Maybe she's taking a play out of their own book?
"We could have sued you for this much, but instead we're offering you a chance to settle for only this amount."
"We could have sued you for this much, but instead we're offering you a chance to settle for only this amount."
I would have sued them for the full amount the law permitted for each image if the company goes under as a result that would act as example/discouragement for any other company that would think about doing that in the future.
People get fined ridiculous amounts all the time as discouragement so why shouldn't companies have the same happen to them their technically a person in the US no?