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UK Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: I Might Just Help Getty!
« on: November 27, 2013, 12:35:43 AM »
I actually did this - I saw that the image I was being extorted for was being used by a university press office - they even had it in their Flickr stream as their property, free for use! I called and asked them about the origin of the image - mentioning that I had received an extortion letter (from Phototake, not Getty) and that they should check on its legitimacy or risk extortion themselves. The woman I talked to claimed they never used outside photos, that it would have been provided by the scientist - but lo and behold a few days later it was off their site and replaced by an image from Wilkipedia. I saved their ass - but didn't even get a thank you. Oh well. Karma is mine.