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ELI Forums => Getty Images Letter Forum => Topic started by: oz457 on April 12, 2011, 09:23:47 AM

Title: Got 2 letters (Belgium) - picture originates from romanian FTP server
Post by: oz457 on April 12, 2011, 09:23:47 AM

Got a letter about 3 months ago in English. Used the letters as toilet paper, but it felt a little hard ;)

Never replied and got a second nice letter claiming their € 1000 over. I have no intention to reply. Even when they send letters with lawyers or whatever.
The targeted picture is freely available (still today) on a Romanian FTP server. And that's where I got the picture from... So why would I bother.
Besides, their letters are in English and in my area, we are only supposed to understand either Dutch or French. English is not my mother tongue, so I even don't bother.
The targeted website is not even built by myself and in the reliability and privacy policy, you can clearly read that all reliability regarding the building and copyright lies within the company who made the website. I just hire the website from them. If they have a problem, they can go to Thailand, where the company is located. I think the Thai's will make a laugh with the matter.
Another thing, I have made exactly the same picture with my own camera and replaced after the first letter the picture they claim. You need to be an expert to be able to see the difference.
As the guy in the picture (the mouth and neck) and my neck and mouth is identical, maybe I should claim them 10.000 euro to use my picture. If they scam me, I can scam them back if it goes into court.

Anyway. Good luck to all. If I have more news on the case, I'll let you know.

If they would be reasonable, I would say yes, but who are they... G I to claim the price they claim. Did they sell this image. If yes, then they will have to proof it. If not, they have no foot to stand on.
I'll be happy to see them in court for this minor amount. I'll just come with my 10.000 euro claim or maybe I should make it 25.000 when we see each other in court. That's the price of using my image and making it for sale....

Title: Re: Got 2 letters (Belgium) - picture originates from romanian FTP server
Post by: Oscar Michelen on April 12, 2011, 11:05:05 PM

Good luck oz.  Thanks so much for the post and the info. Please keep us posted