Settlement copyright letter from Super Stock

[bonnier]

I received a SuperStock demand letter last week for over $1000.00. I have an attorney dealing with them. I would be more than happy to send you a copy/fax of the docs I received. I believe the image they claim is theirs was received with a template I purchased 6 or 7 years ago. But it was so long ago I cannot prove it. I also notice this image is free on imagerockers.com and for sale on another site. The image is very tiny and buried on a seldom visited page and site. I have several sites and am now trying to figure out how best to get through all of them and determine what other issues I might come up against. I create my own sites from purchased templates and occassionally use royalty-free web image sites to get relevant pics and graphics. I have purchased a few as well but I now understand that I might not have purchased images from the right owner of the image. This is just a mess. I am very greatful for this site and the info. My attorney actually contacted PixelMill (they sell web templates) and the owner referred him/me to your very valuable website.

[Matthew Chan]

Bonnier,

You are not going to like my answer.  I say ditch all of your templates that have images.  Go to text mode for the short-term.  Then gradually enhance your websites with your own graphics.

That is what I did. I just started playing it safe and deleting what few images and web headers I head and started all over.  I just didn't need the grief anymore having been through it.

Matthew

[Oscar Michelen]

Good advice Matthew Keep us posted Bonnie.  Superstock has turned up the heat as we are getting a lot more contact about them than last year