eugene wrote:
My brother's wife disappeared over two years ago and her body was found four
months later! She had been brutally murdered! During the time of her
disappearance, a lot of MY photos were used in the search for her. This
week, her murderer was sentenced to life imprisonment and naturally enough,
the local press has been covering the trial and verdict. In the main
newspaper here in the north of Ireland, a photo was used this week, of
Attracta and her son. Under the photo was printed, photo.....Alan
Lewis/Photopress. This was my photo and I was furious that someone was
obviously making money out of it's use. The Daily Mirror/Sun/Star etc were
all using photos but I wasn't going to buy all of them to see if they too
had copies of my photos. I managed to track down this Alan Lewis and
initially I asked if he was the photographer who supplied photos to various
newspapers here. He simply and (I thought) arrogantly replied, "Yes". When I
mailed him again and demanded to know why he had claimed one of my photos as
HIS and asked how he had obtained this photo in the first place, he did not
reply. I have mailed him since and he still won't reply. Any suggestions on
what I should do about this. I had no intention of trying to make money out
of this horrendous family tragedy and it makes me feel sick that this guy is
doing so!

Eugene

By the way, I am a wedding photographer and this was why I had so many
photos, as I covered two of these family weddings.


I would start by telling the newspaper who used the photo he
supplied that he sold them your photo without permission.
I'm assuming that you have evidence that the photo is yours,
in case he makes a legal issue of your complaint.