hello
i need some advice about copyright infringements. one of my photo was used as a wallpaper on a brand new mobile phone which was produced by a very well known and famous company all over the world.( i am not writing the brand for now).
now anyone who writes mobile phone's name and wallpaper og google he/she can download my photo from a lot of websites.
this photo was only available on istock and it wasnt sold with an extended licence. it has only has regular downloads.
also similar image with a model was available on istock, shutterstock, FT and DT. it was sold with a model on shutterstock with single and other download.
questions are, is it legal to use it as a wallpaper on a mobile phone which is sold all over the world? i think it must not be legal.
and can it be used as wallpaper deleting the model and chancing the image and use it as wallpaper?
i wrote to istock and they didnt help me. their answer was short like that "As we have no way to confirm that this file has been attained from our site, since you are a non-exclusive contributor, unfortunately we cannot contact this party on your behalf. and bla bla"
i also send mail to shutterstock and they didnt respond.
is there anyone has a similar issue and what can you advice me? do i have to contact with the company via e mail or send them a mail with national post office?