Hello everyone,
First off, I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to this forum, especially its creators and main supporters. It is great to know that there are still good-hearted individuals that take the time out of their busy schedules to create such a 'movement'. Its inspirational to say the least.
My story.... I'm a college guy who started an eCommerce site, the site is first-off very informative. I type articles in my niche so that customers see we are more than just another 'online-store'.
Almost two years ago, I got a blog template for WordPress (wordpress powers my article directory) from a popular internet marketing forum (won't say the name) in a special section only paying members are allowed to access (the creators of the template were an design company no longer around). In it, well, was my template, images, psd files etc.
For those who are not familiar with WordPress, its a free software platform driven by a community of millions who contribute – similar to SMF which is what powers this forum and the free theme provided by the infamous 'Crip' designer who has over millions in downloads for his popular templates.
Gradually, as I became better at web developing I ended up trashing the template – but a specific article was never edited, hence the dang image was still there. All my articles are educational, they don't have links pointing to product nor do they have anything to do with product. They are simply educational.
I was using that 'lucky-image' for an article not even accessible on the eCommerce site which launched in March 2011.
Here I am today, trying to figure out how I am going to even scrape change to hire Oscar, but I am. Finals are almost here, my site isn't the most successful, but most people think my site is run by a multi-million dollar company just because of the site design which scares me a bit now...
The irony in this is gut-wrenching on a professional standpoint because I am a photographer and did all the work myself since I'm broke.
For people hit with a claim form 3-4 years ago, did it go away? Is it a done deal? The phrase 'its rare' that Getty will take you to court seems to be thrown around, basically implicating that they've been successful at some rate even in court?
Sorry for the rambling, as I am sure you all understand, this takes a bit to chew, but I'm chewing away.
First off, I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to this forum, especially its creators and main supporters. It is great to know that there are still good-hearted individuals that take the time out of their busy schedules to create such a 'movement'. Its inspirational to say the least.
My story.... I'm a college guy who started an eCommerce site, the site is first-off very informative. I type articles in my niche so that customers see we are more than just another 'online-store'.
Almost two years ago, I got a blog template for WordPress (wordpress powers my article directory) from a popular internet marketing forum (won't say the name) in a special section only paying members are allowed to access (the creators of the template were an design company no longer around). In it, well, was my template, images, psd files etc.
For those who are not familiar with WordPress, its a free software platform driven by a community of millions who contribute – similar to SMF which is what powers this forum and the free theme provided by the infamous 'Crip' designer who has over millions in downloads for his popular templates.
Gradually, as I became better at web developing I ended up trashing the template – but a specific article was never edited, hence the dang image was still there. All my articles are educational, they don't have links pointing to product nor do they have anything to do with product. They are simply educational.
I was using that 'lucky-image' for an article not even accessible on the eCommerce site which launched in March 2011.
Here I am today, trying to figure out how I am going to even scrape change to hire Oscar, but I am. Finals are almost here, my site isn't the most successful, but most people think my site is run by a multi-million dollar company just because of the site design which scares me a bit now...
The irony in this is gut-wrenching on a professional standpoint because I am a photographer and did all the work myself since I'm broke.
For people hit with a claim form 3-4 years ago, did it go away? Is it a done deal? The phrase 'its rare' that Getty will take you to court seems to be thrown around, basically implicating that they've been successful at some rate even in court?
Sorry for the rambling, as I am sure you all understand, this takes a bit to chew, but I'm chewing away.