Here are the answers to the data gathering questions...Thanks so much again:
Is your blog hosted in the US. yes
Have you looked the image number up in the Getty catalog?
Yes, Here is the link to the image in their catalog
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/man-standing-on-ladder-cutting-rose-bushes-high-res-stock-photography/sb10068280c-001It says License Type: Rights - Managed
Can someone on the forum look up the registration?
We can also look into similar images-- which we will want to do.
Not sure why we'd do this?
Do you know if you hotlinked the image or hosted it on your server?
I was unfamiliar with the term hot linking. After finding out, no I didn't hot link to the picture. I used Google Images to find a picture of a ladder (there are bazillion). As mentioned, there was no water mark or catalog numbers or anything foreboding like prices and license info. I use "Snag It" to copy my client's posture photos, before and after the therapy to add to my site. Unfortunately when I got the first letter I immediately deleted the image AND deleted the paragraph(s) that referred to it. I remember the essence of what I was talking about but the language got deleted too! I can see Getty has a screen capture of the image and language but the text is so tiny, no way I can read it from what they sent.
I am a therapist providing a niche therapy - essentially it is a method of Posture Alignment that is a customized exercise based, highly specialized therapy not covered by insurance. There is a specific profile of client, the kind who does not want surgery or drugs and has tried all that there is to try out there with no success. Mostly they are pretty motivated to do what it takes and it is hard work. By that I mean, the exercises are easy but the motivation to do them can be a problem for many. It is 100% the client's responsibility to do their exercises each day and to do them precisely and to return in 2 weeks for reassessment of progress and a new or modified set of exercises. They mostly do 8 sessions or 16 or just keep going, depending. So compliance is key, it is a make or break proposition. Follow the program and succeed or don't and nothing will change. SO.....that said.... I do zero advertising, I am NOT in the phone book. I am not looking to SELL or promote my services because it is a big waste of time, the wrong kind of person shows up.
99.99% of my clients come from referrals. Anyone who comes in off the street (I have a small store front) never comes back and signs up-they are kicking the tires and aren't desperate like most of my clients. My front door is locked 65% of the time. My clients are astounded by the results and they tell others. Some of those people check out my website to get more information.
The website blog is there to help people understand how the therapy works. The ladder comes into play because it is an image I use to draw analogies between the human body and the shape of a ladder. The therapy is based on the fact that all humans (except 5%) were born with an original blueprint design. All load bearing joints are lined up vertically and level horizontally. Because muscles move bones, over time injury and many other phenomena, muscle tension becomes imbalanced and pulls bones and joints out of their original proper position. The therapist knows where the causes are and the posture therapy stimulates targeted muscles and areas to work properly again and the muscles will return joints and structure to the correct position.
The ladder image was used to help the reader understand that the ankle, knee, hip and shoulder joint must be aligned horizontally and vertically just like the side supports and rungs of a ladder. Ladders are unstable, weak and faulty if they loose that design position, very strong and functional if they maintain it. If the body looses it's design position, there will be wear and tear over time and then function degrades, pain and problems will cascade through the structure. That is why I used that image. Why I liked the image with the man standing on the base with only his legs showing, don't know.
So i don't sell ladders or rose bushes or men's boots -shown in the image! I use the imagery when I explain how the body should be positioned and how it is possible to return it to that original position.
( If you hosted on your server, do not post that information publicly and do not ever volunteer it to Getty. But you need to know for your own sake. If you are in the US and-- hotlinking-- that is displaying an image on another sever-- means you have no worries. We can tell you what to write back.)
I don't use physical Ladder images anywhere else.
Have you removed the image from displaying in the post? Yes.
In your blog post, were you discussing the image itself? Yes, explained above.
Does your blog run ads? No
Is it affiliated with a business? No
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