ImageClaim monitors the entire web for unauthorised use of your photos using Google Vision and TinEye, then generates CDPA 1988-compliant cease & desist letters and DMCA takedown notices in seconds.
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Built for UK photographers
Whether you shoot weddings in London, editorial portraits, travel photography, or commercial campaigns, your images are being used without permission across blogs, social media, and commercial websites worldwide.
ImageClaim's automated reverse image search monitors the entire web for unauthorised use of your photos, then generates CDPA 1988-compliant cease & desist letters and DMCA takedown notices in seconds.
Drag and drop your portfolio. We start monitoring immediately and alert you to any match within 24 hours.
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“I found my Shoreditch editorial shoot being used by a fashion brand on their website. ImageClaim found it, generated a CDPA-compliant C&D, and I received £2,800 in settlement.”
“As a wedding photographer in London I was worried about couples sharing my images on blogs without permission. ImageClaim caught three commercial uses I'd never have found myself.”
“The letters are so professional. They reference UK copyright law directly and the platform understood I needed UK-specific templates. Settled two cases without needing a solicitor.”
Common questions
Yes. Under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA), copyright in a photograph arises automatically from the moment of creation. As the photographer, you own the copyright unless you created it in the course of employment. Protection lasts for your life plus 70 years.
Yes. DMCA takedown notices apply to US-hosted platforms regardless of where the copyright owner is based. Since most major platforms (Google, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, WordPress.com) are US entities, you can file DMCA notices against infringing content on those platforms even from the UK.
UK courts award compensatory damages based on the licence fee you would have charged for the use, plus an uplift for the fact that no licence was agreed. Unlike the US, there are no statutory damages in the UK — amounts typically range from £150 to tens of thousands depending on the commercial value of the use and the infringer's means.
This Act means that sending groundless copyright threats (e.g., a C&D letter when no infringement has actually occurred) can expose you to a counterclaim. ImageClaim includes a good-faith review step and our AUP requires you only to send letters where you genuinely believe an infringement has occurred.
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