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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Ongoing List of Copyright Trolling Firms and those associated with them

« on: April 17, 2014, 01:18:23 PM »

Found a new one for Getty Images while reasearcing them this is from Nov 2011.

Simon McGrath

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Disregard, it appears he jumped ship last month, here is his latest listing, you can see him down at the bottom of the page where he is listed with Getty.

http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Simon/McGrath

He's back with Getty Images and has been emailing me.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: 4th Getty Letter

« on: April 10, 2014, 03:18:04 PM »

I fell to sleep last night thinking about Getty and the possibility that I could be one of the few "lucky" ones who accidentally used an image that was already registered with the copyright office. The first thing I did this morning was double-check the online copyright records database, searching for anything having to with the image (image name, image number, Getty Images, Image Bank, photographer's  name, etc). The photographer does appear in 1 listing, but the copyright claimant is Masterfile Corporation. Other than that, I guess the image could be part of a compilation and that would limit my ability to find it via a records search. Maybe I'm just being paranoid. Getty sucks.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: 4th Getty Letter

« on: April 08, 2014, 08:26:23 PM »

I totally agree, Robert and Greg. If I'd had known that the image was not "free" and that it would've cost me $700/mo, I would've gotten off my ass and taken a picture of a pier myself. I live on the coast! So ridiculous... On the letter, they addressed it to my name and described me as "a California Corporation." Ha, I wish. I'm just one person who took a web design class and decided to challenge myself by making a website. Anyway, thank you kindly for ALL of the responses!

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: 4th Getty Letter

« on: April 08, 2014, 05:55:24 PM »

Very true, stinger. Well, I guess I could ask them (for a 3rd time) to provide me documentation showing proof that they own, or are authorized to license, the image. And, I could request a sales history in order to find out whether or not the image has always been a Rights Managed image. But, I think I'll just ignore them instead of wasting more of my time.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: 4th Getty Letter

« on: April 08, 2014, 05:37:23 PM »

Thank you all, again, for taking the time to respond to my post and offer your insight.

That's a major reality check DavidVGoliath...ouch. Perhaps Getty's pricing isn't as insane as we all thought it was.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: 4th Getty Letter

« on: April 08, 2014, 01:16:14 AM »

Hi Greg and thank you for your reply! The photo was of a pier at sunset in Germany. It was on my homepage (single-page portfolio website), 96ppi, and 1920 x 1200px. That being said, would you pay it if they were to provide documentation of proof? The $700 was just based on the price calculator on their website. Thanks again.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / 4th Getty Letter

« on: April 07, 2014, 08:08:21 PM »

Hey ya'll! This website has been such a valuable resource for me. So, thank you!!

Getty Images and I have been going back and forth for awhile now. I used the image in question on a website that did not generate any income whatsoever. I thought that the image was "free" and in the public domain. After asking Getty for proof of ownership and offering them $200, this is their response:
 
"This is a Rights Managed (RM) image. We also license Royalty Free (RF) images on behalf of this contributor (Yellow Dog Productions)...Please find attached a price calculation for the use of this image, as used on your website, for the shortest possible duration of use for RM content (i.e. one (1) month)."

Then, they quote me $700 and tell me that this is the lowest fair market value for the image. They go on to reiterate that “Getty Images represents and warrants that it owns, or represents the photographers who own, the copyrights in the Image..."

What should I do?

Thanks for your help!