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Getty Images Letter Forum / I'm done worrying about it.

« on: August 22, 2012, 06:41:46 PM »

I have read through this website quite a bit and I now have no worries about Getty. Especially if you only had one image.

So what is the point in writing letters and communicating back and forth with Getty, When so far, we can see it does no good. Why even waste your time worrying about it when so far Getty has done nothing. Wouldn't the best strategy be to not worry about it at all, throw any mail from Getty in the garbage, and go on with your life like Getty never happened. That's what I plan on doing. I removed image, I didn't pay, I win.

Thanks again for the great website.  I will stop back in about three years let you know how it turns out.

Mike

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Recieved a demand letter today

« on: August 16, 2012, 08:53:06 PM »

How long does it take to get the second letter? Havent heard from Getty since July 23rd.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Do I have to prove innocence? Interesting spot with Getty.

« on: August 03, 2012, 07:23:09 AM »

Very very interesting. This video needs to be backed up before they take it down.

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Legal Controversies Forum / Re: Kirstie Alley Sued Over Weight-Loss Supplement

« on: July 31, 2012, 12:34:32 PM »

My thoughts were the same as yours until my wife started one of these gimmicks. She has lost 40 lbs in the last 4 months. I guess I was wrong.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Recieved a demand letter today

« on: July 30, 2012, 09:00:48 PM »

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Recieved a demand letter today

« on: July 30, 2012, 07:43:57 PM »

I did an image search of the template screen shot they claim is a getty image and there was 250 results of websites using the exact same web template I purchased. They are still up and running. They must not have got their letter yet.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Recieved a demand letter today

« on: July 25, 2012, 12:54:16 PM »

Behind those buildings I think there is an ocean. There is a photographer taking a picture of the ocean and he happens to have clouds that look the same in his image and maybe his images are free. I think that is what happened. I feel better now.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Recieved a demand letter today

« on: July 25, 2012, 11:52:18 AM »

Here is the a pic of the image and screen shot Getty sent me.

The screen shot they have is a screen shot of a website template that someone else created.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Recieved a demand letter today

« on: July 24, 2012, 09:16:27 AM »

@ Mike you mention template, are you referring to a template from template monster? IF so TM settled with Getty and will supposedly handle this for you as part of the settlement agreement..

It was not purchased from Template Monster, but was purchased from some company, I don't remember which one, it's been so long ago.

Getty found part of their image in a image of a template displayed on my website. That's just crazy.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Recieved a demand letter today

« on: July 23, 2012, 10:58:40 PM »

We'd love to see this image.  This is going to be the newest running joke if in fact they are sending letters over photos of clouds!  It is true that no two photos of a cloud scene can ever be the same.... but give me a freaking break.  What is so darn special about these clouds?  The buildings with the clouds?

I can email you the images they sent me of their image and screen capture,
or should I post them here?

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Recieved a demand letter today

« on: July 23, 2012, 10:45:03 PM »

I figured it out. There is a 400 x343 screen capture image of a website template on my website. In the top header section of that template there is some clouds.

The image they claim I have on my website is an image that shows a building under construction. I notice in the sky above the building under construction image there is some clouds that look similar. and with a closer look, there is a small section of clouds from the building under construction image that look very similar to the top header section of the web site template screen capture, so about 1/8 part of the sky in the building under construction image might be in the web template screen capture image on my website.

So for sure their search bot found the image. The human eye would have never notice. They look like any clouds you would see in the sky.

I have now removed that image from my website.

I have also read through the "A Summary of the Getty Issue in the United States" section of this site and I guess the best option for me is to ignore the letter.

This web site has been very helpful.

Thanks again

Mike

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Recieved a demand letter today

« on: July 23, 2012, 07:18:14 PM »

I looked through all 1600 images on my site and can not find it anywhere.

Is it ok to post a screen shot of the screen shot they sent me?

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Recieved a demand letter today

« on: July 23, 2012, 05:39:36 PM »

Did they send you a screen capture of the image in question being used on your site?

They sent me the image and a screen capture, but the screen capture does not show the image.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Recieved a demand letter today

« on: July 23, 2012, 05:36:04 PM »

Read thru the forums, the answers lie within...as for the image, I suggest you ftp into the server and look thru every directory, it's in there somewhere, perhaps on an old outdated / unused page..

Thanks Robert

I will give that a try.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Recieved a demand letter today

« on: July 23, 2012, 05:15:06 PM »

Getty Images sent me paperwork that shows an image they claim is on my website, but I cant find the image any place on my site. I'm not sure what to do now, since I cant fine the image to remove.

Do I need to ask them to send me a link to the page that they say the image is on?

I plan on not responding to any of their letters, What would be the end result If I totally ignore their letter?

Thanks,
Mike