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Same here gugy, I now use better stock sites for all my clients that does not hold a gun to your head for images they do not even own or have license for... Just remember, what getty does will come back 10 fold. It always does.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Letter scheme
« on: November 11, 2008, 11:41:22 PM »
Oscar do not get bothered by this post sounds like a getty employee trying to stir things up. I've seen them post on other sites, its a lame attempt to try to make a site seem controversial when a getty name appears in the topic, but in the end a class action will put them in their well deserved place... Keep up the good work bud. And to the poster of the topic Oscar has done wonders for my business so far and yes I'm a real business.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Getty and NCS Changing Strategy?
« on: November 11, 2008, 11:29:16 PM »
I knew they had no (c) cause even before I contacted you Oscar I asked them for one and they told me they do not need to show proof... Ummm if someone was using my image that was (c) I would show it to say hey look I do own it or am the license holder. So I guess its the old saying do as we say not as we do since they apparently are stealing other peoples work and making money off it... This is going to help big time if the class action take place... I hope it does for all the stress these crooks are causing world wide... Now with the lawsuit by their own photographers it also proofs they have no clue what they are doing when it comes to (c) law and their claims are without merit..

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See... I knew it... Thats why they would not provide any proof, they are trying to extort money out of people. lets all sue them in a class action!

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: My Response From Getty Images
« on: August 29, 2008, 01:39:46 PM »
ok everything sent... Thanks again.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: My Response From Getty Images
« on: August 29, 2008, 12:34:45 PM »
Thanks for the phone consultation. I forgot to give you my email address so I left it with your assistant. Once you mail me I will send you the scanned documents. Thanks again.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: My Response From Getty Images
« on: August 29, 2008, 10:27:42 AM »
Ohh ok, now I feel foolish. I was given that by someone in the US also having this issue and said as long as I post that I would be fine.
Thus the reason I'm on this site... I just find is weird that a collections agency now calls me. Ok How do we get started in having you
send a letter on my behalf? Should I email you scanned copies of the letters? Plus their email responses? or is it all generic?

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: My Response From Getty Images
« on: August 29, 2008, 10:08:18 AM »
No I'm in the US... Also thanks for this site...

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Getty Images Letter Forum / My Response From Getty Images
« on: August 29, 2008, 06:57:51 AM »
Ok, I’ve been dealing with this for over a year now. They sent us 2 letters without a sending us a take-down notice sent first for two small images of hands shaking we got from a hosting companies website we were reselling for back in the day. When we received the first letter we removed the two images and contacted them saying the following:

Hi,
I received a letter demanding payment for 2 photos we had on our website which we got off the net. We were not aware they were copyrighted and we made no profit from the use of these 2 images. We are also a small home based business which even if we wanted to pay the amount we could not. We have now removed the images in question, with our apologies. Why was a take-down notice was not issued as per DMCA? I also don’t recognize your invoice as valid or legal. As to this issue we have removed them from our website and will no longer use them. We consider this issue closed.

Please Read:

The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48)
“97.—(1) Where in an action for infringement of copyright it is shown that at the time of the infringement the defendant did not know, and had no reason to believe, that copyright subsisted in the work to which the action relates, the plaintiff is not entitled to damages against him, but without prejudice to any other remedy.”

The response we got from Getty was this:

Thank you for your attention to this matter, we are in receipt of your letter dated January 08, 2008. Getty Images understands you are a small home based business and may have been unaware of copyright law. We are willing to work with your company in order to come to a fair and amicable resolution.

Unfortunately, that fact that your company made no profit from our images is irrelevant, Getty Images only provides imagery but does not take responsibility for how many hits your website receives or how much profit your company makes. We are in the business of licensing photography and we are looking out for our photographers well being.
A cease and desist notice was included with the settlement demand, because of our contracts with our photographers, we must also come to a settlement agreement as well as have you remove the images in question.

The Patents Act of 1988 I irrelevant as Getty Images is not seeking statutory damages, at this time Getty Images is only seeking to come to an amicable settlement in order to pay back the photographer for his work, and our third party for policing our imagery. We are in no way seeking statutory damages.

Getty Images appreciates the removal of its represented images from your company’s website. However, removal of the images in question solves only part the issue, as Getty Images will continue to require full payment of the invoice to settle the matter and avoid further escalation.

Please be in touch with our department so we may come to a quick and amicable resolution.

After The Response

As a result we were called by a company called NCS Recovery which is a collection agency. When the woman told us of Getty demanding payment for this we told them it is against the law what they are doing and she said how is that possible? When I told her:

The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48)
“97.—(1) Where in an action for infringement of copyright it is shown that at the time of the infringement the defendant did not know, and had no reason to believe, that copyright subsisted in the work to which the action relates, the plaintiff is not entitled to damages against him, but without prejudice to any other remedy.”

I told her pushing extortion letters getty has been sending us and now for a collections agency calling us and threatening us is illegal with getty bulling.

Her reply was this is not a depth collection that they are calling to just settle this matter with Getty. We told them the matter was settled when we removed the 2 images in question and we are not paying a dime. She replied ok thank you for your time.

My advise to you is read the (C) law, they are required by law to send a removal letter first, by not doing this puts them in violation of the (C) Act.

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Ok, I’ve been dealing with this for over a year now. They sent us 2 letters without a sending us a take-down notice sent first for two small images of hands shaking we got from a hosting companies website we were reselling for back in the day. When we received the first letter we removed the two images and contacted them saying the following:

Hi,
I received a letter demanding payment for 2 photos we had on our website which we got off the net. We were not aware they were copyrighted and we made no profit from the use of these 2 images. We are also a small home based business which even if we wanted to pay the amount we could not. We have now removed the images in question, with our apologies. Why was a take-down notice was not issued as per DMCA? I also don’t recognize your invoice as valid or legal. As to this issue we have removed them from our website and will no longer use them. We consider this issue closed.

Please Read:

The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48)
“97.—(1) Where in an action for infringement of copyright it is shown that at the time of the infringement the defendant did not know, and had no reason to believe, that copyright subsisted in the work to which the action relates, the plaintiff is not entitled to damages against him, but without prejudice to any other remedy.”
“It is an offence under Section 40 of the Administration of Justice Act 1970 and Section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988 to harass of debtors with a view to obtaining payment including the issue of letters which convey a threat or false information with intent to cause distress or anxiety.”

The response we got from Getty was this:

Thank you for your attention to this matter, we are in receipt of your
letter dated January 08, 2008. Getty Images understands you are a small home based business and may have been unaware of copyright law. We are willing to work with your company in order to come to a fair and amicable resolution.

Unfortunately, that fact that your company made no profit from our
images is irrelevant, Getty Images only provides imagery but does not
take responsibility for how many hits your website receives or how much
profit your company makes. We are in the business of licensing
photography and we are looking out for our photographers well being.
A cease and desist notice was included with the settlement demand,
because of our contracts with our photographers, we must also come to a settlement agreement as well as have you remove the images in question.

The Patents Act of 1988 I irrelevant as Getty Images is not seeking
statutory damages, at this time Getty Images is only seeking to come to
an amicable settlement in order to pay back the photographer for his
work, and our third party for policing our imagery. We are in no way
seeking statutory damages.

Getty Images appreciates the removal of its represented images from your company’s website. However, removal of the images in question solves only part the issue, as Getty Images will continue to require full payment of the invoice to settle the matter and avoid further escalation.
Please be in touch with our department so we may come to a quick and amicable resolution.

As a result we were called by a company called NCS Recovery which is a collection agency. When the woman told us of Getty demanding payment for this we told them it is against the law what they are doing and she said how is that possible? When I told her:

The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48)

“97.—(1) Where in an action for infringement of copyright it is shown that at the time of the infringement the defendant did not know, and had no reason to believe, that copyright subsisted in the work to which the action relates, the plaintiff is not entitled to damages against him, but without prejudice to any other remedy.”

“It is an offence under Section 40 of the Administration of Justice Act 1970 and Section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988 to harass of debtors with a view to obtaining payment including the issue of letters which convey a threat or false information with intent to cause distress or anxiety.”

Her reply was this is not a depth collection that they are calling to just settle this matter with Getty. We told them the matter was settled when we removed the 2 images in question and we are not paying a dime. She replied ok thank you for your time.

My advise to you is read the (C) law, they are required by law to send a removal letter first, by not doing this puts them in violation of the (C) Act.

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