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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: stockfood.com extortion letter- getty images? what to do- any help appreciated:)

« on: January 31, 2014, 06:07:50 PM »

Thanks for the feedback.

Robert-I sent you a PM.

To clarify-there was no photo that was posted to our site but upon further examination they were pointing to a link that was on the blog post. The link was to a PDF file (a Genworth brochure about long term care) that had the photo in it.

The link is not active but I don't know how long it has been dead-I wonder if that would impact any statute of limitations.

Thanks again for the responses.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: stockfood.com extortion letter- getty images? what to do- any help appreciated:)

« on: January 31, 2014, 05:04:07 PM »

Hi, I found this site after receiving the same email as the OP. It is from license compliance service on behalf of food stock and the payment is to be made to Picscout.

Both my husband and I spoke separately to the woman at the phone number. They sent us a screen shot of a blog post from November of 2010 side by side with a photo they said was on the post but didn't even appear in the screen shot.

I think they picked a good target as the fear tactics are working with me! Should we ignore any further calls or write a letter (or email) saying the image isn't even in their screen shot?

Thanks for any input--it is greatly appreciated!