One of my goals as a photographer was to win the EarthShots.org "Photo of the Day" contest. It's an honor because each day's photo is incredible and they have a very wide reach.
TODAY, my photo "The Crack" is the Earth Shots "Photo of the Day!"
http://www.earthshots.org/2015/03/the-crack-by-mike-zampelli/
So I found that an image of mine has been used by a MAJOR company in one of their employee training products without my permission. Anyone know a good copyright lawyer?
EDIT: Disregard. Got a call from their legal dept this morning. I'd expected a simple cease and desist, but they offered to pay me my normal single-use electronic media license fee of $500 bones instead.
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https://www.facebook.com/events/1565503627063630/
a group photography show featuring works by 16 Los Angeles based photographers- Sebastian, Dave Naz, Mike Zampelli, James Stark, Dave Markey, Leva Ann, Krk Dominguez, Don Lewis, Eddie Ruvalcaba, Angela Ratzlaff, Greg Jacobs, Rafa Cardenas, Dan Rowes, Maggie St Thomas, Antonio Garcia & John Gilhooley.
A buddy invited me to show a photo at his show. I'm bringing "The Crack"
sweet, i'll try to make it!
You make me sick Luc Skybomba!
But in a good way....