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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Update on Getty and Masterfile Letter Program

« on: March 05, 2010, 05:02:07 PM »

thank you oscar. I have got one of those letters as well and it is for $450 for a thumbnail image that was put on the site by the developer. The problem is the developer is a istockphoto customer, he buys all the images from there. We ourselves as a company have an istockphoto account and regularly buy from istockphoto, this is to show our approach to the issue. Developer does not know where he got the image, he cannot find the source. I checked the image an it is not registered by C office. I emailed getty people and told them we removed the said image to be on the safe side since we are not sure if the developer has a license for it or not. Their reply was the same BS that they sent to everyone, how they dont care if it was put there by the developer etc etc. I have not since replied to them.I asked the developer to do more searching and finding out where he got it from. It may have been from a website that image was available royalty free.  

The thing is the shi**y image should not even cost $10. We buy hi res nice images for that money, this thumbnail low res image is probably worth a dollar or two. Getty is unethical to say the least. I would say more but I am sure it would be censored so I will keep quite. I am not planning to give them more than $5, which is plenty for the image. But on the other hand I dont even want to negotiate with them because in your posts you mention that the value they assess for their images is the main point of difference between you and them.

Joe

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Any updates on Getty since March 2009 Mr Michelen

« on: March 04, 2010, 06:59:17 PM »

Hi Oscar,

I listened to your phone recording of March 2009. It has been a year and I would like to know if there is any update worth noting regarding the getty case. Any info would be appreciated , may be time for another audio update

Joe