On 2/3/07, Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net> wrote:
As the one victim said, she checked out what the rates
would be for what
she used and it came out to £440 for five years, but he was being asked
for £1,300 for one month. Attorney's fees? One could always go to the
court for a motion to have the costs taxed according to the schedule
prescribed by the courts for such action. How long does it take for a
lawyer to write a letter which he probably already has set up as a
template in which he can substitute the relevant details?
Companies like Corbis, Getty, et.al. know that the average little guy is
scared shitless at the idea of going to court about anything. They can
use that to charge whatever they feel the guy will pay.
As long as the offending picture is removed from the site ASAP how far
will they be really be willing to go if you stonewall them?
Ec
likely as far as they legally can. If word got out that they don't
follow these things up the tactic would lose it's effectiveness. On
the other hand if you take people to court and make the payment stick
word will also get out and people will fold in future rather than risk
taking them on.
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geni