Friday, April 16, 2010

I give up

Just got a registered letter in the mail. Apparently one of the images on my company web site (that was included in a template I downloaded a few years ago) is a coyright infringement.

I had no idea, since this template was obviously purchased in good faith. So I now have a bill of over $8,000 in retroactive licencing fees that I have to pay within 10 days!

I am pissed and just defeated.

There is not much I can do about this, the company that handles the image had a long Q&A list of what ifs, and apparently it is still my responsibility to make sure the image is not copyrighted when I buy a product like that from someone else.

So this week could get much worse, that is for sure...

And no computer. I had it. Bad things just keep happening to me, I try to stand above it, but sometimes it is just too much.

The image is of course taken down from the web site, it was a little stupid blue globe. A very expensive globe...

I will have to write and see if I can reason with them, perhaps pay a one time licenisng fee of $310. I had no idea. I don't have $8,000 within 10 days. Sigh.

Now I am so stressed out I just can't even function right...

5 comments:

Taina said...

Oj stackars dig! Hoppas allt löser sig för dig snart. Skickar en styrkekram...

Madde said...

Seems like you hit rock bottom... But remember, as we say back home "efter regnet kommer alltid solen" so dont worry, things will get better very soon, just hang in there!!

Desiree said...

Äh fy fasiken. This sucks big time. Detta var inte det du behövde. Jag håller intesivt tummarna för att du kan lösa det på något sätt och slipper betala hela 8000 dollar. Men jag förstår att du har fått nog och bara vill gråta en stor skvätt. Det hade jag gjort. Men sedan tar man sig upp på något sätt ändå.
Stor kram till dig.

Marianne said...

Ä näe! Va f-n! Så om jag köper en produkt kan jag ändå inte vara säker på att det är okej? Det verkar inte klokt.

Jag hoppas innerligt att det ska lösa sig och att du kan få betala lite nu och kanske mer sedan så att du klarar av det.

STORA, STORA STYRKEKRAMAR!

Malin said...

NÄ nu får det vara nog med skit som händer dig tycker jag!!! Hoppas det går att resonera med dem och att du slipper betala eller i alla fall slipper betala så mycket!!
Kram