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Identification of the company that operates this website and of the people responsible for its content.

Last updated October 28, 2026
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Website operator

This website is operated by:

Company
Atlantic Image Defense LLC
Legal form
Limited liability company (LLC), State of New York
Registration
DOS ID 7924876 · Filing Number 260526002009
Postal address
54 State Street, Ste 804, PMB 17418, Albany, NY 12207, United States
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Represented by

William Will Parker, Managing Director.

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Contact

You can reach us by phone, by e-mail or through the contact form on this website.

Phone
+1 (347) 853-8625
E-mail
contact@atlantic-image-defense.com
Contact form
atlantic-image-defense.com/contact
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Responsible for content

William Will Parker, Managing Director, at the postal address above.

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Copyright and personal data

Copyright matters and data protection requests have their own dedicated addresses. The applicable procedures are described in our DMCA copyright policy and our privacy policy.

Copyright
copyright@atlantic-image-defense.com
Data protection
privacy@atlantic-image-defense.com
DMCA copyright policy
atlantic-image-defense.com/dmca-copyright-policy
Privacy policy
atlantic-image-defense.com/privacy
Atlantic Image Defense LLC

Atlantic supports photographers and rights holders with image monitoring, evidence organization, licensing review and responsible case preparation.

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Company

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Contact

ATLANTIC IMAGE DEFENSE LLC
54 State Street, Ste 804
PMB 17418
Albany, NY 12207
United States

+1 (347) 853-8625 contact@atlantic-image-defense.com privacy@atlantic-image-defense.com copyright@atlantic-image-defense.com
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© 2026 ATLANTIC IMAGE DEFENSE LLC. All rights reserved. Active company registered in New York under DOS ID 7924876, Filing Number 260526002009.

Made in United States of America CCB.gov - Copyright Claims Board

COPYRIGHT CLAIMS BOARD
P.O. Box 70400
Washington, D.C. 20024-0400
(202) 707-3000 or
1 (877) 476-0778 (toll-free)

Are you a photographer, an authors’ representative or an image distribution platform? Copyright in a photograph arises when it is created and belongs to its author from the outset, with no formalities. Registration is not a condition of protection: in the United States (17 U.S.C. §§ 102(a), 201(a) and 408(a)); in the more than 180 states party to the Berne Convention, across the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania (Art. 5(2)); in the member countries of the World Trade Organization, which must apply these rules under the TRIPS Agreement (Art. 9(1)), or in those that have joined the WIPO Copyright Treaty (Art. 3).

Registration with the U.S. Copyright Office becomes useful, or even necessary, in specific cases: for a U.S. work, it is required before any action in federal court (§ 411(a)); a registration application is required to bring a claim before the Copyright Claims Board (§ 1505); made before the infringement or within three months of publication, it makes statutory damages and attorney’s fees available (§ 412); made within five years of publication, it creates a presumption that the copyright is valid (§ 410(c)).

ATLANTIC IMAGE DEFENSE can be mandated for either service, each handled separately: defending your photographs, which always begins with an amicable approach to the user; registering your works, carried out directly with the U.S. Copyright Office under a mandate signed beforehand, within that office’s own timeframes. ATLANTIC IMAGE DEFENSE is not affiliated with the Copyright Office or the CCB. Register a work with the U.S. Copyright Office

In the United States, copyright in a photograph generally lasts for the author’s life plus 70 years (17 U.S.C. § 302(a)); the Berne Convention sets a minimum of life plus 50 years (Art. 7(1)), which the WIPO Copyright Treaty extends to photographs (Art. 9).