I need help with some questions answered about copyright infringement

[freelanceshots]

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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"]Thanks for taking your time to write a
reply everybody. We will see what happens as Getty is pursuing the
party rental company for payment because they have more money. I
agree with the fact that I think Getty Images is pursuing this simple
road sign image a little to far, but if your a money grubber that's
what you do. I think that they are just trying to serve as the NAZI
organization of imagery where they want to own the rights to
everything image related. I know a few specific photographers that
cover high profile sports and events from around the US that think
Getty's is killing the photographer market. These freelance
photographers make all their money buy selling their images to
different magazines and new organizations where Getty images has such
a vast resource of photographers willing to turn over their images
for nothing that its making it hard for these guys to compete with
travel expenses added. It kind of sounds like the Walmart fiasco even
though I like shopping at walmart for the most part. The fact is five
years ago I did not have a grasp on all the different areas of
photography matters as I do now. As far as ever doing this again, I
will make sure to only submit my photography no matter how
insignificant I think an image may be.

[barba]

Try not to get too emotional about it. Yes, $600 for a thumbnail isextortion, but $600 won't get you far if you need to hire a lawyer to fight them. Maybe 3 hours.