Fuck Getty Images
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- deathboy-8
Hopefully a court tosses it out. She had 0 damages yet wants to reap a huge reward for being inconvenienced with an email asking to be paid for a image in the public domain. I think someone just accidentally activated piracy software on a set of photos they shouldn't have. If she ignored it or replied it probably would have been fixed, and since it doesn't say anything about prior communication with getty over it i'd assume there was none. Just a person looking for a pay day for inconveniences with reality. With that said Getty should simply refund any money from said photos and do the apology and dance routine.
As far as selling images in the public domain I've seen it before. Many companies do this and there is nothing wrong with it. Look at book publishers, keep calm carry on, etc... I had to buy some historical images from corbis a couple years ago. Some i used corbis to search for than found them in the public domain and didn't purchase other I couldn't find and purchased. Corbis would get paid for the search/host service if people didn't know better.
Gettys piracy software does a service not only for company but for contributors. "The following file(s) were recently licensed to an iStock customer in a transaction that did not occur through the website: XXXXX We have made an adjustment to your account and added your royalty from the license(s), which totals $0.72." Helps me stack mad doe YO!
- lol @ "Many companies do this and there is nothing wrong with it."imbecile
- its public domain... legally you can sell things in public domain. no copywrite. which is why a software error which should be remedied...deathboy
- ahem... *lol*imbecile
- it would considered more on the fraud side. misrepresentation and also cp right prob if you violate authors policy?yurimon
- Donating to public domain I believe takes any rights away... however Getty can't claim rights to them. Can sell distribute, but cant claim cw.deathboy
- Screams wrong set of photos stuck in software queue to me. Human error that should be fixed.deathboy
- deathboy must must be on Getty's payroll, what asinine statement! He clearly did not read and or comprehend the merits of the lawsuit.utopian
- i read a typical david vs goliath suer with dr evil amount for big headlines oneside PR article. trying to be a rational voice instead of calling for pitchforksdeathboy
- and yes i am on the payroll if you read my postdeathboy
- I doubt she is looking for a payday at 70 years old when she spent her life taking and donating photos. She is looking to make a point.ETM
- Getty is threatening/punishin... people for content they don't own. And in her case, she was threatened for using her own photo she didn't dl from Getty.ETM
- And Getty does shit like this all day long. But you know that...ETM