tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post946692931938804747..comments2024-03-26T10:41:35.852+00:00Comments on The 1709 Blog: Three little piecesMarie-Andree Weisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17125973798789498436noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post-69826137090328018842011-01-23T22:06:40.694+00:002011-01-23T22:06:40.694+00:00My father was a barrister. These sort of businesse...My father was a barrister. These sort of businesses sometimes 'automatically' respond to the rattling of the cage , that a solicitors letter makes. <br />Dos she have a friend who might swap a picture for a letter?John R walkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post-83265298088108177922011-01-19T22:29:08.835+00:002011-01-19T22:29:08.835+00:00The Bar Pro Bono Unit has been known to help in su...The Bar Pro Bono Unit has been known to help in such cases, but they only accept referrals from an agency such as the CAB, and of course they are quite stretched.<br /><br />A pro bono offering does seem (to me) like a good idea though. A simple copyright infringement case such as the one Jeremy describes should not be overly onerous and would be an order of magnitude simpler in terms of time and commitment than many cases handled on a regular basis by the Free Representation Unit.<br /><br />The main difficulty with any pro bono offering is costs, although with the possibility of awards in favour of the Access to Justice Foundation, at least an individual represented pro bono can make credible costs threats to their opponent, which is new.Francis Daveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10228026893626221724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post-81318448351479288942011-01-19T10:31:36.014+00:002011-01-19T10:31:36.014+00:00It is not uncommon for larger companies to take th...It is not uncommon for larger companies to take this approach because they know that the smaller business cannot afford to enforce their rights. There needs to be a pro bono offering for IP small businesses (such as this rights holder) who can get advice and support where they cannot afford lawyers fees or it would be disproportionate to do so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post-4191478767050885822011-01-17T14:00:26.714+00:002011-01-17T14:00:26.714+00:00It will not help for this case perhaps, but my adv...It will not help for this case perhaps, but my advice to this rights owner would be to authorise DACS to act for her; it is much more capable of pursuing an infringement than she is on her own.Tim Padfieldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post-15755025828299834002011-01-17T09:57:50.813+00:002011-01-17T09:57:50.813+00:00There would be a good argument that the defendant ...There would be a good argument that the defendant should pay 'additonal damages' (<a href="http://www.jenkins.eu/copyright-%28statutes%29%281%29/part-1-copyright-.asp#s97" rel="nofollow">CDPA section 97</a>) to compensate for the fact that she is having to spend such a lot of money to get any redress. That might make it worthwhile. But she'll probably still end up out of pocket.The Bright Sparkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16592887484444279014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post-2628944288246948922011-01-16T20:19:26.393+00:002011-01-16T20:19:26.393+00:00This behaviour used to be regular but now is less ...This behaviour used to be regular but now is less common. I suggest the lady sends an invoice for £50 as a standard charge for reproduction of her picture. If it is ignored she can then enter a claim in the Small Claims Court for non-payment; this is not for IP infringement but for an unpaid bill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com