Getty caught me
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- joyride0
when you use Getty, the terrorists win! Do you really want that?
- joyride0
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(Jul 25 07, 08:25)
- version30
the terrorists win whenever the word terrorist is used
similar to the story in lord of war, they are a necessary evil used by the government scaring you into letting go of your civil liberties for your safety at the cost of your sanity
but i can't help feel i've digressed
- ladyboy0
I still can't believe I'm the only one this is happening too.
fuck'n hell! It means I'm an isolated case.
By the way the dude at getty admitted that the bot can find expired liscensed images as well. So designers make sure that your rights haven't expired or you'll also get letters.
A lawyer friend just got back to me and said I might have a case since the comp is a photograph on a website. Meaning it's a gettyimage on a comp - then the comp was photographed and then on a website. A doubt that'll work though if the bot got it.
- Mimio0
You're not the only one. I've had a few clients who have gotten the same thing, never 7k though, more like 1500.00. One of them reused a rights-managed image we leased for a magazine ad on their site and they got caught.
- MrD0
so can i steal people's work to get more jobs?
can i please?
submit your portfolio that i can steal from and call it my work
- OSFA0
100!
yeeeah...whatever.... :(
- ladyboy0
Mimio -
I assume your client just paid them then. I would too I guess in that case. Did they at least catch a discount or did they have to pay a crazy penalty for what was probably an honest oversight. Hell they bought the image in the first place.
- Mimio0
Yes, he just paid it. They made him a pay a settlement amount for the back-use which was far less than actually leasing of the image for that time. So they were sort of gracious about it. Then they asked him to pay for a new license of the same image or to remove it.
- ladyboy0
In that case then, I'd say Getty behaved accordingly and probably didn't piss off their existing customers. That's normal business in my opinion.
I offered to pay getty in installments the full amount - after an hour of negotiating. They said no on installments. Also weird I thought. If someone doesn't have the money don't you let them pay over time. I do with some of my clients. WTF
- Mimio0
Why was the penalty so stiff? was it up a long time, or a RM image?
- Concrete0
Nazi's.
- ross0
id say, since youre to blame, just avoid them.
And move to north korea.
- ladyboy0
It was a Rights Managed image about 160x160pixels
I"m not sure exactly how long it was up but I updated the site right after last xmas so couldn't have been a year
I think the penalty was arbitrary. That's why that women called and asked me a bunch of question posing as a potential client. I of course lied and said I was bigger than I was to get the work from a "large corporation". She used that info to qualify me as having money.
I think an obvious mom and pop (which I actually am) would have gotten less I'm guessing
- MrD0
just say you dont have the money to pay them at the moment
- canuck0
Should have used veer, they send out nice jig saw puzzles.
- OSFA0
hahaha
- ********0
In my case I made a comp that featured a getty image in it. Client never bought the concept and project died. I made no money. It was on my site in the portfolio section.
Anyone else get a getty letter?
ladyboy
(Jul 25 07, 06:20)that is actually a violation my friend.
- ********0
They don't know I didn't make money on it. But when I explained the whole oversight to Getty they didn't hear it. Told me they'd take 15% off if I payed in 14 days - then said they'd sue.
It's bullshit - no one goes to my site. The image itself was so small, and so obviosly a comp.
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well, it doesn't matter if you make money of it or not. you put it in your folio with the intention to get work out of it.
- ninjasavant0
yeah, tis a violation. You say you didn't make money off of it because the client didn't pay but to have it on your site in a portfolio is an attempt to use the image to generate more business for yourself so it is commercial use. And if the RIAA has shown us anything its that big companies can and will make examples out of small fish.
That said, I hope it all works out well for you and common sense prevails. You definitely need a lawyer and it will probably cost you less than $7000. Best of luck.