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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Adlife Marketing & Communications ASKING $8,000 for an image

« on: January 13, 2017, 08:19:32 AM »

We ended up settling. Unfortunately, there was a third party involved that wanted it dealt with as soon as possible. I wanted to fight it and drag it out.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Adlife Marketing & Communications ASKING $8,000 for an image

« on: December 03, 2016, 09:55:27 AM »

No. This is a business in Pennsylvania.

My only communication with the graphic designer was over Skype, and they have been unresponsive for about 4 years now.

I feel like they have me over a barrel at this point.

We keep much more detailed records in-house at this point, but 4-5 years ago we did not, unfortunately.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Adlife Marketing & Communications ASKING $8,000 for an image

« on: December 02, 2016, 05:49:03 PM »

I have a client that received one of these $8000 invoices.

I setup the website several years ago. We freelanced some of the graphic work to someone that we found on a forum. All I have for the person that did the work is a screenname. Because of that, I cannot get a confirmation from iStockPhoto that the image was obtained legally. I know that is where they said they got the image, but without a individual's name or their business name, iStockPhoto will not release any information to me.

Given that we cannot obtain the proper licensing information, what is our best course of action? Money is tight. The business is just a tiny pizza joint in a small town.

A representative from AdLife suggested that they would settle for $750. Would we be best served to pay the $750 and be done with it? How do they prove damages in a situation like this? $750 seems high for a small picture of lasagna.

Thank you for your time.