General information—not legal advice. This draft does not create an attorney-client relationship, guarantee a result, or determine whether your use is lawful. Obtain qualified legal review before sending.
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Answer ten short questions about what you received and how the image appeared. You get a tailored no-admission draft letter, notes on your situation, and a list of evidence to gather — in about two minutes.

  1. 1 · AnswerPick the option that matches your records — “Not sure yet” is always an option, and the draft simply makes no claim on that point.
  2. 2 · ReviewRead the draft, your situation notes, and the evidence list.
  3. 3 · CopyCopy or download the letter, verify every fact, then have a lawyer review it.

This letter is built around your rights — disputing the claim, requesting the evidence, admitting nothing — and closes with a complete release or a withdrawal request. Read your rights →

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Question 1 of 10
What did you receive?

Formal legal process has hard deadlines and needs a lawyer, not a template — this question routes you safely.

Have you verified the sender is genuine?

Impersonation scams copy real demand letters. If you haven’t checked yet, the letter will ask the sender to prove who they are first.

How did the image get on the page?

Automated selection from the publisher’s own sharing tags is a different story than someone choosing the photo.

Where did the image bytes come from?

Check your network tab or ask your developer — this is the single most important technical fact. If any image proxy, optimizer, or CDN sits in front of your site, choose “Not sure yet.”

How was the image displayed?

Reduced-size thumbnails were central to the cases that favored fair use.

Did the display include the headline and a link to the original?

A headline + attribution + link makes the display a discovery card that sends readers to the source.

How long was the image displayed?

A claimant’s screenshot proves a moment, not a period. Assert a short display period only if your logs can show it.

Is the display still live?

Preserve evidence first, then consider disabling the image while keeping the headline and link — that is mitigation, not an admission.

What outcome are you working toward?

This only changes the closing request — everything else stays no-admission either way.

Add the details for your draft

Optional — anything you leave blank stays as a placeholder you can fill in later. Nothing is transmitted.