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progressoid

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2. As has been discussed on other photo forums,
Sat Jul 30, 2016, 08:01 PM
Jul 2016

this is going to be a tough one for her. Getty and their cabal of asshole lawyers are notoriously cut throat.

Hope she prevails.

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Fuck that company. Volaris Jul 2016 #1
These firms often use file scanning software to detect a photo's use on a website. TheBlackAdder Jul 2016 #18
As has been discussed on other photo forums, progressoid Jul 2016 #2
Here's a wiki snip. Wilms Jul 2016 #5
What sort of argument can their cutthroat lawyers make? Getty can't charge her for her using pnwmom Jul 2016 #6
Right. progressoid Jul 2016 #9
But the letter accused her of "copyright infringement in violation of the Copyright Act" muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #11
Exactly -- they are claiming copyright infringement as a COA obamanut2012 Aug 2016 #20
If you have good enough lawyers awoke_in_2003 Jul 2016 #14
They are a vile and devious company How they think they can charge for public domain content Monk06 Jul 2016 #3
re: "How they think they can charge for public domain content is unbelieveable " thesquanderer Jul 2016 #12
This is what you get ... nikto Jul 2016 #4
Sad but true! 2naSalit Jul 2016 #7
What pisses me off, is how Ancestry.com and newspapers.com SoCalDem Jul 2016 #15
That should be taken back from the $$$ Interest$, IMO nikto Jul 2016 #16
Whoa PatSeg Jul 2016 #8
Something similar is going on at YouTube Wednesdays Jul 2016 #10
Thank you, for that scary, but honest and informative post nikto Jul 2016 #17
what is legal and what is just is often completely separate dembotoz Jul 2016 #13
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2016 #19
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