Legal action?
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- SirLawrence0
it's blatant for sure, but this you already know - and keep hearing from us :-P
Send then both an official legal letter, drafted by a lawyer. Attach your invoice with it, and offer them to pay within x amount of days, or take out the visual, or with a legal follow up.Usually it gets resolved once the legal threat comes in, and once you have a lawyer in your corner. At least that is the experience I have - though I am fortunate not to be THAT experienced in it. In our case a client fired us of a project, stating we didn't deliver the requested quality, only for them to use the designs in-house and have the packaging and pop executed the same way we designed it. Our first - friendly - contacts fell on deaf ears. We then got our shit together, went to a lawyer, gave them the ultimatum, and the suckers paid.
If you word it strong enough to let them know it is not going to go away, and your actions are not just talk, they will listen and react. They don't want to go to court over this.
Contacting myspaces is not a bad idea either, but more to inform them of the situation and that they may have a lawyer contacting them for info regarding your lawsuit. That will wake up a few people there too. Owh, and keep it civil - don't fall into the trap of fingerpointing and accusations. Bad vibe, plus you know you are right.
Ask around for junior lawyers - they'd love cases like this as it is clear winner. Work out a deal where he or she takes a commission from your royalty fee (of course - bump up your fee as to include it)
go get 'm