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They are a fraud company that uses extortion practices with CopyTrack. My developer bought a stock image from Depositphotos site so he sued it I was unaware whether ist paid or free o idea but one day they mailed me and demanding and threatening me for money, first I apologies them thought my developer made anything wrong and removed that image but after few days my developer replied me and told that the image was already licensed in our company name and we can use it lifetime. So I added back that image on our site but till now everyday they keep threatening for money or they will file a case against us. They belong to jail, so avoid them at all costs.

Terrible extortion company. Constantly flagging my clients from 13+ years ago. Many of these stock image websites have been bought out it's very tough to find the license. They have been batting ZERO with me as I've found all of the licenses. But they keep going to waste my time.
it's as if they're doing it as a way to promote their own website.

They are a scam company that uses extortion practices in tandem with CopyTrack. They belong in jail, so avoid them at all costs.

TERRIBLE!
SCAMMERS use COPYTRACK to get money for images they were giving out for free.
They should be thrown in jail for FRAUD!

Tentano di lucrare sul nulla cosmico. Pretendete risarcimenti di foto acquistate regolarmente e minacciate di intraprendere azioni basate sul nulla. Yay, dovete trovare migliori modi per fare soldi.

Extremely frustrating experience. I am receiving repeated copyright infringement demands regarding images that were legally licensed through Envato Elements.

Despite having a valid source for the images, the emails and demand letters keep coming. Instead of properly verifying whether an image was legally licensed, they appear to send repeated copyright claims and expect the recipient to prove everything afterwards.

This kind of aggressive copyright enforcement feels like spam and creates unnecessary stress for people who have legitimately obtained their images.

I would not recommend YAY Images based on this experience.

Participates in making false allegations with Copytrack.

I am continuously receiving demand letters accusing me of copyright violations from Copytrack for YAY Images even though these are images that I either purchased through Adobe or generated using our AI Image Generator in house. These people are frauds and scammers. Beware ! do not answer them !

Be extremely careful with this vendor. I legally bought a photo on PhotoDune years ago, and now I am receiving copyright infringement notices and threat letters from Copytrack on behalf of YayImages for that exact same image.

Instead of maintaining accurate licensing records, they let third-party enforcement bots harass people who legitimately licensed their content. It’s a complete waste of time and an absolute nightmare for innocent buyers. Avoid them unless you want legal threats for photos you actually paid for!

YAY Images mi accusa di aver utilizzato una loro immagine senza licenza, ma l’immagine contestata non compare in alcun punto dei miei siti. Nonostante questa evidenza, vengo bombardato da email di Copytrack che pretende un pagamento. Ho fornito prove dettagliate che tutte le immagini presenti sul mio sito sono state acquistate regolarmente da Shutterstock, ma le richieste continuano, ignorando completamente la documentazione inviata. Un comportamento aggressivo, poco trasparente e profondamente scorretto.

Once a minor image stock company. With new Hong Kong based owners, a front for systematic scam activity via the infamous German ”Copytrack” operation (at present under the name RD Legal GmbH). Tries to frighten people and companies to pay, by making false copyright infringement claims. Avoid like the plague!

Never even heard of YayImages until getting threatening emails from CopyTrack demanding payment for license infringement. Even after providing image license downloads from Deposit Photos, still sending garbage claims. Shame on you - scum sucking bottom feeders.

Ho ricevuto una richiesta di risarcimento per un'immagine che non ho preso da questo sito perché ho sempre e solo utilizzato foto in Creative Commons Zero (CC0). chiedere soldi per qualcosa ingiustamente non è onesto! FRODE!

Through Copytrack they tried to scam a client of ours into paying them for an image we provided them with a legal license. The email Yay Images had Copytrack send said literally (in Italian): "the holder of the image rights declares that they have not granted you consent for reproduction".

We had a legal license, rights had been granted, the statement was knowingly false (they have no way of preemptively knowing if we have a license or not) and clearly made to try and get money from people who don't know how to deal with these issues. If you're a creator and use this platform, know that it reflects on you.

Warning: This site is a scam under the guise of selling images, whatever they offer you don't easily believe it. I have been a contributor on this site for more than 5 years and have not gotten anything from them. They also took something that was rightfully mine. Their way of cheating is disgusting! This site is very dangerous for buyers and contributors who want to sell their work. Hopefully this information is useful

Achtung an alle Fotografen!
Hier keine Fotos hochladen. Das Geld für die Fotoverkäufe wird einem nicht mehr gutgeschrieben.

Ich bin von PantherMedia zu Yayimages gekommen.
Am Anfang hat alles noch gut geklappt. Aber seit einigen Monaten bekommt man das Geld für Fotoverkäufe nicht mehr gutgeschrieben.
Anfang März habe ich Yayimages angeschrieben, dass ich seit November keine Fotoverkäufe gutgeschrieben bekommen habe.
Fast 14 Tage später die Antwort, dass sie das überprüfen.
Fast einen Monat später, erfolgten die Gutschriften, für November 25, Januar und Februar 26

Jetzt ist Juni und ich habe weder den Dezember 25 noch die Monate ab März 26 bekommen.

Seit Februar lade ich auch keine neuen Fotos mehr zum verkaufen bei Yayimages hoch.
Die sollen begreifen, nicht wir Fotografen sind von denen abhängig - sondern die von uns!

YayImages and Copytrack extorted my elderly father over a photo my father himself took!! My father sent them almost $1000 to try to get them to leave him alone. He was an older man on a fixed retirement income and made his own website using his own photos he had taken. Extorting that money caused him financial harm which impacted his ability to get healthcare. Their incessant scamming and harassing emails caused my poor sweet dad considerable emotional and physical stress and he died shortly after. He truely agonized over this and became even sicker at the idea of being sued by "the Republic of Germany" or whatever bullshit nonsense was in those emails. He was very confused and scared from these emails. Criminals!!!!!!! Someone needs to sue the sh*t out of these people!!!!!! After he died I saw the emails you sent to him and it was DISGUSTING how you scammed him!!!!!!!

I april 2026 mottok vårt selskap et "authorisation request" fra COPYTRACK (nå registrert som RD Legal GmbH) på vegne av "YayImages", angående et bilde som hadde ligget på en porteføljeside på nettsiden vår siden 2018. Vi ble raskt presentert for betalingsalternativer på €481,50 eller €350, med kort frist.

Da vi ba om grunnleggende dokumentasjon, bevis på at rettighetshaver faktisk eide opphavsretten, en verifiserbar rettighetskjede fra opprinnelig opphavsperson, originalbildet med metadata, forklaring av beregningsmetode, og avklaring av jurisdiksjonsgrunnlag (deres mandat var uttrykkelig "begrenset til Forbundsrepublikken Tyskland", samtidig som de fremmet krav mot et norsk selskap), ble svaret avslørende.

Nøkkelproblemer vi observerte:

1. Rettighetshaver i den første henvendelsen ("YayImages") var en annen enn rettighetshaver i dokumentasjonen som senere ble fremlagt ("DOUBLESIX LTD.", et selskap i Hong Kong med ufullstendig adresse). Ingen forklaring på denne uoverensstemmelsen.

2. Beløpene som ble krevd var internt inkonsistente (€481,50 ett sted, €374,50 et annet) i samme dokument.

3. Cesjonen av kravet til RD Legal GmbH var datert to dager før første kontakt, noe som tyder på at saken var pakket for inkasso før noen mulighet til å verifisere lisens var tilbudt.

4. Den angivelige "opphavspersonen" var kun identifisert med et brukernavn, uten verifiserbar identitet eller underliggende lisensavtale.

5. Et omvendt bildesøk (TinEye) ga 49 forekomster av bildet på 23 stock-plattformer, først indeksert i august 2013, lenge før vår bruk. Samme bilde tilbys i dag for lisensiering hos bl.a. Alamy. Dette gjorde enhver påstand om eksklusive rettigheter praktisk umulig å opprettholde.

6. Gjentatte spørsmål om jurisdiksjonsgrunnlaget for et tysk krav mot et norsk selskap ble ignorert i flere svar.

7. Svar fra COPYTRACK besto i stor grad av generiske trusler om "partner law firms" og "betydelig høyere kostnader" istedenfor substansielle svar på dokumenterte innsigelser.

Uavhengig juridisk kommentar fra praktiserende advokater (blant annet en tysk advokat som mottok nøyaktig samme malbrev og samme "Confirmation of ownership"-dokument signert av samme Hong Kong-representant) beskriver dette som en automatisert, masseprodusert forretningsmodell som retter seg mot mottakere som sannsynligvis ikke kan fremlegge lisensdokumentasjon fra mange år tilbake.

Mitt råd til andre bedrifter: Ikke betal i panikk. Krev full dokumentasjon på rettighetskjeden, reis jurisdiksjonsspørsmålet, og dokumenter all korrespondanse nøye. Mange mottakere har faktisk lisensiert bilder lovlig, men kan ikke lett bevise det årevis senere, og den sårbarheten ser ut til å være sentral i hvordan denne virksomheten opererer.

Yay had their extortion team at Copytrack come after me over an image from Adobe stock photos. Yay you don't own all images everywhere! You've earned your 1 star standing.

Paid 25 euro for 50 credits, never got the credits I paid for.