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Getty Images Letter Forum / is it possible to determine if image is a Getty in advance?
« on: July 18, 2014, 06:46:32 PM »
hello everyone,
i am doing a little bit of proactive research to minimize the chances of ever having to deal with Getty demand letters.
sometimes i use images that i find on free websites and having read through this forum i have a growing concern of using an image that one day will garner me a getty demand letter.
i have run some tests with reverse Google Image searches and none of my test images linked back to Getty website, but some did link back to Shutterstock and other distributors
so my question is if there is a fool-proof way to determine if an image belongs to Getty?
also, is it possible for Getty to acquire rights to an image after it has already been distributed legally through other sources and then go after those people?
thanks in advance
i am doing a little bit of proactive research to minimize the chances of ever having to deal with Getty demand letters.
sometimes i use images that i find on free websites and having read through this forum i have a growing concern of using an image that one day will garner me a getty demand letter.
i have run some tests with reverse Google Image searches and none of my test images linked back to Getty website, but some did link back to Shutterstock and other distributors
so my question is if there is a fool-proof way to determine if an image belongs to Getty?
also, is it possible for Getty to acquire rights to an image after it has already been distributed legally through other sources and then go after those people?
thanks in advance