Quick copyright question.

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I have only just joined this forum so I hope that you don't mind me hitting you with a question straight away that I would like some thoughts and opinions on.
I took a photograph a couple of years ago which I was quite proud of so I used that photo to create a personal avatar for myself to use on shooting forums. As the original photographer and owner of the photo it is my understanding that i naturally own the copyright to the photo in question. If that is the case would I own the copyright to the avatar that I created from that photo?
If I do own the copyright to that personal avatar then where do I stand if someone else is found to be using that avatar without my permission and refuses to stop using it when asked to by me please? Maybe I should add that I have never given anyone permission (Verbally or otherwise) to use this photo or the avatar in question.

This might seem a little trivial but the avatar in question is personal to me.
 
Yes you own the rights to the image. If the user is refusing to remove it then contact the site webmaster/owner.
 
There is topics/ articles on this forum about copywrite some place, I remember seeing reading it. If I find it I will post a link to it :)

I did take a couple of very basic snap shots a few years ago, and these were of people or subjects that meant something to me. I did think what if others copied the images, what would I or could I do! The answer is probably not a lot, there will always be somebody that copies images, even a simple screen grab.

So I simply did not post those images to the interent, I kept them safely on my own hard drive. Once images are on the net, they are there forever !
 
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You own the copyright to the original image, and that gives you rights over any use of that image, including the avatar. Contact the webmaster/site owner as a previous poster suggested, and advise him/her that the image is copyright.
 
I am a member of quite a few shooting forums, just contact the mods and i am sure they will deal with it for you :)
 
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