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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Copytrack chasing me
« on: April 16, 2018, 04:08:15 PM »
I got a letter from Copytrack yesterday concerning a photo I used for an article I made on my company website. I have always been downloading stuff from google images except those with watermark. Some photos can't be copied so, clearly, those are the ones that owners refuse to give others permission to copy (at least that's my assumption). My use of that particular image was not to sell a product or a resort but just to show readers what they can see in my country. From the preview of the picture, you can easily right-click and save an image without really seeing the copyright. Now, Copytrack demands that I pay the post-licensing retroactively. Just reading similar messages on this site made me suspect that they could also charge me a huge amount which I don't know how to pay. I came from a 3rd world country, and what I am getting from my pay is not even enough to pay my rent, groceries, and utilities. This is a big let-down. No warnings or anything of sorts. I don't even know whether I should feel guilty for something I did in good faith. Never ever entered my mind that I would get a letter like this for one picture that is not even a good one.