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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: PicRights.com
« on: September 25, 2018, 10:20:31 AM »
I also have a Picrights email about a singe image on my blog. I have removed the image and done some research, but have not yet responded. The image (on Masterfile, of course) costs $370 for use on a website secondary page; rather pricey, but Picrights wants $1400! It seems to me that to demand anything beyond the listed price constitutes punitive damages, and they can only be imposed by a court and only for egregious, willful actions by the subject. This is especially true, it seems to me, because Picrights is acting as agent for the rights owner, sort of like a collection agency. A collection agency tries to get the bill paid and then takes a commission; the agency cannot simply demand four times the amount owed so he will make more.
Is my logic flawed? Would a court be likely to be sympathetic to this view? If so, it would limit extortion demands to licensing fees alone.
Is my logic flawed? Would a court be likely to be sympathetic to this view? If so, it would limit extortion demands to licensing fees alone.