Many photographers use image search technology, which makes it relatively straightforward to crawl the web to find copies of images that are being used without permission, to legitimately enforce their rights.
Lawsuits filed on behalf of Verch in the US threaten alleged infringers with damages of up to a statutory maximum of $150,000 each. In the US, Verch works with a controversial lawyer, Richard Liebowitz, dubbed a “copyright troll” by a US judge for filing more than 1,120 copyright suits. But Marco Verch has developed the activity in sophisticated ways. They are among the victims of an elaborate copyright enforcement scheme that has led a German marathon runner and photographer to seek up to $4.5m in legal penalties from individuals and companies in the US alone, a joint investigation by Computer Weekly and Süddeutsche Zeitung reveals.Ĭopyright trolling – the enforcement of copyright claims for money through threat and litigation – is nothing new.
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