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They're not saying they're the bad guys

• Gud 2y ago
  “shady”
  • crtasm 2y ago
    They seem to be claiming the image in this case got bumped up to the highest price tier only because there was a C&D notice.
    • denysvitali 2y ago
      Exactly - the price of that particular image switched to a higher tier just because they found a copyright infringement. This is the shady part. Back then I recall reading other threads about people in very similar situations. Unfortunately I'm not able to find those threads anymore, but I've found a Reddit post mentioning that Getty stopped with these shady practices when their CEO changed. Edit: found something similar to what I mean [1], [2] [1]: https://www.hackerfactor.com/blog/index.php?/archives/625-Dear-Getty-Images-Legal-Department.html https://www.hackerfactor.com/blog/index.php?/archives/625-De... [2]: https://ryanhealy.com/getty-images-extortion-letter/ https://ryanhealy.com/getty-images-extortion-letter/
      • dmurray 2y ago
        You could think of it as, it was bumped up to a higher tier because there is evidence that out of all their millions of stock photos, someone chose this one.
        • denysvitali 2y ago
          That would make sense if this was done _after_ they estimate the infringement price that they present in the C&D - which AFAIK wasn't the case
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