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UK Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: ipprotection.net letter
« on: June 29, 2013, 04:47:19 AM »
Hi all, first post her, found the site after searching on ipprotection.net
I received a letter recently from IPProtection.net (as an attachment via email) demanding £2800 for use of a thumbnail image in a forum post. I'm very cautious with use of images but the post in question was 5 years ago and I honestly can't recall where the image was obtained from or if it had been sent to me.
The letter isn't signed, it ends:
"Yours faithfully
IP Protection Limited
Email: dave@ipprotection.net"
The calculation of £2800 has been arrived at as follows: 5 years @ £280 = £1400 plus a "100% uplift for flagrancy" which seems completely bizarre. Either an image breaches a claimed copyright or it doesn't surely? How can it's use be flagrant in this respect?
It has not been delivered to our registered company address and I have made no acknowledgement of receipt. I have now received a further email 'chaser' as follows:
"Unless I receive your response within 7 days from the date of this letter, I am instructed to take further action against you, which may include legal action, without further notice. I trust that this will not be necessary and look forward to receiving your response no later than 7 days from the date of this letter.
My client reserves his right to bring this letter and previous correspondence to the attention of the Court on the question of my client’s costs"
Grateful for any advice here. Should I respond or is this speculative and best ignored? I can't imagine they would proceed to legal action for a thumbnail image which is a small part of an original image. They have also screen grabbed the forum post with other artwork in it, so is there a counter claim I can throw back at them there?
I received a letter recently from IPProtection.net (as an attachment via email) demanding £2800 for use of a thumbnail image in a forum post. I'm very cautious with use of images but the post in question was 5 years ago and I honestly can't recall where the image was obtained from or if it had been sent to me.
The letter isn't signed, it ends:
"Yours faithfully
IP Protection Limited
Email: dave@ipprotection.net"
The calculation of £2800 has been arrived at as follows: 5 years @ £280 = £1400 plus a "100% uplift for flagrancy" which seems completely bizarre. Either an image breaches a claimed copyright or it doesn't surely? How can it's use be flagrant in this respect?
It has not been delivered to our registered company address and I have made no acknowledgement of receipt. I have now received a further email 'chaser' as follows:
"Unless I receive your response within 7 days from the date of this letter, I am instructed to take further action against you, which may include legal action, without further notice. I trust that this will not be necessary and look forward to receiving your response no later than 7 days from the date of this letter.
My client reserves his right to bring this letter and previous correspondence to the attention of the Court on the question of my client’s costs"
Grateful for any advice here. Should I respond or is this speculative and best ignored? I can't imagine they would proceed to legal action for a thumbnail image which is a small part of an original image. They have also screen grabbed the forum post with other artwork in it, so is there a counter claim I can throw back at them there?