedly a big photography company.

Try to look International but the same guy answers all the phones and he asked me to give him my card details over the phone. Like I am that stupid.

Companies like that should be shut down as the frauds that they are.

They have no authority over the images they pursue.

I was very disappointed, the customer support was unkind, they didn't even answer my question. Avoid them

I was contacted in January and notified that I was using an image on my website which was protected by copyright. I took the image down immediately. I was contacted again yesterday and advised that I owed £350. I regret that we used an image without the correct rights to use it HOWEVER, it was used on a practice webpage that I made up as I was trying to learn how to use the website software. It was NEVER published anywhere and you cannot navigate to the page from our website. Their software obviously does an image search and found a page that no-one else could have. The simple image would probably have been licensed for £25 - £30 if I had sought to use it on a published website. They have offered to reduce the fee down to £275! What a joke! I offered to pay £50 for the image just to make them go away but they are not interested. The person I spoke with on the phone had a terrible manner and even worse attitude - talked over me, used threatening language etc. Thankfully I have been round the block a few times so don't get intimidated by that type of behaviour but I can see how they probably extort money out of people through their intimidation tactics. I don't know how people like this sleep easy at night knowing they that they have to get up the next day to behave like that again to earn a dishonest living.

Nasty business model. Basically, they use software to hunt out small business owners / blogs that may have unknowingly used a copyrighted image by accident. They try and find images that have been used 2-3 years ago and then send out a relatively threatening e-mail. The image they asked me about was used on a blog post buried on our website from 2019 (so nearly 3 years ago!) they then ask you for the money from that date. The screenshot of the image they sent me was taken in August last year (a good 3 months before they even made contact with me!) they asked for £360 initially but with a bit of back and forth I did manage to negotiate a deal. I settled the dispute because I really haven't got the time or patience to be dealing with these crooks. I very much doubt that anything would have happened if I didn't, they would have probably just moved onto the next victim!

May be legit, but what a lousy way to earn a living. We received a letter regarding a blog post that reused a photo that was published in our local newspaper related to an interview with our firm. Three years later, we received a notice that the image was copyrighted and we owe $500 for our use of the image. I thought it was a scam and ignored it. I just now received a nastier letter from a law firm asking for almost three times as much. We endeavor to never use images that we don't have the rights to. This could have been resolved by simply asking us to remove the image. But, Picrights apparently trolls the internet looking for any violation - large or small.
Just a completely distasteful organization, in my opinion.

With scammers all over the internet, when I first received the demand from PicRights.com I thought that this was just another scam, as did my webmaster. I did a number of internet searches and found countless posts stating that PicRights was just a scam. So I called and spoke with their agent, Mr. Hussain and he assured me that this was not a scam and that PicRIghts was the legitimate agent for the Associated Press. Unconvinced I decided to contact the AP myself and left a message on their website asking if PicRIghts was in fact their legitimate agent. Within an hour I received an email back from the AP verifying that PicRIghts was in fact their agent and advised me to continue working with PicRights to resolve this issue. That settled it for me; PicRIghts was in fact the legitimate agent of the AP and this demand was real and not just an internet scam. My webmaster agreed, and she then contacted PicRights and made payment for the unlicensed use of an AP image.
Be advised that if you choose to ignore the letter PicRights can and will escalate their demand to their legal department, at which point lawyers become involved and their monetary demand will increase substantially. My suggestion is to contact PicRIghts directly and see if they are open to negotiating a lower fee; it cannot hurt. Ignoring their demand will not make it go away, it will only lead you to more grief and anxiety.

A bunch of crooks trying to get people to pay unreasonable money for just using a photo.

Son el cáncer que extorsiona y amedrenta a los bloggers.

PicRights fait partie d'une escroquerie légale 'CopyRight Trolling'. Il ne faut jamais payer - sinon, vous alimenter le monstre.

SCAMMERS...SCAMMERS....BE AWARE AND TAKE LEGAL ADVICE. I AM FOLLOWING MY LAWYER ADVICE....THIS IS NOT LEGITIMATE..

I believe this company is a scam.
They contacted us about an unlicensed image on our website on an old blog post and demanded money for it. They said they have given us warning letters & emails, although we had not received any of these. We are a very small education company, and of course, we immediately took it down. They have since kept demanding money from it, and keep sending us their bank details. After researching the company and reading the comments, I believe they are a scam company. Be careful.

UPDATE:
"It is now 2025, and this scam company has done nothing. My solicitor was right all along; read my review until the end, and they'll leave you alone. "

REVIEW:
I had an office in London, which I paid for two years in advance. I couldn't use it due to COVID, and a week ago, I went to collect my belongings and terminate the contract. I found 27 letters from this company!!! (Nov 2019, the first one, and last week, the last two) threatening me with the court if I don't pay for 3 pics on my site. I have the rights (licenses) to use those pics, so I called them right away. Had a chat with one of their directors over the phone. He tried to talk me into paying for the pictures, despite insisting I have the licenses and stating that I want him to check them, remove me from his database, and cease sending me letters. He said that checking the licenses is a very complex and lengthy process, and it is not something they can do right away. Moreover, in his opinion, it was best to pay him first, and only then, prove that I have the right to the pics and request a refund. Otherwise, I might go to prison, he added. I then asked how come they did not take me to court yet, after 2 years and 27 threatening letters, and he said "I'll put you right now at the top of our list and make sure this reaches the legal system". I then called my solicitor, explained the situation, and was told to stop engaging with them as long as I have the rights of the pics. Upon closer examination of the letters, I notice that they conceal the business name and frequently change their address, suggesting a potential scam. The last address is P.O. Box 14622, Erdington, Birmingham, B23 3GS. Here's another tip that my solicitor gave me on how to deal with this kind of letter threat and abuse.

1. Check the address on the letter. If it is from them, don't open the letter.
2. Write on the letter: "NOT KNOWN AT THIS ADDRESS"
3. Put the letter back in the post. The letter is then sent back to the scammer, and the scammer has to PAY return postage, depleting the scammer's funds.

Just had an interaction with this company recently. I inadvertently used a picture copyrighted by the AP on my website of a building that we helped to construct.

No warning was issued, they sent me a form email stating I was violating the copyright by using the image and that I owed them $1,000 or they would pursue legal action.

We of course removed the image, but there was no negotiating or any maneuvering room with this company. It was an honest mistake, but for them there was no solution but to pay.

The whole process seemed very shady and underhanded in their approach.

I got a letter saying I owed $750 for the use of an image on my non profit site. I read that some people ignore it, then end up slapped with a lawsuit so I called Picrights and talked them down to $225. I removed the pic and learned that I will always get my images from shutterstock or elsewhere from now on. Although I was not happy to have to pay so much for a photo that I did not make money from, but glad I took care of it and it didn't turn into a lawsuit. Paying them off $225 is much better than the cost and the headache of hiring a lawyer and going to court. Is this ethical practice on their part? Not exactly but I could understand if I was a photographer and people were using my images I would not want people stealing my work without crediting me, and companies hire people like them to ensure their work is safe. I am relieved and moving on...

This is the second time this disgusting business has threatened me. They put tagged images onto google without any copyright info, but with a tag to find out who is using them and then claim £900 to use the image ... Parasites. Don't fall for their disgusting activities. I purchased a licence £45 for a similar image from shutterstock. Don't Pay them a Penny !! Only way to put these con artists out of business