Just Received second letter

[esoticodsgns]

I received a second letter now from Getty Images. It was all in relation to one image on my website, which my designer has already taken down and also did not find any copyrights to it. I have read a bunch of items on the website, but a bit unclear what my next step should be... Any advice?

[Robert Krausankas (BuddhaPi)]

read a bunch more..

[stinger]

You can:

• Pay them. - Most people here DO NOT recommend this.
• Ignore them. - This has worked for some people.  Know that while you are ignoring them, they will not be ignoring you.  They will try to guilt and scare you into building their case or paying them.
• Try to resolve it with a dialogue with them.  This may make you feel better about your actions and document your case in the event it ever does reach a court room, but they will mostly ignore your letters and keep contacting you with attempts to guilt and scare you into paying them or building their case for them.
• Hire Oscar through his letter program and let him take the lead on dealing with them.

Whatever you choose, I recommend taking down the offending image.  The odds of their suing you over 1 image are extremely slim.  Keep reading.  You will find examples on this site of people who have done each of the above options. 

Only you can decide what works for you.

[Greg Troy (KeepFighting)]

No copyright information is required to go along with an image, copyright exists from the moment a photograph is taken.  However with that said there are a lot of issue with Getty, they charge for more than the fair market value of the image in our opinion, the majority of their images are not registered and the list goes on which is why this site exists.  Keep reading, your choices are what Stinger has said. 

You may ask you web designer who did it to pay for or split the defense letter cost of using Oscar.

[Oscar Michelen]

Take some time , read the forums look at the videos and that should give you plenty to help you figure the issues out.