I'm still trying to understand how you can be liable for someone else's work on your website. Here are a few made up examples that I find just as absurd as the Getty example. Would these examples be different somehow, as compared to someone who unknowingly bought and displayed an infringing web site design?
1) What if a million people who ordered a Ford with a particular trim option, and it turned out that Chevrolet had the copyright on the particular trim design. Could Chevrolet demand that the million Ford owners remove the trim and pay damages?
2) What about a thousand people who bought and displayed a bumper sticker whose manufacturer had stolen the design?
3) Or how about ten thousand people who brought a Christmas display (from manufacturer who had stolen the design) and displayed it on their lawn?
1) What if a million people who ordered a Ford with a particular trim option, and it turned out that Chevrolet had the copyright on the particular trim design. Could Chevrolet demand that the million Ford owners remove the trim and pay damages?
2) What about a thousand people who bought and displayed a bumper sticker whose manufacturer had stolen the design?
3) Or how about ten thousand people who brought a Christmas display (from manufacturer who had stolen the design) and displayed it on their lawn?