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UK Getty Images Letter Forum / The biggest con of all - please read

« on: November 25, 2012, 02:21:52 PM »

Ok its gets better
I have been sent a bill for use of a tiny thumbnail image (linked but no on my site) for £423, but the site that hosted a much larger version and was the original site to misuse the image only £267!

This is a total CON!

The image is worth one or the other - but not both! - exp as the larger resolution version was worth less!
In addition the original website got an almost identical image from a getty based site for $5!

I suspect they are setting the price based on what they believe each site will tolerate - this is not copyright protection - but extortion!

They have also ignored all requests for them to prove they have exclusive rights to the image

I have not informed them of this information yet, and am waiting for their next move!

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UK Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: BBC News image

« on: November 25, 2012, 01:40:23 PM »

I'm currently have the same issue with an image a company used as their logo on my site - but the people representing getty are just ignoring requests for clarity

Its a crazy situation

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UK Getty Images Letter Forum / British Library IP team

« on: October 26, 2012, 04:44:20 PM »

Having read several of these threads/ posts - has anyone here approached the IP advisory team at the British Library about this matter?

If not I will go there next week, but this may be a definitive way of resolving where people stand

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UK Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: graphic from another site

« on: October 26, 2012, 04:07:24 PM »

That was my belief, but they are still chasing, I did not see any standard response to this "infraction" any thoughts on how to respond.. to them, I have already stated this

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UK Getty Images Letter Forum / graphic from another site

« on: October 26, 2012, 12:23:34 PM »

Hi all
what a great site
I have had a letter from a debt collection firm about a graphic that was on my site
It was on a "links" page, and a 3rd party had used part of a (potentially) getty image as their logo. I did not host the image, but it was seen on our site.

It seems that the image MAY be a getty one or a photos.com image that is very similar. The screen shot was from 2 years ago and the graphic & who posted it are not know to me, and the screen shot is low res so I cannot read the text next to the image, & its difficult to confirm which version of the image it is.

As I did not host the image & said on the page that we were not liable for external links - what is our position?

should we pay up?

Thanks