Not ones claiming that he is an attorney that represents the photographer.

An authorized representative does not have to be an attorney

No, but who cares what non-attorneys have to say about legal matters? Anyone that settles a claim asserted by a non-attorney is nuts.

> Anyone that settles a claim asserted by a non-attorney is nuts.

Going by how many people fall for the most stupid of spam mails, that's gotta be a billion-dollar industry too, then.

Spam emails assert legal claims like copyright infringement? News to me.

> ORDERED that pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90, effective immediately, the respondent, Richard P. Liebowitz, shall continue to desist and refrain from (1) practicing law in any form, either as principal or as agent, clerk, or employee of another, (2) appearing as an attorney or counselor-at-law before any court, Judge, Justice, board, commission, or other public authority, (3) giving to another an opinion as to the law or its application or any advice in relation thereto, and (4) holding himself out in any way as an attorney and counselor-at-law; and it is further,

Is "I am an authorised representative for XYZ, and you are infringing on their copyright. Please pay us $xxxx or we will prosecute" "giving another an opinion as to the law"? I could see it being so.

No, such a request is not legal advice.

“You are infringing his copyright” is very much a legal opinion.