&gt; And then you threatened legal action to get them to take down an image that you yourself posted?<p>Why not?  If he owned the rights to the image, it&#x27;s use was contingent on his approval, absent any other agreement.  The only reason it required a a legal notice is because they locked him out of the account he used that had rights to change it.<p>This is no different than offering to let the office use your ping pong table, then getting fired and having your building access revoked.  If the business refused to return the ping pong table, which was in use contingent upon your and the businesses approval, they have essentially stolen your property.  Feel free to substitute any other item item (such as fridge, chair, <i>computer hardware or servers</i>...) for the ping pong table in that example.