Legal Question in Intellectual Property in New York

A graffiti 'artist' and his lawyer is asking for a settlement after I published a photo on Zazzle.com that I took of a vandalized public wall in New York with his (and others) graffiti on it. Unknown to me he had copyrighted his image. I sold one item with the image of the graffiti wall on it,making $3.46. Image has now of course been removed. But his lawyer are threatening me and told me to pay $200 plus legal fees, or it goes further.


Asked on 12/03/15, 11:55 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Frank Natoli Natoli-Legal, LLC

The odds that they would engage in what would be federal litigation over this is slim to none. Doing nothing is certainly a valid strategy. Before you do anything further, I strongly suggest you discuss the facts over with a lawyer in private.

If you would like to discuss further over a free phone consult, feel free to contact me anytime that is convenient.

Our firm is now referred by the American Bar Association (see under the New York section):

http://www.americanbar.org/groups/delivery_legal_services/resources/programs_to_help_those_with_moderate_income.html

Kind regards,

Frank

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Answered on 12/04/15, 8:07 am


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