A copyright owner has the exclusive rights: - to produce copies or reproductions of the work and to sell those copies (including, typically, electronic copies) - to import or export the work - to create derivative works(works that adapt the original work) - to perform or display the work publicly - to sell or assign these rights to others - to transmit or display by radio or video. Clearly, this person who is displaying photo images of your murals, is infringing your copyright. You should immediately advise the infringer that you own the copyright to the murals, your copyrights are being infringed by these photos, you would like the photos removed, and you will enforce your rights against this person if they are not removed immediately. Unless you have already done so, you should immediately register your mural with the U.S. Copyright Office. You can do this yourself, and you can register all of your murals together in a single registration. The forms are available online. Once the works have been registered, if the photos have not been removed, find counsel to represent you and have counsel proceed to notify the infringer one last time before you file suit.
Answered on Jul 03rd, 2013 at 9:22 AM