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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Letter rec'd by a local vender with my logo on site

« on: March 29, 2013, 11:36:24 PM »

Thank you for your replies and I will work on the scanned attachments of all information I have.
Peggy

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Letter rec'd by a local vender with my logo on site

« on: March 29, 2013, 01:23:26 PM »

Thank you for your response.  Our website was designed by a company in St. Louis, MO called Ultimate Pet Websites and I paid them a design fee + hosting on a yearly basis.  I will ask them if they purchased the photo there.

The logo, in question, is on the website also (top left corner) in the circle with the "heart".  That same photo is on Getty's site with the dog turned the opposite direction, and of course - no heart (obviously the same with Getty!)  While there are some changes to it, the outlining, etc. the dog is the same.  The receipt I have shows the same dog but shaded in, which we also asked for the "unshaded" version from here.

Jerry Witt - I would be more than happy to provide scanned copies of a full size logo, the information from Getty (the picture) and the invoice from the Etsy purchase.  I'm not certain if I can attached while on the forum though.

Thank you, Peggy
www.luvachinrescue.org

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Letter rec'd by a local vender with my logo on site

« on: March 27, 2013, 05:48:03 PM »

I rec'd a frantic call from a local retail pet store that supports my 501/c/3 Dog Rescue.  He received the Getty letter and it's demanding $875 due to my logo on his site.  One of my volunteers had contacted a designer through Etsy in 2009 and paid for this to be done.  While it's the same photo provided by Getty, we have no idea where the designer got it.  I do have 2 copies of the logo that we have used on our website, brochures, cafepress items, etc. and have provided it to vendors in locally printed items.

While the photo of the dog, it is "turned" facing opposite direction.  What can I do to help this vendor because of the support he has given our rescue?

Thank you in advance...Peggy, www.luvachinrescue.org