Mission Accomplished --> Paid ZERO dollars in settlement to Masterfile.

[Nemen Night]

C'mon people it is really simple

You get a letter from Masterfile --> delete images; ignore all payment requests

you get any more letters form Masterfile --> ignore
you get a letter/email from collection agency --> ignore
you get a call from collection agency --> get an answering machine and ignore

Ignore, ignore, ignore. never pay.

There will be those that will respond and say: NO! You need to talk to them, negotiatie, give them an offer etc.. Then you go and pay them $600, $900, $1500, $3000 for some dumb image that you never needed and they would never sell otherwise. Im sure they will be happy, but dont expect any gratitude. Why are you wasting your time here if you are so fearful? To get educated? Ok, you got educated and what now? you will be paranoid? Just ignore it and forget it. Never pay a penny to those crooks. They will go hungry and die before you know it. Don't feed them!

[Oscar Michelen]

Many people choose to ignore the letters from MF and obviously MF cannot sue everyone they write letters to. I say "Don't ignore them" for two reasons: (1) Most simply put, as an attorney I would not legally advise someone to ignore a legal claim that exposes them to legal fees and penalties. If "ignore them" was the best legal advice to give, it would entail a full explanation to the client of the risks/rewards of this versus their other options. (2) Why risk that you will be one of the folks MF does decide to sue? And just because you engage them in settlement talks, does not mean you have to settle if they do not come down to a figure that YOU think is fair.  But if you should then be sued, at least you can go into court and establish that you tried to be reasonable but they wanted too much money. That greatly reduces your exposure to legal fees being awarded.