Coral Springs office. Serving Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach.Coral Springs, Florida
866-310-6011Website photos
A photo on your website may have been copied from somewhere, bought under a license that doesn’t cover web use, or left there by a past web designer. Then a letter arrives asking you to pay for it. We list every image on your site, look up where each one shows up online, and sort them into three groups: source on record, check and replace. Then we replace the risky ones and keep a simple record of where every photo came from.
We look up where each photo shows up online and put it in one of three groups.
Example only, not a real client’s results.
Who it’s for
Any small business with a website. Especially sites built by a past web designer, sites that used photos from Google searches or “free” photo sites, and businesses that bought stock photos years ago.
Why this matters
Taking a photo down doesn’t erase it. Copies of old pages can stay in web archives, so a photo you removed can still be found.
WHAT THE LAW ALLOWS
U.S. copyright law lets a court award $750 to $30,000 for each work used without permission, and up to $150,000 if the use was willful. A court decides the amount. This applies to registered works, and the law has rules on when the registration had to happen.
A SMALLER WAY TO CLAIM
The U.S. Copyright Office runs the Copyright Claims Board, a small-claims board for copyright claims up to $30,000. Taking part is voluntary.
We are not lawyers and we don’t give legal advice. If you already got a letter, talk to an attorney before you pay, reply or ignore it. A reverse image search can miss photos or match the wrong one. We can’t promise that no one will ever send you a claim, and removing a photo doesn’t undo past use.
How it works
We start with a list of every image on your site: the photos on your pages and the files in your media library. Then we find out where each one came from, and what proof you have.
Already have a web designer? We can work alongside them. You don’t have to replace anyone.
We list every image on your pages and in your media library, then run a reverse image search on each one to see where else it shows up online.
“Source on record” means a license or your own photo, with proof. “Check” means the source is unclear. “Replace” means it is likely someone else’s photo. You get the sorted list in plain words.
We swap risky photos for licensed photos or your own, and remove the old files so they no longer load. Then we build a simple photo record, and a one-page photo rule for your staff and web designers.
What you can buy
Start with a check of every image. Replace what needs replacing. Add a recheck of new uploads every month or every quarter if you want one.
01 / CHECKStart here
Find out where every photo came from.
You get: a plain, sorted list of your photos.
02 / REPLACEThe fix
Photos you can show you have the rights to.
You get: a site without the photos in the replace group.
03 / RECORDKeep it clean
Proof of where each photo came from, in one place.
You get: a record you can show if someone asks about a photo.
The price depends on how many pages and images your site has, and how many photos need replacing. You get the price in writing after the free check.
Your photo record
A simple record in plain words, one line per photo.
Sample layout, not a real client’s results.
Every photo is listed with where it came from, the license, the date and the receipt or link.
Free 10-photo source check
Ask for a free 10-photo source check. We pick 10 photos from your home page and main pages, look up where each one shows up online, and send you a short, plain summary. No cost and no obligation. We don’t need any passwords and we don’t log in to your website.
If you want our help after that, you get what we’ll do, the timing and the price in writing before you pay anything.
We reply within one business day.
Prefer to write directly? Email info@othexcorp.com.
Tell us your website address and how to reach you. Please don’t send passwords.
Talk about website photosStraight answers
Plain answers about what a photo check can and can’t do.
Talk to an attorney before you pay, reply or ignore it. We are not lawyers and we don’t give legal advice. We can help with the website side: finding the photo, what records you have for it, and replacing it.
Not always. Removing a photo doesn’t undo past use. Copies of old pages can stay in web archives, so a photo you removed can still be found. Taking risky photos down still helps going forward, and we remove the old files so they no longer load from your site.
Who is responsible is a legal question for your attorney. What we can do is find out where each photo came from, and whether there is a license or receipt on record for it.
It may be. A photo showing up in a search doesn’t tell you who owns it or what you may do with it. We put those photos in “check” or “replace” until there is proof of where they came from.
It helps, but it can miss photos or match the wrong one. That is why a photo without proof goes in “check”, not “source on record”, and why we tell you what we found for each one.
Not for the free check. We only look at your public pages. For the full check we also list the files in your media library, so we ask for the access we need and nothing more. Please don’t send passwords in the form or by email.
The free check costs nothing. The full check, the replacements and any recheck are quoted after it. The price depends on how many pages and images your site has. You get the price in writing before you pay anything.