"Getty putting boilerplate on all its pages stating that all images are copyrighted when that's not the case is certainly dodgy, but I don't know if it rises to the level of fraud. When a statement is automatically placed on every page on a website, I think the website publisher probably has a good argument that if it's inaccurate on a few pages on the site that's the result of someone making a mistake, not deliberate fraud."
Yeah maybe that's a passable argument when image rights are not your business. But, when that IS your business, "It was too hard to be careful" is a BS and unacceptable excuse.
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"Getty putting boilerplate on all its pages stating that all images are copyrighted when that's not the case is certainly dodgy, but I don't know if it rises to the level of fraud. When a statement is automatically placed on every page on a website, I think the website publisher probably has a good argument that if it's inaccurate on a few pages on the site that's the result of someone making a mistake, not deliberate fraud."
Yeah maybe that's a passable argument when image rights are not your business. But, when that IS your business, "It was too hard to be careful" is a BS and unacceptable excuse.