Can I sue Getty Images?

Q: Can Getty Images sue me for this? A: If Getty Images can prove that they have the copyright for the image, then yes, they can.

What is the deal with Getty Images?

Getty Images works with over 340,000 contributors and hundreds of image partners to provide comprehensive coverage of more than 160,000 news, sport and entertainment events each year, impactful creative imagery to communicate any commercial concept and the world’s deepest digital archive of historic photography.

Does Getty Images own everything?

Getty is a media licensing company. That means they own the rights to a lot of images, video, music, and other media, and they make the rights available to customers for a price.

Can I use Getty Images in my book?

Using images for free In most cases, you will need to buy a license to use images found on gettyimages.com, including for websites, social media, advertisements, marketing campaigns, corporate presentations, newspapers, magazines, books, web and mobile applications, product packaging and personal use.

Can I use Getty Images with watermark?

Getty Images is dropping the watermark for the bulk of its collection, in exchange for an open-embed program that will let users drop in any image they want, as long as the service gets to append a footer at the bottom of the picture with a credit and link to the licensing page.

Can you save Getty Images?

The good news is, in an attempt to stop the piracy of their images, Getty has announced that many of their images are now free to use for editorial purposes. You can’t download it as Getty retains the ownership. That means you can’t use it for any other creative purpose, such as in artwork.

Are the Gettys still rich?

In 2015, the Getty’s had an estimated net worth of $5.4 billion (£3.7 billion), according to Forbes, and were listed as the No. 56 richest families in America before dropping off the list the following year.

Can you imagine Elizabeth Highsmith’s reaction to Getty Images’ lawsuit?

Actually, one doesn’t have to imagine Highsmith’s reaction. One can read all about it in the lawsuit she filed this week against Getty in New York federal court, accusing the agency of illicitly claiming rights to 18,755 of her photographs and seeking more than $1 billion in damages.

Did Getty Images suffer a copyright infringement suit?

Courtesy Carol M. Highsmith, via Highsmith v. Getty et al. Getty Images has been slapped with a hefty copyright infringement suit by a lauded photographer.

Why does Highsmith hate Getty Images?

Highsmith, 70, found several aspects of Getty’s behavior especially irksome, beyond the fact that the agency “misrepresents the terms and conditions of using the Highsmith Photos by falsely claiming a user must buy a copyright license from Getty” in order to use them.

Who is Carol Highsmith and why is she donating her photos?

Carol Highsmith is a distinguished photographer who has traveled all over America, aiming to chronicle for posterity the life of the nation in the early 21 st century. She’s donating her work to the public via the Library of Congress, which has called her act “one of the greatest acts of generosity in the history of the Library.”