Hi David,
Here is the last communications between myself and Instagram in full.
Hi,
Thanks for the detailed explanation of what I need to do next. I am happy to see that already most of my photos have been deleted from the account of the copyright violator.
I presume he is fed up of my comments on them and has deleted them himself.
My name and address follow
Derek Sands
33 Portland Crescent,
Dovercourt,
Harwich,
Essex CO12 3QH
United Kingdom.
Phone 44 01255 507017
email
[email protected] or
[email protected]I am an amateur Ship photographer who has several photos published and used by shipping companies such as Rickmers.
I was also a long time Webmaster on the specialist site Shipspotting.com which has over 2 million photos on.
My rights that have been violated is that my photos are being used without my permission and being claimed as the posters own work.
The basis for claiming legal rights is that I am the photographer of each of the images and these are my intellectual property.
Links for my photos which are still illegally on instagram posted by Nader Zahra
https://www.instagram.com/p/BOHo7f5htzF/?taken-by=nader_zahra&hl=enand my photo posted on Shipspotting.com
http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2583517https://www.instagram.com/p/BM_kUOuBbtn/?taken-by=nader_zahra&hl=enand my photo on Shipspotting.com
http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2571006There were at least another 10 images which have been recently removed.
However you will be receiving multiple copyright claims against this account as none of the photos are taken by the poster and most are copied from Shipspotting.co.
I will be contacting the owner of Shipspotting.com and the forum on the site contains already a thread pertaining to this multiple copyright violator. Members are being
advised to contact instagram direct.
I declare, under penalty of perjury, that all of the information contained in my notice is accurate and that the claimed use of my intellectual property described above, in the manner I have complained of, is not authorised by the rights owner, its agent or the law, and that I am the rights owner .
best regards
Derek Sands
Former Webmaster Shipspotting.com
The Instagram Team wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thank you for your report. We would like to help, but bear in mind that this channel is for reporting violations of your legal rights, such as copyright or trademark rights.
>
> If instead you want to report something that you think does not follow the Instagram Terms of Service (e.g. hacked accounts, impersonation accounts, hate accounts), please visit our Help Centre to learn how you can report this to Instagram:
>
>
https://help.instagram.com/372161259539444/>
> If you are contacting us to report a violation of your legal rights, we will be happy to follow up but will need the following additional information to process your report:
>
> - Your complete contact information, including your name, postal address and telephone number. (Please note that we regularly provide your contact information, including your name and email address, the name of your organisation or client who owns the right in question, and/or the contents of your report to the person who posted the content that you are reporting. You may wish to provide a professional or business email address for contact by users.)
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> - If you are acting on behalf of an entity or another person that is the holder of the legal rights, please identify that entity or person and describe your relationship to them (e.g. lawyer, agent).
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> - An explanation as to which legal rights you believe are being infringed or violated (e.g. trademark, copyright).
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> - Your basis for claiming those legal rights (e.g. trademark registration, a description of your copyrighted work).
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> - A link (URL) to each profile, photo or other item that you are reporting. If a link is not available, please provide a detailed description of where the content appears on Instagram, including the name of the person who posted it and the time that they posted it.
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> - An explanation of how you believe each of the pieces of content that you have identified violates the specific legal right(s) named above.
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> - A statement that you declare, under penalty of perjury, that all of the information contained in your notice is accurate and that the claimed use of your intellectual property described above, in the manner you have complained of, is not authorised by the rights owner, its agent or the law, and that you are the rights owner or are authorised to act on behalf of the rights owner.
>
> We take intellectual property rights seriously and will investigate this matter further upon receiving the requested information.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Instagram
>
> -----Original Message----
> From: Derek Sands (
[email protected])
> To: Facebook
> Subject: Copyright breaches by Nader-zahra
>
> Hi,
>
> This guy:-
>
>
https://www.instagram.com/nader_zahra/>
> Has several photos of mine and others taken from the Website Shipspotting.com of which I am the former Webmaster.
> I tried filing out your report form and which was easy but when I press send it says try later, I did so over several hours without success so guess its not working.
>
> Here is one of the breaches of copyright
>
>
https://www.instagram.com/p/BOZ0b74ByF8/?taken-by=nader_zahra>
> and the link to my photo on shipspotting.com
>
>
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.shipspotting.com_gallery_photo.php-3Flid-3D2590041&d=DgICaQ&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=_kx9Wq6EL1jZh3TG73jL_A&m=I3QnLn-Sjz3QMR0Ck_m9gN0gwLwbD69GzzvQKTJN7IA&s=7h2qoqrZURlFxlPQmlfhO-Gjwuv1XoHe4fC-uWZpk2I&e=> Having been through his profile it would seem none of the photos he has posted belong to him. Several are mine and there are many others from well known contributors
> on Shipspotting.com.
>
> I can detail them, all if you will respond. Please consider a ban for this member of Instagram.
>
> best regards
>
> Derek Sands
> Harwich,
> United Kingdom
> -----End Original Message-----
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