Since ELI was launched in 2008, ELI (through the collective efforts of Oscar Michelen, myself, and the ELI Community) has been quoted and mentioned several times as a leading reputable source of anti-troll information regarding stock photo extortion letters by various bloggers, writers, commentators, and news sites. We have been at the forefront in aggressively defending victims of wrongful, egregious, and misleading extortion letters. We have endured criticisms, insults, complaints, false accusations, legal threats, and even a lawsuit from unhappy copyright extortionists for doing what we do.
However, there are many who have recommended and recognized the many contributions ELI has made. Each and every source we list below was entirely unsolicited. (This list is incomplete and will be periodically updated.)
- Copyright Troll #1–John DeBoer Copyright Nazi (November 18, 2015)
- Vermont company settles suit with ‘copyright troll’ (Brattleboro Reformer, September 17, 2015)
- Copyright Trolls: Fantastical Creatures or Nightmarish Reality? (A.K. Taylor, August 3, 2015)
- Internet Trolls: Why Getty Images Will Die A Natural Death Online (August 2, 2015)
- The Dark Side of “The Dash”: The Worst Author Epic Fail and Bad Behavior I Have Ever Seen (A.K. Taylor, July 20, 2015)
- Bloggers Beware (Saloma Furlong, June 11, 2015)
- Bloggers Beware: Image Copyright Infringement Is Costly (Website Magazine, April 17, 2015)
- Don’t Feed the (Copyright) Trolls: A Five-Point Guide (Ethics.net, December 29, 2014)
- Getty Has An Image Problem: The Portrait of a Modern Copyright Dilemma (Legal Matter, November 10, 2014)
- Getty Images says it’s trying to ease up on enforcing copyright (Ars Technica, October 24, 2014)
- Attorney Mike Meier Meets The Streisand Effect, Does Not Enjoy Experience (August 27, 2014)
- Getty Images Sued Over Settlement Demand Letter: ‘Unfair, Deceptive Scheme,’ Copyright Lawyers Claim (International Business Times, August 26, 2014)
- Copyright troll abuses DMCA in bid to censor his previous life as a troll-fighter (BoingBoing, August 26, 2014)
- Anti-Piracy Lawyer Wants Domain Registrars to Silence Critics (TorrentFreak, August 26, 2014)
- Copyright Trolling Lawyer Abusing DMCA To Try To Silence Critics (Techdirt, August 26, 2014)
- Copyright lawsuit against Vermont Woods Studios dropped, refiled (August 4, 2014)
- Dear Getty Images Legal Department (Hacker Factor Blog, July 15, 2014)
- Getty Images unauthorised use of an image letter (LinkedIn Pulse, July 14, 2014)
- Vernon company faces lawsuit from ‘copyright troll’ (Vermont Brattleboro, June 16, 2014)
- “Patent Trolls” Happen Here (Manchester Journal, June 16, 2014)
- Getty Images Lawsuits: Enforcement Or Trolling? Fear Of Letters Dwindling, Stock-Photo Giant Hits Federal Courts (International Business Times, February 7, 2014)
- Copyright trolls, image bullies exposed by ExtortionLetterInfo.com (Natural News, June 16, 2013)
- PoetryTrolls (2013)
- Dash Poem Extortion Letter Recipients: What To Do? (Poetry Trolls, March 30, 2013)
- My Getty Images shakedown Saga (Poker Fraud Alert, January 22, 2013)
- Re-Tweet Offenders: Lawsuit Over Twitter Photos Underscores A Broken System For Breaking News (International Business Times, January 19, 2013)
- Copyright infringement, extortion and scams (Boss Hawaii, January 1, 2013)
- Getty Images Demands Big Money from Website Owners (MRC Productivity, October 29, 2012)
- Attack of the Trollogs! Plus More Thoughts about Getty Extortion Letters (Ryan Healy, October 15, 2012)
- Getty Images Extortion Letter (Ryan Healy, October 9, 2012)
- Copyright Trolls 2.0: image sites embrace Righthaven tactics (September 19, 2012)
- Stock Image Companies Pursuing Licensing Violations (Advertising Specialty Institute, June 27, 2012)
- Blogger Reality Steve Settles With ABC, Says Spoilers Will Continue (June 16, 2012)
- Settlement Demand For Unused Image? (Traffic Planet, June 11, 2012)
- The Lawsuit (Reality Steve, March 14, 2012)
- Getty images $6000 bill for images – anyone deal with this? (Warrior Forum, January 23, 2012)
- Getty Images’ “unauthorized use fees” border on mobster-like extortion (TNW News, December 22, 2011)
- Getty Images Threat Letter (A Best Web, September 2, 2011)
- SCAM: Masterfile Extortion letters (August 27, 2011)
- Warn ALL of your users About Getty Images – Stop Getty Image Bot Abuse and Tactics (Webmaster World, August 19, 2011)
- Nothing suits them like a suit! (March 29, 2011)
- Might Makes Copyright (Advertising Specialty Institute, January 2011)
- The Stock Photo Industry’s Massive Copyright Campaign (Plagiarism Today, July 21, 2010)
- Are You Being Set Up For Copyright Infringement? (About.com)
- Getty Images Suing Me for $4,000 (Flipping Homes, 2009)
- George Riddick – your letter writing days are (hopefully) over (2010)
- How to respond to Getty Images Lawsuits (101SiteHosting, 2009)
- Do Not Use These Bad Companies (Internet Footprint Cleansing, January 15, 2009)
- The “Getty Images Extortion Scheme” (November 4, 2008)
Media & Press Coverage of ELI’s Lawsuit Battle (Chan v. Ellis) Against Dash Poet, Linda Ellis (Copyright Extortionist). [ELI won.]
From 2015
Tom Crawford’s Georgia Report (April 8, 2015)
Ga. Supreme Court hands down ‘poetic’ justice in stalking case
Harvard Journal of Law & Technology Digest (April 6, 2015)
Georgia Supreme Court Holds Message Board Comments Are Not Stalking
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Deeplinks (April 2, 2015)
Censorship Order That Threatened Websites and Message Boards Overturned
Courthouse News (April 2, 2015)
Georgia Supremes Deal Defeat to ‘The Dash’ Poet
RestrainingOrderAbuse.com (April 2, 2015)
Techdirt (April 1, 2015)
Washington Post – Volokh Conspiracy (March 31, 2015)
Harsh public speech about a person isn’t ‘stalking,’ says Georgia Supreme Court
RestrainingOrderAbuse.com (March 30, 2015)
Eric Goldman’s Technology & Marketing Law Blog (March 29, 2015)
GA Supreme Court Fixes Overbroad Injunction Against Message Board Operator–Chan v. Ellis
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (March 27, 2015)
Georgia Supreme Court overturns stalking order against website owner
Daily Report (March 27, 2015) [Requires Registration to view]
Georgia Justices Toss Stalking Order Against Critic of ‘Dash’ Poet
WXIA 11 Alive (March 27, 2015)
GA Supreme Court rules online criticisms were ‘free speech,’ not cyberstalking
From 2014
Restraining Order Abuse (November 1, 2014)
Criminalizing Criticism: Restraining Orders, the First Amendment, and Chan v. Ellis
Daily Report (October 8, 2014) [Requires Registration to view]
Justices Explore if Internet Speech Can Be Stalking by Alyson M. Palmer
Washington Post – Volokh Conspiracy (September 9, 2014)
Amicus brief in Chan v. Ellis, where a judge ordered a Web site operator to remove all posts about a particular person by Eugene Volokh
Harvard Journal of Law & Technology Digest (July 30, 2014)
Georgia Supreme Court Takes Chan v. Ellis Appeal to Redefine First Amendment Right on the Internet by Yixuan Long
Restraining Order Abuse (July 23, 2014)
A Case of Restraining Order Excess That’s Headed to the Georgia Supreme Court
Ars Technica (July 21, 2014)
GA Supreme Court will consider sweeping gag order against anti-troll site by Joe Mullin
Fight Copyright Trolls (July 17, 2014)
Court of appeals orders Georgia censorship case transferred to Georgia Supreme Court by SJD
From 2013
Digital Medial Law Project (DMLP)
Chan v. Ellis (Last updated November 5, 2013)
Alex Jones’ InfoWars (March 27, 2013)
Court Ruling Threatens Internet First Amendment Freedom. by Kurt Nimmo
Alex Jones’ Prison Planet (March 27, 2013)
Court Ruling Threatens Internet First Amendment Freedom. by Kurt Nimmo
Daily Dot (March 27, 2013)
Court hits anti-copyright-troll website with censorship order by Kevin Collier
Ars Technica (March 27, 2013)
“I made some stupid posts”: Anti-troll site gagged after threats against poet by Timothy B. Lee
Techdirt (March 27, 2013)
Georgia State Court Issues Censorship Order Blocking Free Speech On Anti-Copyright Troll Message Board by Mike Masnick
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Deeplinks (March 26, 2013)
Georgia Court Censorship Order Threatens Message Boards Everywhere. by Kurt Opsahl
Fight Copyright Trolls (March 23, 2013)
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