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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!
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!