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Clever - I'd never considered the copyright approach. If they don't pay, you then have legitimate claim for a DMCA take-down.


Copyright law is fairly standard at an international level, DMCA is US specific, it's a layer on top of copyright law and isn't actually necessary in the majority of cases.

If you use a copyrighted material in a manner you're not licensed to do, you are committing copyright theft in most countries you'd do business with, and that is the legal infringement that would form your case.


True - just replace "DCMA take down notice" with "remedies for violating copyright".




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