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sbritton

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Has Anyone Really Been Sued??
« on: June 21, 2012, 07:03:27 PM »
Okay, this may have been answered before, but I'm really curious if anyone if the US has actually been sued AND if Getty won the case.  Is there a threshold of the number of images that pushes them over the edge and decide to go legal?

It would seem to me that a single image violation simply isn't worth the effort especially if the image is removed on the first notice. 

I get it is a numbers game for these guys...send out enough letters and you will make money and then the really high-profile ones you make an example out of to scare more people into paying.

Any real-world cases would be very enlightening.
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Re: Has Anyone Really Been Sued??
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2012, 07:19:05 PM »
To date and to the best of my knowledge Getty has never sued anyone over one image.  The last lawsuit Getty filed was Getty v Advernet and Getty won the case by default.  Even though Getty won the court ruled they would get nothing.  You can read about it here.

Complaint
http://www.scribd.com/doc/81920643/Getty-Images-vs-Advernet-Complaint

Answer
http://www.scribd.com/doc/81920643/Getty-Images-vs-Advernet-Complaint

Decision
http://www.scribd.com/doc/75525341/Getty-Images-v-Advernet-Decision-Southern-District-of-NY
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Robert Krausankas (BuddhaPi)

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Re: Has Anyone Really Been Sued??
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2012, 08:06:57 PM »
Thats a great example, even tho Getty "won" they got the shit slapped out of them and ended up winning nothing..

Yes sbritton, it's a number games, and they hardly ever file suit and when they do it's usually for many images.
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Re: Has Anyone Really Been Sued??
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2012, 11:17:07 PM »
Shortest topic on ELI.  Ever.

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