I'd suggest a few things:
1) Installing a hotlinking script for anyone that directly links to your images. If they link directly to your site when they rip you off, chances are they're taking your images as well.
2) Create a "bluff" letter. One of my clients has a son that's a lawyer, and any time this happens his son has a precompiled cease and desist letter (just a generic). He just changes the address, signs it, and in 95% of cases the letter is acknowledged and the offending content removed.
If someone keeps the content, the son sends off a second letter outlining the specific offenses and indicates that my client has a copy of his website on CD in a sealed, postmarked envelope which will show that his content was first.
It never goes further than that.
Note 1: If you do not have a son that's a lawyer, or a cheap one on retainer, you could always register a private domain name with GoDaddy under the name of a fake law firm (I'd suggest Manning, Brady and Brees) and host the site yourself for a couple of bucks a month. Then send the generic letter from the law firm.
Note 2: If you don't have a copy of your site on a CD in a sealed, postmarked envelope, get one. It's admissible evidence in court (it's supposed to be signed by a notary public, but I don't see how a sealed, postmarked envelope can be forged.)
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