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Getty Images Letter Forum / New extorting company: August
« on: November 04, 2014, 08:27:16 PM »
Hello,
I would like your help regarding a new company that has sent me an extortion letter via e-mail.
This company is very similar to Getty Images. I don't know if they're the same but they certainly do the same thing. The new company is called "August" or "August Image".
I made a website recently. As it was my first website ever made, a novice like me, used some photos I got from Google Image Search. I didn't knew that some photos there were copyrighted until recently when I received the e-mail.
This company took a screen capture of my website showing a photo that they say they own the rights to.
I removed the photo right away along with all the photos in the website. However, in the e-mail they said that this is not enough and that they want compensation because I have "benefited from the unlicensed photo".
They want a $600 dollars settlement payment. I don't have that amount. In fact, this website is not even finished yet. No ads. No customer. No nothing.
I'm really scared because of this and I would like your help in this matter. I have a few bucks in my PayPal account that I can send you as donation, but again, is not that much because I don't even have a work yet.
Please, read the complete e-mail they sent me. I posted the link below.
I removed all the personal information.
Here's the e-mail link:
http://i.imgur.com/Wpkpslm.jpg
or
http://imgur.com/Wpkpslm
I really hope you can help me with this. I'll be really thankful.
I'll wait for your response. Thanks in advance.
I would like your help regarding a new company that has sent me an extortion letter via e-mail.
This company is very similar to Getty Images. I don't know if they're the same but they certainly do the same thing. The new company is called "August" or "August Image".
I made a website recently. As it was my first website ever made, a novice like me, used some photos I got from Google Image Search. I didn't knew that some photos there were copyrighted until recently when I received the e-mail.
This company took a screen capture of my website showing a photo that they say they own the rights to.
I removed the photo right away along with all the photos in the website. However, in the e-mail they said that this is not enough and that they want compensation because I have "benefited from the unlicensed photo".
They want a $600 dollars settlement payment. I don't have that amount. In fact, this website is not even finished yet. No ads. No customer. No nothing.
I'm really scared because of this and I would like your help in this matter. I have a few bucks in my PayPal account that I can send you as donation, but again, is not that much because I don't even have a work yet.
Please, read the complete e-mail they sent me. I posted the link below.
I removed all the personal information.
Here's the e-mail link:
http://i.imgur.com/Wpkpslm.jpg
or
http://imgur.com/Wpkpslm
I really hope you can help me with this. I'll be really thankful.
I'll wait for your response. Thanks in advance.