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Getty Images Letter Forum / Can copytrack enforce legal procedures
« on: February 01, 2018, 08:34:10 PM »
I received a mail from copytrack in January, regarding copyright infringement for using one of the images of their client.
I used this image 3 years ago, at that time, I was unaware of proper usage of an image, also I did used it from another website (not their client), so I couldn't know the owner first.
I mailed copytrack to check for the image owner and yes it was the real one.
Now, the situation is, I used the image unintentionally for representational purpose and we are a very small blog who made nothing out of the blog. Also, we write just for educational purposes only, no commercial use and the website belongs to India.
I don't know how to pay that much of amount. We told them the situation and also removed the image and every online existence of image. They reduced the price to half and now sent me an automated mail threatening us for legal battle, which will cost us more.
I won't talk anymore with them, I already gave my statement. But their mails are affecting my mind. Can you suggest what to do?
P.s. when I searched for the image in Google, my website is not the only one to use it. There were more than 100 photos that were used by other blogs. So, are they suing them all?
I used this image 3 years ago, at that time, I was unaware of proper usage of an image, also I did used it from another website (not their client), so I couldn't know the owner first.
I mailed copytrack to check for the image owner and yes it was the real one.
Now, the situation is, I used the image unintentionally for representational purpose and we are a very small blog who made nothing out of the blog. Also, we write just for educational purposes only, no commercial use and the website belongs to India.
I don't know how to pay that much of amount. We told them the situation and also removed the image and every online existence of image. They reduced the price to half and now sent me an automated mail threatening us for legal battle, which will cost us more.
I won't talk anymore with them, I already gave my statement. But their mails are affecting my mind. Can you suggest what to do?
P.s. when I searched for the image in Google, my website is not the only one to use it. There were more than 100 photos that were used by other blogs. So, are they suing them all?