After recording a series of short videos yesterday, I felt the need to make a video to give a clarification of my position of using and making State Bar Complaints and Attorney General Complaints against those Lawyers whose sleazy legal tactics cross the line in doing their so-called jobs. Lawyers don’t get to abuse their …
Category Archive: General
May 15 2012
BillPay Down, Online Banking Customers Held Hostage
It seems not a single major news media source has written about the very serious and extended outage of the BillPay service provided by major U.S. Banks. Bank customers throughout the U.S. are complaining and being held hostage for nearly two days now. Evidence of this can be seen in Twitter. This began with my …
May 12 2012
Oscar Michelen & Shoe Designer Karen Kell Issue Cease & Desist Letter to Urban Outfitters
NY Attorney Oscar Michelen, representing Shoe Designer Karen Kell issued a “Cease & Desist” Letter to national retailer Urban Outfitters. Kell accuses Urban Outfitters of stealing her latest shoe design. The letter demands that Urban Outfitters immediately pull the shoes off the shelf or face litigation. Karen Kell first developed the design for the shoe …
Apr 24 2012
“Extortion” and “Blackmail”: Colloqualisms and Rhetorical Hyperbole
Our own Oscar Michelen wrote a blog post concerning the recent NY Supreme Court appeals ruling in the case of “Melius vs. Glacken” that the word “extortionist” is NOT defamatory. Last year, ELI (through me and Oscar Michelen) came under attack, legally threatened, and accused of defamation by stock photo agency collection lawyers for using …
Apr 08 2012
Matthew Chan Comments: PACA’s Initial Comments on Copyright Small Claims
PACA’s Initial Comments on Copyright Small Claims is very good reading and substantiates many points that ELI has made for years. It actually reveals what stock photo companies know but they don’t want YOU to know as an extortion letter recipient. Naturally, I have many comments on the matter. The PACA Initial Comments document is …
Apr 07 2012
Picture Archive Council of America (PACA) Overview
In reading through the many exhibits provided by Oscar Michelen to IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS MOTION TO DISMISS COMPLAINT in the Masterfile vs. Chaga International case, Oscar makes several references to Attorney Nancy E. Wolff and her role as legal counsel to Picture Archive Council of America (PACA). PACA (Picture Archive Council of America) is …
Apr 01 2012
Get Image Smart: How to Avoid Copyright Troll Traps
It’s been discussed on the ELI forum many times, and I seem to be explaining these items to potential and existing readers ad nauseam, practically on a daily basis, so I figured it was time to do a little article / segment on “Getting Image Smart” I will attempt to break this down into manageable …
Mar 13 2012
Possible Strategy Against Getty Images Extortion Letter Attorney Timothy B. McCormack
I have seen many extortion letters over the years. Some upset me more than others. There have been frequent suggestions about taking the fight to the stock photo agencies which is one of the reasons why ELI exists to begin with to help educate the public about how to defend themselves against extortion letters. For …
Mar 09 2012
ELI Phone Support Call with Matthew Chan
For years, I provided free information and commentary through the ELI Forums and ELI Video updates. During this time, I encouraged people to do their own research here and get their information for free. However, no matter how many times I said this, people would continue to call and email me wanting my help. I …
Mar 09 2012
2012 Update & Expansion of Attorney Oscar Michelen’s Defense Letter Program
I am happy to announce the 2012 Update & Expansion of Attorney Oscar Michelen’s Defense Letter Program. The has taken two weeks of back and forth of coordinated discussions between myself, Oscar, and his office manager, Susan to ensure the various pieces came together correctly. Oscar and Susan have streamlined their law office operations to …
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