If your client is a mom/pop shop, tell Getty to take a hike. Its not worth their lawyers time to go after them with the risk that they might lose if the images are widely available on other sites and have no watermarks or ownership stamp on it. Let Getty go after the place your client got the images from, its more likely that they have more exposure. Bigger fish.
On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 1:36 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> 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? > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -- Reduce your Government Footprint -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
