被指非法使用图片欲收费$1000...此地有鼠,老猫有请.

儿子一年前做了一个网站,头版从GOOGL下载一小相片贴上.
收到GETTY IMAGES 信, 这是他们的库存, 请马上去掉. 并交费$1000-优惠$100=900
上网看有很多抱怨.认为不合理的是
1.马上删除也不行. 为何不先发一警告,再罚.
2.GOOGL 免费图片 不知是哪来的.
3.....
如不理睬两封信后转讨债公司搅乱.
有律师写信帮忙 $150/两封....... http://www.extortionletterinfo.com/
有人讨价还价到$600
具体可看.........http://www.extortionletterinfo.com/forum/read.php?2,287
有人找 STATE ATTORNY OF GENERAL 求救. 但不知CA如何.

有网站的DXJM要赶紧检查!!!!

ENGLEND LETTER( NOT FOR usa?)
"We have received an invoice for £XXXX for image
reproduction - after taking professional advice we strongly dispute
this invoice for the following reasons:

1. The images mentioned are not being displayed on our current website [they were removed prior to receiving letter]

2. We have not received any communication from you regarding this
matter other than your invoice, which is against the DMCA (DMCA 1998
Section 512).

3. We have no idea where they came from (a website designer many
years ago used them) and were unaware they were not free to use [important bit!]

4. The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. forty-eight) states:
"97.—(1) Where in an action for infringement of copyright it is shown
that at the time of the infringement the defendant did not know, and
had no reason to believe, that copyright subsisted in the work to
which the action relates, the plaintiff is not entitled to damages
against him, but without prejudice to any other remedy."

5. Finally:

"It is an offence under Section 40 of the Administration of Justice
Act 1970 and Section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988 to
harass of debtors with a view to obtaining payment including the
issue of letters which convey a threat or false information with
intent to cause distress or anxiety."

We therefore fail to acknowledge your letter or the invoice as legal
or lawful [important bit!]"