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by sully
Tue Apr 27, 2010 5:47 pm
Forum: Copyright Basics
Topic: Images in Forums
Replies: 3
Views: 10577

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Thanks very much for the informmation there,

Another question is, would getty take a forum to court because there was one photo on it somewhere? most admins will remove anything which is reported as a problem.

And one more question, even though the forum is UK based , what if the server is in the ...
by sully
Tue Apr 27, 2010 3:53 pm
Forum: Copyright Basics
Topic: Images in Forums
Replies: 3
Views: 10577

Images in Forums

I suppose most people know that libraries like Getty digitally sign images, and that their bots can detect them on websites.

Recently i have had a friend get a £4000 demand from getty because the pics used as background images on his website were apparently copyrighted ( not that he realised ...