Tennis,

You can investigate their ISP - if it's a US-based one, a takedown notice
should be honored.

If their ISP is not based in the US, then there is little you can do. I
would send a takedown notice anyway.You can try contacting a lawyer to see
if they will take your case without a retainer, but that usually doesn't
happen unless there is a promise of big bucks.

Next I would start sending letters to all of the orchid societies in Europe
stating that this business is using your photos without permission. Shame
works well sometimes. =)

A post to the international Orchid Guide Digest mailing list might produce
some results - you could probably just re-send the post below to them.

Good luck!

-Eric in SF
www.orchidphotos.org

"tennis maynard" wrote in message
...
Due to a sleep disorder I am often awake in the middle of the night and
often spend the time researching orchids on the web. Trichopilias are
often the subject; last night I discovered two photos of mine pirated from
my site and displayed (though now in black and white) on a commercial
website (based in Italy, I believe) as their stock photos. You can view
these he