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Getty Images Letter Forum / Photo Databases Duplicates?
« on: August 12, 2010, 05:36:52 PM »
I was researching some images I had, to determine whether they were managed by any of the following companies, Masterfile, Corbis, Superstock and Getty Images.
What I notice while looking, was some of the images managed by Getty were also found in the other companies databases. Can anyone speak to this?
How is this possible if the companies are claiming to represent they exclusively manage the images in question? Are they infringing on each other's images? Which company has the right to go after the infringer?
I'll attempt another image search and find an actual example, if it makes a difference in defending against settlement demands.
What I notice while looking, was some of the images managed by Getty were also found in the other companies databases. Can anyone speak to this?
How is this possible if the companies are claiming to represent they exclusively manage the images in question? Are they infringing on each other's images? Which company has the right to go after the infringer?
I'll attempt another image search and find an actual example, if it makes a difference in defending against settlement demands.