We're Being Sued by gettyimages.
Tsk Tsk
I was wondering who would put the final nail in our coffin. Google's done a pretty good job of getting rid of us, but gettyimages is going to get their licks in also.
We bought a disk of 100,000 royalty free images from Serif.com back in 2006. We don't resell images but we do use them in our free web template collections, which is legal by our license agreement.
gettyimages is now informing us that some of the images we bought from Serf.com are theirs.
They are also sueing us for displaying thumbnails of templates that Ucoz.com uses in their website builder.
Sounds to me like they're splitting hairs on that one to make some extra money.
We've been online in some form since 1997. When copyright infringement became the new vehicle for making money, we had removed just about anything we'd added in old days off of scanned calendars and such. We may have missed a couple.
I could see being sued for that, but thumbnails and pictures by guys like Hans Merten and others who sold distribution rights to more than one company, I mean - Get Real!!
Anybody know if Google owns gettyimages?
See all 3 images Here. If you are promoting templates for other companies on your website using thumbnail images, You May Be at RISK!!
I'm old and tired people. Tired of the foolishness the internet has turned into. I'm especially tired of companies like gettyimages who evidently can't make an honest living doing business as usual. Now they're claiming the rights to images they don't own or selling the rights to images that one of their designers sold to several different companies.
I've finished most of the updates to HTML5 in our HTML tutorial. I think I'll publish what's finished and forget the rest.
We'll probably be saying sia nora in a couple of weeks, so get what you can.
We may be on our way out, but we'll make sure to help gettyimages rebuild their corporate image on our way!.
Signed: Sick & Tired
Online Website Builders
Online website builders have been around in some form for many years. In the past they were actually harder to use than a conventional website editor that required you to learn code. They also produced very low quality pages.
With the birth of new technologies and the advent of some talented programmers, online website builders have evolved into valuable tools that produce websites that even look like they were hand built by a professional designer.
Some produce better results than others. In our opinion this is usually because some of the builders start with better template designs.
Online website builders make it possible for anyone to build a website without learning to actually code HTML pages. Web pages are constructed via a user friendly interface that supports point and click, drag and drop features.
All major brand online website builders are template driven. This means that the website author starts out by choosing a business or personal website category. The author is then presented with a selection of different designs for the selected category.
Once a design is chosen a wizard program guides the user through the process of selecting colors, images and text font styles for their customized template design.
When the desired template design is in place the user is then able to add content (text) to the page or pages using simple basic wordprocessor techniques.
In some cases text is typed into special boxes, formatted, and then added to the page by clicking a button.
On more advanced builders the text is typed and formatted right on the existing page.
Additional pages are created and linked together using the same web page template.
Once the site is completed, the author clicks a 'Publish Website' button that sends the website to the internet.
More advanced website builder packages include ecommerce capabilities for building stores and special tools for submitting the finished site to search engines.
The greatest Advantage of online builders is the convenience. Everything is purchased in one package. Most packages include domain name, builder, web hosting, email, shopping cart and even promotional services or software.
Online Builder Brands
Online builders are usually provided by web hosts as third party packages. Some of the major brands are siteGalore, SiteSTUDIO, Trellix, VDECK and SiteMagix.
Some web hosts offer their own in house versions of online builders. They are developed and maintained by members of their own staff. An example would be the IPage builder provided by ipowerWeb.com, who also offers VDECK.
We've provided links to the company sites for some of the online builders. Some of the sites offer demos. To find out what web host offers the software, Click Here.
siteGalore (siteGalore.com) Demo Available
"SiteGalorePlus is a flagship product of Akmin technologies - the ISO 9001 certified, NSTL accredited leading provider of high quality, innovative, web-based software products and customized technology solutions for Internet-based businesses. Since 1998, we are in to enabling online businesses by helping them interact seamlessly, perform profitably and manage their businesses more effectively."
"Today, our satisfied clientele consists of over 1000-service providers spread all over the world including those from USA, Canada, UK, Japan, Australia, Switzerland, Portugal, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Germany and Mauritius among others."
Available in English, Spanish, German,French, Dutch, Italian,Japanese, Chinese and Greek(under development).
SiteSTUDIO (psoft.net) Demo Available
"SiteStudio is industry leading browser-based web site design and construction tool. It is fully and seamlessly integrated with H-Sphere. By using SiteStudio you add value to your Internet service by providing your customers with the easiest way to build a website. With SiteStudio, your users need not know anything about FTP, HTML, Telnet, HTTP, or imaging software. If they can surf the Internet, they can build their own professionally looking website."
Trellix Web Express (trellix.com)
"Founded in 1995 by technology visionary Dan Bricklin, Trellix is the leading provider of private-label web site publishing solutions, integrated business services, and proven low-cost hosting technology. Trellix offers a suite of site building tools and services that enable users to easily create compelling, professional web sites -- regardless of technical ability. A set of promotion and business services ensure successful web sites. And innovative customization and integration capabilities, along with proven low-cost managed application hosting services, give service providers everything they need to increase revenue and customer retention. Trellix's customers include some of the top web brands and industry leading technology providers, including CNET, Interland, InQuent Technologies, McGraw-Hill, Terra Lycos, and Thomas Publishing.
Trellix was acquired by Interland Inc. in January of 2003."
SiteMagix (sitezen.com) Demo Available
"siteMagix is a privately held company founded in 2003. It is the creation of two industry veterans who maintain an uncompromising vision of how software should fit into the human creative process. siteZen has taken several years to develop, a reflection of their insistence on "getting it right" no matter how long it takes.
Sam Elsamman
Sam is President and CEO.
An experienced software developer and an accomplished technology manager, his passion for technology started in the 70's when he developed mini-computer operating systems for Perkin Elmer. Later, as a technology consultant for financial institutions, he served in systems architecture, software design and management roles. Most recently, Sam was the IT head for the Citigroup Private Bank in Europe.
John Desrosiers
John is the Chief Technical Officer. He has been a computer fanatic since his teens. After studying Computer Science at the University of Montreal, he went on to design and lead the implementation of data communication and graphics software for major Canadian utilities.
John has been an in-demand senior consultant to major corporations such as Adobe Systems, Electronics For Imaging (EFI), Interleaf and other key technology players. John also co-founded Soft Horizons, an innovative developer of popular PC software."
VDeck Web Builder (VDECK.COM)
"Our Next Generation Web Hosting Management Solution is one of the kind. Equip with the newest technology from top engineers and application designers from all over the world, VDECK is the best Virtual eBusiness Management Solution ever built. It is the ideal solution for web hosting providers or anyone who offers web hosting to their customers. "
The VDECK builder is just part of a complete site management package. You can visit the VDeck website and watch flash tutorials that show the entire process of creating a web page with the software. View Tutorial. There is no actual demo available.
