Controlling illegal use of copyrighted material on the Web -- latimes.com

The letter arrived at Dave Formella's Long Beach travel agency the other day. It's fair to say it freaked him out.

"It has come to our attention that you are using an image represented by Getty Images for online promotional purposes," the letter from the photo service began. It demanded $1,000 in damages, or $900 if Formella agreed to pony up the cash within two weeks...