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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Getty Images Letter over photo of a bush

« on: April 14, 2013, 09:38:57 AM »

Thanks, Greg, I will send it to you when I get to my laptop.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Getty Images Letter over photo of a bush

« on: April 13, 2013, 03:21:19 PM »

Thanks for the reply, Greg.  I did find the letter and it seems to be the possession of a fairly well known photography company.  (You can PM me if you'd like to get the name.) 

I'm not sure how much to reveal here as I've read that Getty Images (tm) stalks this site for information.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Getty Images Letter over photo of a bush

« on: April 11, 2013, 10:53:14 PM »

Thanks for the advice Mr. Troy.  I had considered charging them $1000 for my time spent reading the letters and contacting my attorney, since my fee for a deposition is $500 per hour and any part of an hour counts as an hour.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Getty Images Letter over photo of a bush

« on: April 11, 2013, 12:18:31 PM »

Hello, I received a letter over an image on my blog from a post about a medicinal herb.  Getty wants $700+ for the image.  My attorney said he thinks we should contact a copyright atty., his fees will be more than the $700.  Or, he said that I should make a counter offer, but not to pay anyone $700 just because someone sent a letter.

I did get an e-mail once over a cartoon that I posted stating that I hold either pay a licensing fee of $24 per month or take the cartoon off of the blog.  I replied to the atty. of the cartoonist that I would take it down.  This satisfied all parties concerned.  This seems to be an ethical way of handling these disputes as I wasn't aware of copyright law.  Getty Images (tm) doesn't play ball that way.

I am at home so I don't have access to the extortion letter right now.  I will posts it when I get to the office.

Thanks for the forum and all the free advice.