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Got email from CopyTrack company with this:

We, COPYTRACK, are writing to you on behalf of our client YayImages, whose licence and image rights, limited to the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, we are protecting here. Our local legal partners will take care of this abroad.

Our customer has informed us that Bright Night may be using an image/images (hereinafter referred to as "image material") without permission. In any case, our customer could not find a licence for the subsequent use by you:

Rights holder: YayImages
Image found on: your website url
Online Since: August 10, 2025

Images are regularly protected by copyright and infringements can lead to claims for damages in the country where they were used without a valid licence.

On behalf of our customer, we would first like to establish whether you have permission or a valid licence to use the image material for the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany. If you have a corresponding licence to use the image material, please reply to this e-mail and enclose appropriate proof (e.g. licence agreement, invoice, etc.).

Please reply to this e-mail by October 13, 2026.

If you do not have a licence or do not respond to this e-mail within the deadline, we must initially assume that your use of the image may constitute a copyright infringement in the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany and you could then be legally obliged to compensate our customer for any damage resulting from such use. Our local legal partners abroad will review this.

3 steps to solving your case

In order to clarify this case and, if necessary, resolve it amicably, we ask for your cooperation. Please carry out the following steps:

1. Check
Check the facts of this case by clicking on https://portal.copytrack.com. Enter the CASE ID 2B4AE7.

2. Proof
Send us or upload proof of your licence and if it is valid, we will close your case immediately.

If you do not have a valid licence:

3. Compensation / Licence
You now have the following 2 options:

Option 1: Purchase of a subsequent image licence (includes previous and future use for one year after purchase).
Option 2: Compensation (includes the previous use and requires the immediate deletion of the image material).

Image licence (valid for 1 year from date of purchase): 481.50 €
Compensation costs (past usage): 350.00 €

Payment is due by October 22, 2026.

Payments for both options can be made securely online at https://portal.copytrack.com by entering the CASE ID 2B4AE7.

We accept PayPal, credit cards and bank transfer.

These licence fees are calculated on the basis of the licence history provided to us by our customer, the duration of use and the type of infringement.

If you do not respond to this email or do not take either of the two options, we will refer your case to one of our partner lawyers for further examination and possible enforcement of our customer's rights. This will result in further costs.

Yours Sincerely,
COPYTRACK

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