Originally Posted by RawAlex

Sorry, but let me repeat:

"(c) using images from a sponsor where the sponsor may not have rights to allow reuse or use by others,"

The only assurance you have that the images are being used legally is the claims by the sponsor. If perfect10 dude is making claims with no backing, well, then hegre or whoever needs to get after him. There is no way as an affiliate of hegre that you can be aware or or party to the agreements that may have been made between these two organizations. Perfect10 would appear to be claiming that third party use was not part of their arrangement, or that perfect10 does not clearly understand that those uses would be. It would be up to Hegre to contact google and inform them that the perfect10's claim on those images are NOT correct, and that they should disregard the DMCA claim.

As a third party, you don't know. Complain to the sponsor don't complain to google - you have no standing.

Alex