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Is the other party actually claiming an amount of money, or are they just trying to get your pages down to bosst their own business? In any case, I highly doubt they are going to try and sue you, unless you have blatantly copied their design or creative work.
As someone else rightly said, you cannot copyright information, only its presentation. For example, if I were somehow able to discover that the sun is green on the other side I cannot 'copyright' that information - even though it was me that discovered it. After all, the fact that the sun is green is a fact. What I could copyright, however, is an article I wrote about the sun being green and how I discovered it. If someone copied my article I could sue them for copyright infringement (as that is a creative work).
So I don't think it even matters where you got the information from, only whether you copied (or even too closely based your design on) the other site.
I would not worry about being sued anyway and certainly wouldn't waste my money on seeing a lawyer. They will happily invoice you but are unlikely to progress anyone's interests other than their own.
What did this person say when you asked them what they objected to?
I suggest you take a deep breath, don't panic and try and resolve this matter in as simple a manner as possible. If the other site they complained about changed a few pictures to satisfy them, then at least we can assume the complainant is open to reason [however unreasonable they may be].
Hope this helps.
Steve
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