@tryme1 188448 wrote:
I second what Goldfinger is saying. Getty is brutal about this kind of stuff. You would be unwise to ignore this stuff….ask for clarification and for them to point out images that are in breach.
You’ll probably find that it is images used in your website template or something. Send them receipts for the template, the terms of use for the template and suggest they go sue someone else.
Don’t ignore them or tell them to go jump. I have clients that have fallen foul of Getty and they aren’t messing about.
I mentioned in my original email that I had contacted them via email. I’ve received the “read receipt”, but no reply at this point. I had requested clear images from their screenshots so I could determine which banners were in question. They are definitely not images from a template etc. I am very careful about images of my own choosing.
Since the banners are from casino affiliate programs, they already know that these sites are located outside the US, and they have some work to do to go after them on foreign soil. Perhaps that’s why they targeted me, instead. For all I know, they’ve already been paid for the images. I have no way of knowing, and told them that.
I certainly would not ignore something like this. I went to their site, but haven’t had a chance to look up the images or photographers yet.
Thanks for the info on this.