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jf design
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17 February 2011
Hi everyone
I've read on the internet about Getty Images fining people for showing one of their images on a website without owning the licence for it.
My personal concern is this:
I have a portfolio site showing my design work, this work was produced for other design agencies (mainly from when I worked full-time for these companies). I asked my previous employers' permission to show this work on my freelance website and they gave it. On some of my work there are images purchased from Getty and iStock. I didn't personally purchase the images, they were purchased by the design agencies I worked for. Am I in breach of copyright?
Very worrying, so any knowledge would be gratefully received. Thanks.
I've read on the internet about Getty Images fining people for showing one of their images on a website without owning the licence for it.
My personal concern is this:
I have a portfolio site showing my design work, this work was produced for other design agencies (mainly from when I worked full-time for these companies). I asked my previous employers' permission to show this work on my freelance website and they gave it. On some of my work there are images purchased from Getty and iStock. I didn't personally purchase the images, they were purchased by the design agencies I worked for. Am I in breach of copyright?
Very worrying, so any knowledge would be gratefully received. Thanks.
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glebe digital
Messages count : 105Likes count : 2Registration : 21 December 2006jf - Getty have their t&c's clearly stated on their website, if I were you I'd check there first, pull the works in question from your website, then contact Getty to see if they are willing to come to an arrangement.
Alternatively, you could replace the offending images with others & re-host?
Good luck. :happyCGI Specialist - Contact in PM
jf design
Messages count : 9Likes count : 1Registration : 17 February 2011Thanks for the advice, I think I'll remove them. - Contact in PM
Lupita
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jf design
Messages count : 9Likes count : 1Registration : 17 February 2011Thanks for the link Lupita. 😮
It's not so bad for me because only 1 piece of work had a Getty image on. So I've just taken it off my site. I can imagine this is a massive headache for freelancers who have used lots of Getty images though.
I wonder if iStock will start doing this too? I know they have the Legal Guarantee in their T&C saying they will protect you if you get sued for using one of their images (by themselves I assume!?) but as far as I can tell, this is only relevant if you own the license yourself.