I’ve written about my run-ins with Copytrack, a scam organization that extorts money from website owners by hitting them with false copyright infringement complaints for images from stock photo libraries.

I have an intellectual property attorney, the wonderful Leonard Duboff of the Duboff Law Group, who I recommend without hesitation to anyone in need of an IP attorney; he’s awesome.

When I first received a demand email from Copytrack, I knew instantly it was a scam; they were complaining about an image that I licensed from Depositphotos, with whom I have a subscription. I informed them I was represented by counsel, gave them my lawyer’s contact information, told them I would not be acknowledging any additional complaints that did not come through my attorney from a lawyer who was a member of the Oregon Bar Association and licensed to practice law in the state of Oregon, and assumed that would be the end of the matter.

David Attenborough voice: “That was not, in fact, the end of the matter.”

Copytrack continued to bombard me with fake copyright claims, in violation of Oregon RPC 4.2, which forbids opposing counsel from contacting anyone represented by an attorney.

Copytrack is clearly, egregiously, grossly, and repeatedly in violation of Oregon RPC 4.2, so I have shifted track.

I sent them a notification that as they were in violation of RPC 4.2, for each individual email they sent me, I would invoice them the sum of $1,800 US.

They emailed me again. I sent them an invoice for $1,800.

This morning, I woke to an email from a Copytrack lawyer telling me he didn’t think they should have to pay me in order to contact me.

I reminded him once again that I am represented by counsel, that by contacting me directly he was in violation of Oregon RPC 4.2, and…

…sent him another invoice for an additional $1,800.

For the record, I’m not joking. It is absolutely my intent to collect on these invoices, using all available avenues to the full extent of the law. If these fuckers think they can scam people out of money with fraudulent copyright requests, I intend to give them a nose full of bees.