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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Sued by Cartoon Stock for One Image On Website - but variation of theirs

« on: February 18, 2015, 03:12:14 PM »

By the way - they, the Cartoonstock legal compliance team,  are now sending threatening letters to our little church, and have increased the "fine".  Please note - their letters are send on low grade xerox type paper, with no signature, proper letter head other that a poor quality image copy.
Now what?

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Sued by Cartoon Stock for One Image On Website - but variation of theirs

« on: January 23, 2015, 12:50:30 PM »

Well...there's a thought.
Thanks for making me feel a bit better...I'm loading my quiver, there's always that story about a little boy, a mean giant...and a sling.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Sued by Cartoon Stock for One Image On Website - but variation of theirs

« on: January 22, 2015, 05:49:57 PM »

I just had the exact same thing happen to me.  I'm the Christian Education director in a small rural church, and the cartoon was on a For Parents web page as a chuckle for our volunteer parents.  We're a mission driven church, so money is a luxury.  After removing the cartoon immediately, with an apology note, they sent another email saying we owed them $109.  After a phone call, and me sending our Tax Exempt, non- profit documentation, they were "kind" enough to drop the fine to $87.20.

All the documentation is identical to yours, right down to the image I posted had none of the copyright protected information that their catalogue image shows.  That amount of money takes money from funding that we could use for providing for a fuel fund for a family...I am ill over the whole thing.

It seems they have random pricing for fines, and do not provide any sort of invoice.  The grumpy man I spoke to on the phone said something to the effect that I can either pay it, or not, and wait to see if they'll go after me.

Really - is that any way to talk to a church lady?