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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Getty Image in question is a modified image hosted by a 3rd party

« on: May 01, 2012, 05:06:31 PM »

To follow up, I have been able to collect dated proof from Google's caching system that the site was only referencing the image at the 3rd party location.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Getty Image in question is a modified image hosted by a 3rd party

« on: May 01, 2012, 04:39:15 PM »

We got "the letter".  First, the image in question is not hosted on our website.  The only reason we have the image displaying to our website viewers is because we dedicate a page to each of our suppliers where there is a description of the Manufacturer.  It is usually cut and paste from the "About Us" page of each supplier's website.  In this case, the HTML hosted on our site just references the image hosted at the supplier's website.  We have already removed the HTML reference to the image.  I have collected a screenshot of the supplier's website with the "offending" image, and the recorded the URL of the "offending" image.   I may be able to collect dated proof that the HTML has always referenced the supplier's site. 

On top of all of this, the image in question is a modified version of the copyright image.  The original image almost seems to be intended for 'customization' by a graphic artist.  My supplier may have acquired it legitimately....or not.   I don't know if I should ask my supplier about it.  I imagine that I don't want them to remove the image in the event I need proof that the image was never on my site, etc.

Any thoughts?