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- emecks
we got a letter from gettyimages today addressed to "the legal department"
seems that my predecessor helped himself to an image from getty and didn't pay for it, it was on our website for a few months.
The fine is £1996.50.
fucken ouch, I agree with getting fined for unlincensed usage of stock images but that seems excessive to me.
- 23kon0
*ouch*
yeah they are well tight with their fines.
i remember a story from years ago of a girl in the states i think who entered a painting competition and the prize was pretty big.
anyway, she won it, but her painting was based on an image she'd found online that was a tonystone/getty image.im pretty sure they screwed her over and took the prize from her too lol
- Dancer0
Depends on the licence of the image I suppose. Why not make it a cool 2k?
The day this happens in design...
- emecks0
http://creative.gettyimages.com/…
that is the image in question, can't see it being anywhere near that much to purchase.
still a fine is a fine.
- jox0
Is that the same cunt muscle I've been hearing so much about?
- neue75_bold0
this must be boosting your position and status even higher within the company, comparatively speaking...
- emecks0
haha, had my predecessor gotten busted whilst he was still here it might have boosted me, as it is I'm the poor cunt that gets to hand my boss the fine and follow it up with "it wasn't my fault"
baws.
- mimeartist0
If the fine was the price of the piece... then everyone would just use them and if they got caught would just pay up.
Unlucky!
- OSFA0
then don't give it to your boss and throw it away. Pretend you never got it. This helps me with my billz....
- Jaline0
this must be boosting your position and status even higher within the company, comparatively speaking...
neue75_bold
(Apr 13 07, 04:15)just what I was going to say. You'll be a God if you can figure this out.
- neue75_bold0
you little minx, you...
- OSFA0
sue them back!
- emecks0
sue them back!
OSFA
(Apr 13 07, 05:35)Addressed to the blood-sucking department:
Dear cheeky hooors,
get tae fuck, you nicked it off of us.
love from emecks (mr)
- kelpie0
how the hell do you guys think sean getty *got* so rich?
his rhymes aint shit.
- Jaline0
I think kelpie just spoke ghetto.
- kelpie0
I'm all about the streets, girl
- kelpie0
oh I frequently do
- emecks0
funny thing is everyone in the office is saying "would never happen now that we've got that grumpy cunt in charge of things"
- neue75_bold0
"growler"
- leanmean0
Jaline
What kind of crazy shit do you have going on with your website?
My company has it blocked do to 'sex' ???
do tell!