Someone on a wordpress site is using my photographs without my consent

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    rmacgc · Member ·

    A site hosted by wordpress is using my photographs without my consent and I was wondering if this is legal in the UK?

    I don’t have a site with WordPress.com yet

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    dragstor · Member ·

    Hello!

    I suggest referring to this DMCA guide for more details on your options:

    WP
    Copyright and the DMCA
    in WordPress.com Support
    2 min read
    The creator of original material (text, images, songs, etc) has copyright over that material; this is the right to decide who can use that material, as well as where and when that use is authorized. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (or DMCA for short) is a US federal law that allows copyright holders to remove unauthorized uses of their copyrighted materials, and protects online service provid

    Additionally, you can check this guide we have on the Copyright Infringement:

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    Copyright Infringement – What to Do
    in WordPress.com Support
    4 min read
    Bloggers, writers, poets, photographers, and other types of content creators sometimes have their content unlawfully copied and reproduced without permission. We understand the value of intellectual property, and will take immediate action to ensure your rights are protected should the culprit be a site hosted on WordPress.com. However, if the subject of the complaint is on a website hosted elsewh

    Ultimately, if you’d like to report that WordPress.com site, please visit this link:

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    Report a Site
    in WordPress.com Support
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    If you find a site that violates our User Guidelines or Terms of Service, we want you to let us know about it. Please understand that we don’t always respond to these reports, but every single one is read (by a real human being), and the reported site is reviewed accordingly. More importantly, please note that the team behind WordPress.com strongly believes in freedom of speech. WordPress.com h
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