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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Price of Photo and Demand Amount $186 different. Just pay or fight?

« on: November 05, 2014, 05:41:01 PM »

Mailed the letter last week.  Today I get an EMAIL in response.  LOL! What a joke.  They want me to pay $520 for the one image but will not provide the evidence that I asked for.  If this were my business I would send these communications certified mail.

How can they expect anyone to take them seriously.  This looks and feels like a scam.   

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Price of Photo and Demand Amount $186 different. Just pay or fight?

« on: October 22, 2014, 11:38:33 AM »

SUPER helpful.  Thank you Thank you.  I'm actually looking forward to this little game thanks to you guys. 

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Price of Photo and Demand Amount $186 different. Just pay or fight?

« on: October 20, 2014, 06:29:09 PM »

Thank you Greg.  Could you recommend a place on this forum for me to start.  I have been reading a lot but not sure I am getting the things I need for where I'm at now.

Stinger that makes perfect sense.  I couldn't figure out why their photo cost hundreds of times more.

When I counter offer does saying it was a honest mistake count as admitting guilt? 

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Price of Photo and Demand Amount $186 different. Just pay or fight?

« on: October 20, 2014, 04:02:17 PM »

Thanks Stinger,

When I look at other similar photos from other companies the cost is around $20.  So there is a big price difference, but does it matter if their price is set.  I could argue that Getty's price is too high but that is different than arguing that their demand is much higher than then THEIR price.  Does it matter that most similar photos are much cheaper than getty's price?

The photo had been up for about for a year and a half.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Price of Photo and Demand Amount $186 different. Just pay or fight?

« on: October 20, 2014, 03:35:12 PM »

The demand letter for a photo I had on my blog asks for $520.  I didn't know this was a copyrighted photo when I put it on my post.  I don't sell anything on the blog.  I went to the getty website and figured out the price is $334 if I had to buy it from them today.

Is this worth fighting?  Will it matter if I can find similar photos cheaper from other companies?

I would HATE to pay this but I don't have a lot of free time to work on this either.

Thank you for this opportunity to reach out for help!