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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Leaning towards the ignore method, but a little worried….

« on: March 09, 2014, 01:20:47 PM »

Hmm.  I was actually part way into writing a letter when I checked the forum and saw Matthew's reply.  I was convinced that a letter to them basically stating that

1) I immediately removed the image and
2) it was for a school project

was the way to go.  But now it seems maybe Matthew is suggesting not sending them anything at all?

Thanks again for helping me out!  Very much appreciated.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Leaning towards the ignore method, but a little worried….

« on: February 28, 2014, 03:53:51 PM »

You guys are so awesome... thank you sooo much for the quick responses!!!!

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Leaning towards the ignore method, but a little worried….

« on: February 28, 2014, 08:58:08 AM »

First let me say a huge thank you to everyone at this community including of course Matthew, Oscar and whoever else is responsible for maintaining and providing this forum!!

Here's my story in a nutshell:
- my wife used a photo she found on Google images on a school project website
- the image had no watermark or any indication of being copyrighted
- we got the first letter over a year ago saying we owed $950
- we panicked and called the 1-800 number
- my wife told them it was completely unintentional and was for a school project
- they said if we paid within 10 days they would accept $850
- I immediately removed the image from the website
- we then gathered our thoughts and started researching and found this website along with other info out there
- we then went into "ignore but consider our options" mode
- life got busy and we got 2 more (if memory serves me) from Getty and then 3 from NCS IP Solutions
- last week we received a "Final written request for settlement" from NCS

We live in Ontario Canada and from what I've read this could factor into what happens going forward.

One thing that's interesting is that the image we used was actually cropped from the original (not by us) so it was actually a modified version of the original image.  I don't know if that has any impact or not.

I'm leaning towards continuing to ignore but I am a bit worried that I'll get a letter in the future to appear at some court or something.

Thanks for any and all responses in advance.