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bearcat

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What if my "offending" website was taken down already
« on: June 30, 2009, 02:59:12 PM »
Hi folks,
I'm new here -in fact I just found this site this morning.   I received my initial 'extortion' letter from Masterfile a couple weeks ago.   I received the followup letter today.     I paid a company (www.logojeez.com) to build my website and they insist they only use royalty-free images.   Masterfile disagrees and wants $13K.    Long story short:    Two weeks before I received the initial letter from Masterfile I had already taken down and replaced out entire website.      My question is whether that offers me any kind of protection in this case?
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« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2009, 06:07:20 PM »
not really Masterfile is very aggressive and litigates regularly.  They will not care that you have taken the images down. Of course, it is not a defense to copyright infringement that you stopped using the work once notified.  That is what Masterfile will likely tell you in response to your advising them that you have taken the images down. I am away until July 7th from my office.  Email me your contact info at xxx and I will reach out to you as soon as I can.
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