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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: They don't know who I am?

« on: February 15, 2012, 10:48:16 AM »

Please understand that I wasn't thinking you were suggesting that I throw him under the bus.  I just wanted to make it clear that he isn't the "guilty" party, I am. GI just may not know who I am.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: They don't know who I am?

« on: February 15, 2012, 10:31:39 AM »

The TRUTH is that I put the picture up there.  No one but me knows who "I" am, but I would never throw the guy who registered the domain under the bus.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: They don't know who I am?

« on: February 15, 2012, 07:33:30 AM »

Thank you.  They sent the letter to my office address.  They got the address from the website that existed until I got my first letter.  It was removed immediately upon recieving letter one.  My office is in a house, but not my house.  The house also has 2 other apartment/residences - not that that has much to do with the case.

The letters were obviously addressed to the legal department of xxx, and I did have the blog xxx.  but I'm not sure they know who to go after.  The person who registered the domain name and was hosting the site has never been notified.

I sure appreciate your input.  I'm feeling pretty good about this.  I'm willing to pony up money to Matthew or Oscar if I need to.  $200 is far less than $840. 

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Getty Images Letter Forum / They don't know who I am?

« on: February 14, 2012, 09:02:14 PM »

So, as I said, I paid a guy to register my domain name, set up WP blog, and I made a few posts.  Never did anything with it, then after 9 months, got my letter.  Called the guy who registered and had the site on his server and told him to get rid of the site.  He did. 

Obviously, GI's letter was addressed to the legal department of XXX.  There never was a company. It was just going to be a blog about stress.  The website no longer exists, and my name doesn't look like it appears on the whois as a contact.  Can they really do anything to me?

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: I guess I screwed up

« on: February 14, 2012, 05:17:21 PM »

I am watching videos, reading posts, and doing my homework, but I am also more than happy to pay the $50 to talk with Matthew, and potentially $195 to Oscar if Matthew thinks I need to.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: I guess I screwed up

« on: February 14, 2012, 02:25:39 PM »

Thank you.  I will do that.  I haven't clicked on many of them, but those I have so fare are people like myself who just wanted a cute picture to put in their blog.  I haven't seen a place where the image is for sale. I'll look more though.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: I guess I screwed up

« on: February 14, 2012, 01:35:45 PM »

"I'm not going to click through everything to find every place that might sell those-- but that's something you might want to do. If you find it sold lots of places, that's useful."

I'm not sure what you mean by that (above).  I'm willing to do whatever you're telling me to do, but not sure what it is you're telling me to do

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: I guess I screwed up

« on: February 14, 2012, 01:23:09 PM »

Thank you Lucia.  I am in the process of doing my homework.  I'm watching videos and reading posts. I appreciate what you've done for me.  I'm taking notes of what to put in the response. 

SL

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: I guess I screwed up

« on: February 14, 2012, 10:54:58 AM »

Thank Lucia. If one were to google image: dog with headache, it's the first image that comes up.  It's a bulldog with an ice pack on his head.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / I guess I screwed up

« on: February 13, 2012, 09:45:46 PM »

I started a blog.  My goal was to get into companies and do wellness lectures.  I wrote a blog post on stress and headaches. I google imaged "stress" and found a dog with an ice pack on his head.  I used it in my headache blog. 

I made about 3 posts on that blog and completely forgot about it.  I think the only thing that ever visited my site was the Getty robot.  I got my letter and immediately contacted the guy who set up my blog and took the whole site down.  It's gone.  There never was a company, just a health blog.

I got my third letter today and found this site.  I've watched 2 videos, and am starting to do my homework.  I was ignorant, but wrong.  I would have thought that not only getting rid of the picture, but the entire site would have been adequate. 

Thank you for this resource.  I'll continue to do my homework and figure out the best course of action.