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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Success in My Battle With Getty -- By Doing Nothing

« on: September 09, 2013, 11:50:00 AM »

Thank you for posting your success story Procrastinator!  It most certainly eases my mind.  I've been contacted several times by Getty & McCormack, first being in the Spring of 2012.  I've got a question though, and am hoping that you may be able to help.  I was contacted about 5 months after Getty found the image on my site.  If it came down to the nitty-gritty, my statute of limitations would start when they contacted me.  The screen capture that was sent to me in the big Getty letter, is far too tiny and grainy to see the time stamp, but I can see that it's there in the bottom right corner. (Very old Windows version)  I just can't make out the date.  If anything ever came of this, I would assume that the screen shot in evidence would have to be bigger and clearer. Correct?  Therefore, the date would be visable.  So then my statute countdown would have started 5 months prior, in 2011. Correct?
Another question, can you recall how many times you were contacted by Getty and/or McCormack?  How long did it go on?  Were you still getting letters at the very end?  I'm doing the same thing as you did.......not contacting them, period.......just waiting it out. :-)
Thanks again!  No one ever gives 3 year updates on here (that I know of) and I'm sure it helps to ease a lot of minds.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / I've Been Contacted 5 Times (so far)

« on: August 13, 2013, 01:33:43 PM »

As my title states, I have been contacted 5 times from Getty & McCormack so far, consisting of 2 big fat letters from Getty, 2 letters & 1 email from McCormack.  (There may have been more email, but got caught as spam)  I started coming to this forum after the first letter, and visit on and off regularly, just to see how everyone's stories are going.  So I thought I'd share my story.  The snapshot that Getty sent me was taken in the Fall of 2011, but they did not contact me until 4 to 5 months later.  I know this because I change my images quite often and I know the time period that this image was displayed.  I won't go into details about how I got the image, how I thought it was free, etc.  We've all been there, we all now know how that goes.  My bill is now hitting on $2,000 for 1 itsy bitsy image.   (even better....for only $300, they will put me on a payment plan)
I'm just curious......what's the statute of limitations in our cases dealing with Getty?  (I've read that it's 3 years) Or better yet, when will they stop contacting me?  Anyone got any idea?  I've got a sneaking suspicion that the 3 year statute won't hold them back any.