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riddickvictim2:
From everything I read on this website, the message is quite clear.  Do not purchase professional graphics, photos or clipart.  Do not support “professional” artists of any kind in any way.  If you do, you will be sued.

I have paid hard earned US dollars for every single image on my website.  And along comes the likes of Mr. Riddick.
So again, the message that I get from Getty, MasterFile, Riddick, Jupiter and their ilk is very clear.  Buy professional works of any kind and you will be sued.  

It is sad that the UAW has killed the auto industry.  It is equally sad that Getty, MasterFile, Jupiter, and Riddick are killing the image industry.  There will be thousands of unemployed auto workers and an equal number of unemployed artists.

From this day forward, I will NEVER purchase a professional image of any kind from any source.  Getting back to my website, it is loaded with images that I purchased legally.  This was before the revelation that purchasing professional images will get you sued.  The question that I pose is this.   How do I make my website Riddick-proof, Jupiter-proof, MasterFile-proof, and Getty-proof.  I am fairly certain that removing all images would adversely affect sales.  Income from sales is what my family and these predators are counting on.  Do I just start replacing professional images with home made images?

digitizerof embroidery:
Has anyone even started to actually see if ANY of this is legal? I mean I was sent an email today from one of our competitors about this, TAKE A LOOKEY LOOK!!
 
http://www.clipart.com/en/close-up?o=5319329&memlevel=A&a=a&q=4th%20of%20july&k_mode=all&s=1&e=28&show=&c=&cid=&findincat=&g=&cc=&page=&k_exc=&pubid=
 
This is almost the SAME (if not the same)  image on his site. Now, I know www.clipart.com states that IF you are sued, THEY will reimburse (from what I read, and understood) but who owns what?

http://www.imageline2.com/pages/ipics2_HOLIDAYSMemor.htm

BartPerry:
That is VERY odd, I have the very same item digitized on MY site, and I am expecting an email myself. HOWEVER, I purchased a membership on clipart.com, downloaded the image, and turned it into a digitized work with my digitizing skills.

How can both of these two own the same clipart? how can WE be sued for what we purchased in good faith.

Bart

Matthew Chan:
You can be sued by anyone, anytime, for any reason.  It does not mean they will win anything but it does cause aggravation for everyone.  Keep in mind, for someone to sue, it costs real money and time to do so and often requires paying an attorney to do so.


BartPerry Wrote:
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> That is VERY odd, I have the very same item
> digitized on MY site, and I am expecting an email
> myself. HOWEVER, I purchased a membership on
> clipart.com, downloaded the image, and turned it
> into a digitized work with my digitizing skills.
>
> How can both of these two own the same clipart?
> how can WE be sued for what we purchased in good
> faith.
>
> Bart

BartPerry:
OOPS, I spoke to soon, Riddick emailed me back while I was typing. He did NOT get my name correct, nor did he send the email to me correctly as I cannot even see what is in his email :)

Is this guy on medication? I mean, in my PERSONAL opinion (yea, cant sue me for my personal opinion..not fact, just opinion) this Mr. Riddick needs some meds for a disorder or something.

I wonder if it was for the flag as well.

Oh well, this guy will not get even one more minute of my time. We called our attorney and told him what was going on, he said if I got the clipart from claiprt.com not to worry about a thing. (I did, so.........)

Bart

Mr. Riddick, if you are reading, my name is BART, not bat, my last name is Perry, not parry.

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