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does anyone know if Getty Images is in any way related to the Getty family? (which includes J. Paul Getty, Balthazar Getty).

The article Getty Images seems suspiciously commercial. Is this actually legitimate? Dori 05:06, Oct 23, 2003 (UTC)

I don't see anything objectionably 'commercial' about it. It's just a single sentence describing the company. 'One of the world's best known' MAY show a little bias, but it also might be objectively true -- I don't know enough about photo stock agencies.
--Morven 07:42, 23 Oct 2003 (UTC)


I just saw that small blurb with a prominent link to the site and figured someone may have sneaked it in as advertisement for the company. Dori 14:04, Oct 23, 2003 (UTC)
Googling returns 474,000 hits, and they're on the NYSE. Axlrosen 15:19, 23 Oct 2003 (UTC)


Well, it was a very small stub originally (see history), only when I wikified it and added the external link that one became a bit too prominent. Maybe someone should try to enlarge the text now, then it will not look like an advertisement anymore. andy 12:03, 24 Oct 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Their images aren't free to put into Wikipedia

In case any future editors are wondering, the images on the Getty Images website are very restricted legally, have not been licensed under the GFDL or released into the public domain, and cannot be copied and pasted over to Wikipedia to illustrate articles. This came up yesterday. Tempshill 23:39, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Notability

Is a Wikipedia editor seriously questioning an entry on the world's largest photography company when Wiki is famous for spurious entries about people who merely blog?

About it's notability? No - but I am concerned that notability isnt asserted in the article with reliable sources. MidgleyDJ 19:37, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright enforcement / Picscout.com

I'd like to provide information about the company Getty images uses to enforce their copyrights, Picscout.com. The research is recent and primary from computer professionals' blogs. I'd like to talk about it, and see what information, if any, can be added to the wiki.

Picscout's web crawling robots don't properly identify themselves to webservers, which is not a crime, but rude and shady. discussion: http://incredibill.blogspot.com/2006/11/hunting-picscout-copyright-crawler.html and confirmation of IP address here http://willmacc.wordpress.com/2007/02/06/one-htaccess-file/ and discussion of changing user agents, more ip confirmation here http://www.webmasterworld.com/search_engine_spiders/3151673.htm

I'd like to expand the section about their copyright enforcement, because its a hot topic on the web. The wiki said no lawsuits have been brought against offenders, and part of the reason is because the method by which they pursue supposed violators is with bullying and threat tactics of questionable legality.

This may sound like it's not neutral point of view, but there is proof--the problem is no original research. The method by which they contact supposed infringers is by sending a letter. This letter fails to establish copyright ownership, but demands money be paid for the use of the image.

PAY IT FORWARD IN THE UK HAS CLOSED. one image which was less than an inch in size and given by a third party and used on the pay it forward website was later claimed to be owned by getty images. Getty images sent letters demanding payment of over £2,000 for this image. Pay it forward had been running for about 4 OR 5 years as a non profit organisation and has no income for itself although it did raise thousands of pounds for charities by organising music and other charity events. As there was no money to give Getty images then Pay it Forward had to close.There are no plans for this voluntary group to reform as all the members fear they may be sued personally by getty images. They have already hired a UK company who have threatened to name and shame pay it forward on there hall of shame website.

Treat it like a C&D. Take down the image and keep your site up. Ignore all their correspondence. You'll never pay a dime. Corey Salzano 13:33, 8 June 2007 (UTC)