Copyright mafia: claims of over €4,000 for consumers using photos

Wednesday 15 April 2026, 20:02 by Elja Trum | 1,673 views | 1 comment

This article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.

I recently had a discussion in the comments about Copytrack (and similar) companies. I am not a fan, but some photographers use them to make money from their photos. Kassa happened to feature an item about this subject.

The amounts in this example are genuinely extremely high, but I already think hundreds of euros is a lot for use on hobby websites. Of course, as a photographer you do not want your photos to be used without permission either, but I do not think bringing in these kinds of companies is the best solution.

What do you think about this?
I would love to hear your opinions in the comments.

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Elja Trum is the founder of Photofacts and online photography course website Photofacts Academy. He has been writing about photography since 2006. Elja is also the author of (Dutch) books on composition, black-and-white photography, flash photography and portrait photography.

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Tom van Weerd wrote on Tuesday 21 April 2026 at 13:16 | reply
Well explained on Kassa. It is important that you mention the source with your article, as well as a general statement that if you cannot find an author, you ask them to identify themselves within a reasonable period. The right of quotation mentioned is also a good one.
Let the complainant also prove that they own or represent the rights in question. Never let yourself be intimidated (that is one of the reasons I studied law as a second degree) and otherwise let it go to court; whether they will actually pursue it is the question.
Translated from Dutch.

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