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An update - April 2017.

We ignored the letter and we have had no further communication from this company so far.

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UK Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Getty Images Letter
« on: April 12, 2017, 06:12:57 AM »
A client of mine had a similar letter showing all the directors names & Address, where the business traded, companies house information regarding their business and turnover etc.

I was concerned and the image in question was taken down. After reading a lot on these forums you need to remember that no matter what they say in the eyes of the law they have no legal way to pursue you for money.  Unless this has been ruled on by a court their claim is about the same as me bumping into you on the street and demanding £1000 or I will send a collection agency.

We chose to completely ignore the letters and will see what happens. This was around 4 months ago and we have missed their 'deadline' nothing else has arrived from them.

I actually did the same research to the company who sent us the letter, I found their directors, their trading names, where they were based and previous business ventures. to say they were dodgy is an understatement, using virtual offices, directors of multiple companies, had dealings in all sorts of hosting and IT type ventures and been removed from directorships before.

Until you have had a court hearing and a judge or similar official has awarded this company damages, ignore them. I imagine you will continue to receive threatening letters charging various amounts, if a collection company turns up just remain calm and ask for the official court ruling, then call the police if they will not leave.

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Thanks, I was very concerned when the letter landed! My client is of the attitude of 'balls to em' and are happy to stonewall until an official court summons or similar lands.

If it does I will attend whatever hearing and see what happens. I would imagine my 'old purchased image' line has been used many times before and will hold no water.

For now, I'm ignoring it.  I will keep the post updated with what happens.

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Hi All, I have been reading a lot of threads here and just want a little advice..

My client has received a letter in the post demanding £708 for copyright infringement for an image I purchased many moons ago, It was live on my clients website for 26 days (jan 1st 2017 until jan 26th 2017), it has since been removed and replaced as we received this letter.

I am concerned as the letter states they are acting on behalf of another business who claim they own the image, not getty images....

The company sending the letter 'Image sales' have a virtual office in the center of Bristol, no website,  they do not respond to telephone calls and the letter is threatening to say the least.  They have screen grabs of all employees addresses, directors details, companies house details etc,  Very pushy.

I know ignorance is not a defence but seeing as I bought the image a while ago without using it I went ahead and used it for my clients site, I have drafted a letter in reply in which I disagree with the copyright claim. 

Now I am thinking that I should treat this the same as a getty letter?

In that I will not be responding to their - "pay us by Wednesday for a 30% discount" and I will not be responding at all.  I have spoken with my client and explained that they may get letters and phonecalls harassing them for payment, but I have made it clear we don't actually owe money to anyone, this is just someone wlaking up to use demanding money.... No one has deemed this as debt???

Have any of you come across this company before?   Their phone number is 0161-818-9292 and email address is help@imagesales.co.uk -  both show nothing on google search.


Any advice would be appreciated..  :D

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