Images Library: Penatly of Thousands of $$$'s

image house penalty for unauthorized use is excessive

[marketinggal]

Please help me ward off the wolves at an Image library.

Three year ago, our agency hired a web designer, who unknow to us, used images from an image library without paying for them.

We only just found out when our client was billed $7,000 for 4 small photos on the web.

As soon as we found out we immeadiately removed them.

The problem is that the image library is using hard ball collection tactics on my client - who had no idea of this wrong as we did not!

Has anyone else had this problem? How did you solve it?

Any suggestions are welcome.

Thank you,
Webmaster - NY

[edited by: engine at 11:02 am (utc) on Aug. 7, 2006]
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[topr8]

counter sue the original designer

[jay5r]

Nobody asked where the photos came from?

My advice (I'm no lawyer) is to settle... Even $7G isn't that much to get the problem to go away... The fact of the matter is someone should have asked where the photos came from - they don't grow on trees...

[celgins]

I'm afraid your client's case against the image library isn't a good one. The previous posters are right: someone within the company should have asked the designer where the images came from.

Additionally, they should have asked to see the email receipts of the image/photo purchases.

They should be able to get out of this one by only paying the $7000. If they fight the image library in court, they may end up paying more.

[edited by: engine at 11:03 am (utc) on Aug. 7, 2006]
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