Copyright Policy

Last updated: September 29, 2026

Photosites exists to help people find and hire photographers, so we care a lot about photographers' rights. Your photos are your work. This page explains how we handle copyright and how to reach us if something isn't right.

Photosites is operated by Corey Potter ("Photosites," "we," "us").

How we treat photographers' work

You keep your copyright. Being listed on Photosites never transfers ownership of your photos.
Credit and a link back. Photos we collect for unclaimed listings are credited to the photographer and link back to their website or the page where we found the photo. Photos a photographer uploads themselves don't carry that credit link, and once you claim your profile, you control how your photos are presented.
Smaller copies. When we collect a portfolio or profile photo for a listing, we save a resized copy no larger than 1,200 pixels on its longest side. Photos a photographer uploads themselves are saved at up to 2,000 pixels. Either way, we remove location and other camera metadata and keep the copyright and artist fields if the photo has them.
No AI training, no selling. We do not use photographers' images to train AI models, and we don't sell or license them. Our AI features send text only, never image files. Public profile pages can be read by search engines and AI assistants, like any public web page.
We respect opt-outs when we build listings. When PhotositesBot collects information and photos to build a listing, it follows robots.txt and stops at noai / noimageai signals. See photosites.com/bot.

The easiest route for photographers

If the photos are yours and they're on your own listing, you usually don't need a legal notice:

Claim your listing (it's free). You can then delete individual photos, or hide or delete the whole listing from your dashboard. Deleting a photo deletes its stored file. Deleting your listing deletes your profile and photo files and adds your website's domain to our do-not-add list.
Or ask us to remove it without claiming. Open "Suggest an edit" on the profile, choose "This is me — remove my listing," and confirm you own the website. We then delete the listing's photo files, hide the listing, and add your domain to our do-not-add list.

We won't re-add listings for domains on our do-not-add list.

A formal copyright notice is always available to you, and it's the right tool when, for example, your photo appears on someone else's listing.

Sending a copyright takedown notice

If you believe material on Photosites infringes a copyright you own or are authorized to act for, email a written notice to our copyright contact (below). Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), your notice should include:

Your signature. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or someone authorized to act for them.
The work. Identification of the copyrighted work you believe is infringed. If there are several, a representative list is fine.
The material on Photosites. Identification of the material you believe is infringing and want removed, with enough detail for us to find it. The listing's web address and a description of the specific photo(s) work best.
Your contact information. Your name, mailing address, phone number, and email address.
A good-faith statement. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the material isn't authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
An accuracy statement. A statement that the information in your notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the owner's behalf.

When we receive a complete notice, we'll act promptly to remove or disable access to the material, and we'll make a reasonable effort to let the person who provided it know. If your notice is missing something, we'll tell you what we need.

Sending a counter-notice

If material you provided was removed and you believe that was a mistake or a misidentification, you can send a counter-notice to our copyright contact. Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3), it should include:

Your signature. A physical or electronic signature.
The removed material. Identification of the material that was removed or disabled, and where it appeared before it was removed.
A good-faith statement under penalty of perjury. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed or disabled because of a mistake or misidentification.
Your contact information and consent to jurisdiction. Your name, address, and phone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the judicial district where your address is located (or, if your address is outside the United States, any judicial district in which Photosites may be found), and that you'll accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice or their agent.

When we receive a valid counter-notice, we'll send a copy to the person who sent the original notice. If they don't tell us within 10 business days that they've filed a court action to keep the material down, we may restore it within 10 to 14 business days after receiving your counter-notice.

Repeat infringers

In appropriate circumstances, we will disable or close the accounts of users who repeatedly infringe others' copyrights. We may also remove listings or content we believe are infringing, even without a formal notice.

Our copyright contact

Send copyright notices and counter-notices to:

Corey Potter, Photosites
Email: corey@photosites.com

Please put "Copyright notice" in the subject line. For corrections, claiming, or anything else, use "Suggest an edit" on the listing or our contact page.

Please be accurate

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), anyone who knowingly and materially misrepresents that material is infringing, or that it was removed by mistake, can be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees. If you're not sure whether something infringes your rights, consider talking to a lawyer before sending a notice.

Questions

If you're not sure which route is right for you, just ask. Email corey@photosites.com and we'll point you in the right direction.