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Getty Images Letter Forum / First Masterfile Letter...Let's get started.
« on: February 22, 2012, 03:35:43 PM »
First I want to thank all of you for investing so much of your time on this site. As a small business owner, I know how valuable time is and your help is greatly appreciated.
Two weeks ago I received a certified FedEx delivery from Masterfile. The letter claims that I have used one of their images on my website and that I need to send them $ 4,830 or they will initiate a lawsuit for copyright infringement.
Here are the facts:
In 2008, I was starting my own business. After designing my own company logo in Microsoft Publisher, a friend of mine mentioned that it would look better if there was a picture of the earth behind it. I went out to Google images and grabbed the first generic earth picture I saw. I used Microsoft Publisher to put my logo over-top of the earth and combined them to create one .jpg image.
I was amazed that a single image could be worth 5k but after all the research I have done on this site, I now understand how crazy this claim really is.
I am thinking of using Oscar Michelen's Letter Program but don't seem to be able to access the link. It errors out on a 404 - Page not found.
Has anyone else had this problem?
Any Suggestions?
Two weeks ago I received a certified FedEx delivery from Masterfile. The letter claims that I have used one of their images on my website and that I need to send them $ 4,830 or they will initiate a lawsuit for copyright infringement.
Here are the facts:
In 2008, I was starting my own business. After designing my own company logo in Microsoft Publisher, a friend of mine mentioned that it would look better if there was a picture of the earth behind it. I went out to Google images and grabbed the first generic earth picture I saw. I used Microsoft Publisher to put my logo over-top of the earth and combined them to create one .jpg image.
I was amazed that a single image could be worth 5k but after all the research I have done on this site, I now understand how crazy this claim really is.
I am thinking of using Oscar Michelen's Letter Program but don't seem to be able to access the link. It errors out on a 404 - Page not found.
Has anyone else had this problem?
Any Suggestions?