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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Email from PicRights.com

« on: January 08, 2018, 06:42:33 PM »

I have consulted for a number of lawyers over the years. They pay to speak with me to get my perspective on behalf of their clients.  Many are easy to speak with because they understand the legal side but they also understand my practical perspective.

Most outside lawyers are not going to understand these characters. As you say, they will see "copyright infringement" and that is about as far as it goes. The fact of the matter is 1% of these cases ever end up in a lawsuit. As a rough estimate, there are likely a couple thousand of letters being sent out every year by this industry.  But how many lawsuits ever get filed? And out of those few, nearly all are settled and rarely come close to any judge.

But so much of the heartache and stress is people mentally dwelling in the 1% area.

So it sounds like your general advice is to ignore, ignore, ignore if it is a single image with a letter demanding a few hundred dollars? (picrights)