Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >Travel agent client maintains a website and newsletter featuring vacation >travel venues. Client makes every effort to use only public domain images. >Client received a letter from Getty Images, claiming a particular image >used by client was a rights managed image controlled by Getty. > >The image in question was no longer on the website,, but still appeared on >a FaceBook account. Client immediately removed it. > >The Getty letter states that removal of the image will not resolve the >matter, and demands a monetary settlement for past usage. > >Has anyone handled this sort of claim, with Getty or another stock agency? >Will they accepts an apology and an agreement to take reasonable steps to >prevent future inadvertent infringement in lieu of payment?
Getty won't settle for an apology or anything but money if it's their image. Copyright lawsuits are a significant source of income for them now, since the stock photo business has taken such a hit. However... Getty is currently being sued for *selling* images that are actually in the public domain! They even tried to get money from one photographer for her own image! http://observer.com/2016/07/getty-sued-for-1b-for-selling-public-domain-images/ So first order of business is to find out if it's one of these public domain images that Getty has been trying to foist off as one of their own. If not it'll be cheaper to just pay the few hundred bucks that Getty wants. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
