Hi,
My name is teresa and I had a little bit different problem here. Iām a web designer and Iām working on a website right now. I bought a wordpress theme on themeforest for this project and I wasnāt aware that the images that came in the demo site were RM Getty. I know them because Iāve been working on advertising for a long time. I rarely look for pictures in their site, since they are so expensive and my very small clients canāt afford a $500 picture. Even though Iām still working on the site I had it live because it easier to show my client the process. Yes I know, I wonāt have a site in development live ever again. I donāt use theme images for final sites, but it is nice to have something to hold the place until client sends the real one. I only kept one in about us page for layout purposes. The picture was of some vegetables with no persons in it. I didnāt think this was going to be an issue since I bought the theme and I was going to replace the picture anyways. Long story short my client got the āgetty letterā. That was fast! My first instinct was to contact getty and tell them about how is not my client fault and it is my responsibility, and I didnāt meant to use a picture from them. I wouldnāt knowingly use any of their pictures. I would have found a very similar for $10 in Royalty Free sites. Iām confused and donāt know what to do. I feel very bad for my client and also is not good for business when things like this happen. What do you think I should do?
My name is teresa and I had a little bit different problem here. Iām a web designer and Iām working on a website right now. I bought a wordpress theme on themeforest for this project and I wasnāt aware that the images that came in the demo site were RM Getty. I know them because Iāve been working on advertising for a long time. I rarely look for pictures in their site, since they are so expensive and my very small clients canāt afford a $500 picture. Even though Iām still working on the site I had it live because it easier to show my client the process. Yes I know, I wonāt have a site in development live ever again. I donāt use theme images for final sites, but it is nice to have something to hold the place until client sends the real one. I only kept one in about us page for layout purposes. The picture was of some vegetables with no persons in it. I didnāt think this was going to be an issue since I bought the theme and I was going to replace the picture anyways. Long story short my client got the āgetty letterā. That was fast! My first instinct was to contact getty and tell them about how is not my client fault and it is my responsibility, and I didnāt meant to use a picture from them. I wouldnāt knowingly use any of their pictures. I would have found a very similar for $10 in Royalty Free sites. Iām confused and donāt know what to do. I feel very bad for my client and also is not good for business when things like this happen. What do you think I should do?