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Getty Images Letter Forum / knee-jerk reaction and responded to Getty Images
« on: August 31, 2010, 01:36:19 AM »
My client received the "Letter of Demand" today, and I had a knee-jerk reaction out of embarrassment and sent Getty Images an email saying that I was responsible for the image and that I removed it immediately. I then asked if they.can please provide me a way to make the payment by credit card. Am I too late, since after doing some research, realized I should have just ignored them?
Now that I calmed down, I'm thinking ,"Why am I paying for such an absurd fee for an image that I received from a download of stock images?"
I will be receiving a response from Getty on directions on how to pay the fee by credit card very soon. I now feel duped.
When they send me the response email, if I was to say, "On second thought, unless you can 1. Provide proof that the copyright is held by Getty and is valid and not expired and 2. show me PRECISELY how you calculated that absurd fee, I'm not going to pay you a dime."... be a proper response or am I just digging myself into a deeper hole? Am I already too late because I already responded and now have to pay a $875 fee for an image whose copyright I thought was cleared?
Now that I calmed down, I'm thinking ,"Why am I paying for such an absurd fee for an image that I received from a download of stock images?"
I will be receiving a response from Getty on directions on how to pay the fee by credit card very soon. I now feel duped.
When they send me the response email, if I was to say, "On second thought, unless you can 1. Provide proof that the copyright is held by Getty and is valid and not expired and 2. show me PRECISELY how you calculated that absurd fee, I'm not going to pay you a dime."... be a proper response or am I just digging myself into a deeper hole? Am I already too late because I already responded and now have to pay a $875 fee for an image whose copyright I thought was cleared?