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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Getty letter to me but image was apparently served in another party's ad unit

« on: November 13, 2011, 09:48:40 PM »

You should make sure to follow the steps required by the DMCA so that you can be protected from third party's posting copyrighted material on yoru site.  First thing to do is register a DMCA agent

This is great advice.  Thank  you.  It goes in the mail tomorrow.  For anyone who is interested in this, here's an article from Wired which talks about registering as a DMCA Agent, as well as a link to the form.  Thank you again.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/10/dmca-righthaven-loophole/

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Getty letter to me but image was apparently served in another party's ad unit

« on: October 25, 2011, 07:58:59 PM »

That is helpful, thank you.

Yes, we will see where it goes.  I don't like being sent bills and have a comparatively short fuse on this.  If they start eating up my time I might just send them a few demands to pay, for my time...

I hate bullies.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Getty letter to me but image was apparently served in another party's ad unit

« on: October 25, 2011, 07:33:38 PM »

I haven't see this one reported here and would be interested in other's takes on it.

I got a letter w/screenshot from Getty Images today, along with a bill for 780.00.  Problem is, I never used the image before. 

My site generates content dynamically based on what query is put in the search box.  I have almost no images on the site, and the few that are there are public domain.  But, based on a user's query two things happen:

1) we return results which, I suppose, could have images (I have never seen images returned in search however)
2) ads are served from Google Adsense.

All I can think of is that the image GI included in their screenshot was actually used in an advertisement (by someone else) who wanted to reach my audience.

I wrote Getty Images and denied their demand and disputed their claim.  I showed them an example of how an image can appear in a search (such as Google image search) as a search result, and not as 'online promotional and/or editorial' use, which they claim.

Anyone have this experience?  Outcomes?