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Getty Images Letter Forum / Got a letter from gettyImages - help!
« on: January 11, 2011, 12:39:50 PM »
I'm so pleased to find this forum....
I've just had a letter (4 page) from GettyImages saying I must pay £572 for a single image.
I'm not a company, I have a personal website. That is a lot of money to me.
I'm happy to provide a link to the owner where I have uploaded a pdf version of the letter.
The image was given to me by the HSE when they ran a ladder campaign. I've contacted the owner of the image (according to Getty) and asked him to confirm it is one of his and if there is anything I can do.
What should I do?
Ignore it and anything that Getty send and hope they go away?
I have removed the image.
They assume I am a company. I do not have a legal dept. I am a family man who doesn't earn much, to which this settlement will affect my family finances and I will definately have to shut my website down.
Any help from you would be most appreciated.
I've just had a letter (4 page) from GettyImages saying I must pay £572 for a single image.
I'm not a company, I have a personal website. That is a lot of money to me.
I'm happy to provide a link to the owner where I have uploaded a pdf version of the letter.
The image was given to me by the HSE when they ran a ladder campaign. I've contacted the owner of the image (according to Getty) and asked him to confirm it is one of his and if there is anything I can do.
What should I do?
Ignore it and anything that Getty send and hope they go away?
I have removed the image.
They assume I am a company. I do not have a legal dept. I am a family man who doesn't earn much, to which this settlement will affect my family finances and I will definately have to shut my website down.
Any help from you would be most appreciated.