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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Received a copyright letter today

« on: February 09, 2011, 07:41:41 PM »

Well he  is a photographer, and its on his website, anyways I told him to talk to my attorney and took the photo down. Never herd back from him.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Received a copyright letter today

« on: January 31, 2011, 09:26:31 PM »

I put up a website about a year ago, and downloaded a photo from a free wallpaper site. Yesterday I received a email from a photographer stating I stole his photo. I checked on google image and their are about 100 site with the same picture. I notice this guy seems to upload his photos to fee sites, and then he goes after people you use his photos on their website. He said this is how he makes a living in a non direct statement. I told him I will take the photo down with was
a partial landscape of his original. He then said he wanted $3500 for the 1 years use, or then later $3500 for 5 years use and later $700 a year. I told him
I will take it down, and since I did not know who it belonged to I could not ask anyone, and I though the free download was ok to use.

He also said that he was watch my site since Oct. and was waiting to contact me. Seems like he waits till a site has used his photos over a year so he can extort more. Now he says if I don't pay him he will get his legal team of attorneys with 26 cases under them to sue my pants off for copyright infringement law.
Does he have any case at all. I did not make any money on his photo just used a partial for background on my site. To me this looks more like this job, the way
he puts his photo's all over the place waiting for someone to use?