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Getty Images Letter Forum / New Pixsy letter
« on: April 12, 2017, 11:46:12 AM »
Hello everyone,
I've read this forum and I want to share what's happening to me. Last year I ran a celebrity fan site, the site was a complete failure to be honest and at the end of the year I got an email from Pixsy about one picture, they specified the photographer, the URL of the image of where it was originally posted (this was a flickr gallery) and the URL of where I posted it. I went to the photographer's URL and I didn't find any images of this particular celebrity. Then I searched my website for the filename and I didn't find it either. I ignore the email and my hosting came up for renewal so I didn't renew, everything has been deleted.
Now, I just received another email, claiming that "fair market rate is about to expire", they want over $500 for an image maybe about 50 people saw since no one visited the site.
What do I do when I can't even proof that I used that image, all the server info is gone at this point. Should I contact the photographer directly? I haven't replied to the emails.
I've read this forum and I want to share what's happening to me. Last year I ran a celebrity fan site, the site was a complete failure to be honest and at the end of the year I got an email from Pixsy about one picture, they specified the photographer, the URL of the image of where it was originally posted (this was a flickr gallery) and the URL of where I posted it. I went to the photographer's URL and I didn't find any images of this particular celebrity. Then I searched my website for the filename and I didn't find it either. I ignore the email and my hosting came up for renewal so I didn't renew, everything has been deleted.
Now, I just received another email, claiming that "fair market rate is about to expire", they want over $500 for an image maybe about 50 people saw since no one visited the site.
What do I do when I can't even proof that I used that image, all the server info is gone at this point. Should I contact the photographer directly? I haven't replied to the emails.