A $99 certified letter got a stolen logo pulled off Etsy in 11 days, now I can't decide if that's the move | Copyright Cop Shop - Freelance Forum - The Community for Independent Professionals
A $99 certified letter got a stolen logo pulled off Etsy in 11 days, now I can't decide if that's the move
Client stiffed me on a logo in April, then I found it on a sticker shop up on Etsy selling my exact art. I sent a DMCA takedown with screenshots and got nothing back for two weeks. So I paid $99 to mail a certified demand letter to the shop owner with the invoice and my contract attached. Eleven days later the listing was gone and they paid the invoice too, all $650. Now here's the split I keep going back and forth on. Paying for a letter feels like a scam some days, but free takedowns keep getting ignored. So do you pay for the paper trail or keep firing off free forms until something sticks? Curious what has actually worked for other folks here.