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who does Getty steal from?
by twelve40 3y ago
who does Getty steal from?
- shagie 3y agohttps://www.dpreview.com/news/3907450005/getty-images-sued-over-allegedly-licensing-public-domain-images-again https://www.dpreview.com/news/3907450005/getty-images-sued-o... > CixxFive Concepts, a digital marketing company based in Dallas, Texas, has filed a class action lawsuit against Getty Images over its alleged licensing of public domain images. > Though CixxFive acknowledges that it is not illegal to sell public domain images, the company alleges that Getty's 'conduct goes much further than this,' claiming it has utilized 'a number of different deceptive techniques' in order to 'mislead' its customers -- and potential future customers -- into thinking the company owns the copyrights of all images it sells. > The alleged actions, the lawsuit claims, 'purport to restrict the use of the public domain images to a limited time, place, and/or purpose, and purport to guarantee exclusivity in the use of public domain images.' The lawsuit also claims Getty has created 'a hostile environment for lawful users of public domain images' by allegedly sending them letters, via its License Compliance Services (LCS) subsidiary, accusing them of copyright infringement. (edit: FWIW, this went to arbitration https://casetext.com/case/cixxfive-concepts-llc-v-getty-images-inc https://casetext.com/case/cixxfive-concepts-llc-v-getty-imag... and I can find nothing more on it since)