Excuse the misspelled words and grammar, this section have not been proof read by my wife yet.
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PicRights International Inc.
The same company. They just dropped the Ltd. Now it's International Inc.
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All 5 letters dated,
June 20th, 2022
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Here we go again, I felt like I'm in that movie called Groundhog's Day.
You know the one that the day never, never,never ends. That's how I'm feeling at this point-in-time.
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The first letter that I opened, June 2022:
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PicRights International Inc. on behalf of Agence France-Presse.
Image License Validation for Agence France-Presse - Reference Number: 3775-8875-0484 - West Saint Paul Antiques
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The letter goes on to say: Dear West Saint Paul Antiques, As an introduction, PicRights ("PicRights") provides licensing compliance services to third-party content owners, including Agence France-Presse. Please note that PicRights is not a law firm and I am not a lawyer.
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I'm a little confused at this particular point in time.
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I thought this was same letter that I received back in 2017. I looked for the old letters from PicRights Ltd, found them and compared them. The language changed a little but I realized that this was a new case. They were asking for more money. This time a total of $534. The letter goes on to say.
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At the end of this message, we've attached a visual reference of the imagery and its use on your website, social media or in media accessible from your website. To limit our impact on the environment, this letter may not include all of the proof of use. For the full copy of the image(s) in question and screenshots of usage on your website, we invite you to go online and visit the section "Imagery used on your website "via the following link: https://resolve.picrights.com/377588750484/ Password: 416918272 " I'm saying just Click Here "
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Exhibit A - Higbee & Associates, Claim Number: L60051
North High School Class of '66 Classmate Bill Lee webpage. Click here
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The photo in question was immediately removed from West Saint Paul Antiques website in June 2022. This particular photo came from one of my High School classmates for the High School Class website that I maintain on my website at West St Paul Antiques. There are 619 members of the class of '66. So as you can see there are 619 web pages on the West St Paul Antiques website. In fact I believe there are at least a thousand or more pages dedicated to my High School Class on this website. Sadly I'm doing more memorial pages than other things these days. I maintain these web pages not-for-profit. I was asked to volunteer by my High School Class president and I gladly volunteered back in 2010. The PicRights image in question is of the Sea of Galilee. I'm not sure where the photo came from, most likely Facebook, as my classmate Bill Lee was in that area around the Sea of Galilee several years ago. In fact a lot of my classmates have been to that area of the world.
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North High School was known as a Jewish High School back then. I have a few classmates living in Northern Israel today. The photo was removed immediately from my website and a tag placed in its place. Most photos on West St Paul Antiques website have a link to it, this one did not. So I placed a link on it so people can see what the photo looked like.
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I was not approached by PicRights again on this matter, not like the first time back in 2017.
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This letter from PicRights goes on to say,
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Please be aware that removal of the imagery alone will not resolve this issue. We also require payment of compensation in the amount of $534 for the past unauthorized usage of the imagery.
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