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Originally Posted by carolina1951
Follow Up... I was able to contact the webmaster ? He says to bad for you.. and is holding me hostage... He says he will remove the photo for $50 ? What are my rights now... This is so wrong.... Am I in my rights to report him...
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You're not going to get anywhere by contacting the webmaster. You need to file the DMCA Takedown first no matter what else you decide to do. Any lawyer or court will require it as the first step. You have to prove you followed legal procedure to get a court to do anything.
I'm not allowed to give you legal advice because there is no established attorney-client relationship between us but if there were one I would tell you the same thing. Don't waste your time contacting the webmaster or the administrator or anyone else at the site.
File the DMCA. If the hosting or registrar fails to respond to the DMCA then you need to contact ICANN with the DMCA and have their registrar license pulled. It won't go that far unless the host is outside the United States.
If Namechaep is the registrar then follow the instructions here:
https://www.namecheap.com/legal/gene...mark-policies/