OK, guys, I need feedback on this one. I shot the American Rottweiler Club's National Specialty last month. The Winners Dog/Best Of Winners (WD/BOW) was handled by a particularly notorious handler who, along with his wife, I know very well.

Because of the importance of this event, I managed to get out all the major proofs within one week of the event. Just after the last set went out, I drove to Perry GA to shoot an advertising client's dog and I ran into the wife of the handler. She asked, rather snottily, whether I had gotten the proofs out yet. I told her (truthfully) that they had mailed the day before. Impressed, she told me the WD/BOW client had committed for several ad placements and would be ordering both prints and files for advertising within the next week.

The next week, I received word from the owner of WD/BOW that he would not be ordering any prints or files but wanted to pay for the proofs. I informed him that I would be delighted to sell him the proofs but that he could not use them for anything but an ordering device since they were low-res prints and did not include the official signage. He was somewhat offended that I would inform him of this but I explained the reality of usage rights and my conversation with his handler's wife and that ended the discussion.

Last week, I went on a web search and found the owner's website and, lo and behold, there were the images from the National with signs obviously stolen from the ARC website. And, I also found the same images on several websites of owners who were breeding to this dog.

So, my question to the forum is this: what would you do given the above circumstances? Clearly, this guy is trying to use the images from the National for his benefit (stud services run from $1,500 to $2,500) without paying for the images. What are the next steps for me from your perspective?

Jim