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« on: April 11, 2012, 04:44:23 PM »
Hi, I'm new here, but I think I can contribute to the question about using the date of the letter as date of infringement. I recently received 'the extortion letter' for a an image that I had used on a paper flyer, which I had pdf'd and posted on my website (side question about that - does that still count as infringement under same rules as an image posted directly on webpage?). They claim I owe them $875.
My letter is dated March 15, 2012, but I am certain that the image was not up at that time, as I had updated my website and removed it weeks before that. In fact, after looking back at my calendar, I'm fairly certain that I removed the image the week of February 6th (I should be able to confirm that later). So, it was potentially 5 weeks before the date of their letter.
Hope that's helpful to your research, and thanks to all of you who have contributed so much time and information! I was completely in the dark about all of this and totally shocked when I received the letter.
One last question, does anyone know if images on the Microsoft Office image database can be used without licensing? They offer them freely for download, but maybe you still can't put them on your website? Confused...thanks again for the help!