It appears that after months of scathing ELI write-ups, ELI coverage, 6 State Bar complaints, 2 Attorney General complaints, and him crying to Getty Images Corporate Counsel complaining about ELI sharing information with you how to inexpensively give him a “black eye” where it counts, Attorney Timothy B. McCormack has apparently changed his extortion letter …
Tag Archive: extortion letter
May 11 2012
Conrad & Scherer Settlement Demand Letter by Attorneys Jeffrey Kominsky & Ivan Kopas
We have received a copy of the Conrad & Scherer Settlement Demand Letter. Hawaiian Art Network has recruited a new law firm, Conrad & Scherer, to do their collection work. It looks to be yet another Vincent K. Tylor image infringement (no big surprise here). $8,000 for 1 image. Standard price for a HAN extortion …
Apr 29 2012
SuperStock Settlement Demand Letter Posted
We have yet another stock photo extortion letter to share. Someone submitted to us a copy of the SuperStock Extortion Letter. SuperStock is based in Jacksonville, FL. $2200 for a single image. It is similar to the pricing of a Masterfile claim. The SuperStock extortion letter is signed by Chris Taylor, General Counsel for RGB …
Mar 03 2012
SoylentGreen’s Defense Strategy Summary Guide
Regular ELI contributor SoylentGreen wrote his “defense strategy summary” on January 11, 2012 as his response to another discussion thread. It was so good, I feel the need to spotlight it once again. I did not want to move or extract that post from its original location. The original post is here in its proper …
Mar 02 2012
The Ugly Truth of Attorney Timothy B. McCormack’s Extortion Letter
I wrote an extensive post dissecting the outrageous extortion letter by Attorney Timothy B. McCormack representing Getty Images. It is misleading and factually untrue in so many areas. The original post is here. I have pasted the text of that post here. I already have a problem with the general issue of preying upon people’s …
Mar 01 2012
Attorney Timothy B. McCormack Settlement Demand Letter Posted
At long last, we have finally obtained a copy of Attorney Timothy B. McCormack’s Settlement Demand Letter on behalf of Getty Images. It is surprising that I have not seen or received a copy earlier than today but one ended up in my email inbox. As always, I have full permission from the intended recipient …
Feb 28 2012
Carolyn E. Wright’s Photo-Attorney Extortion Letter Taken Down by Scribd
Earlier today, I received a notification from Scribd indicating that “someone” has claimed that ELI inappropriately posted “Carolyn E. Wright’s Photo-Attorney Settlement Demand Letter.” As with all our other letter postings, we do so in the interest of open reporting and providing commentary on the extortion letters. Further, the copies of these letters are actual …
Feb 20 2012
Criticism to Pre-Announcement of “Beat the Getty Images Extortion Letter” Special Report
As many of you know, I am still in the process of writing my special report titled “Beat the Getty Images Extortion Letter”. And although I am about 35% complete and NO ONE has seen it yet, I received a negative and critical comment to that announcement. http://www.extortionletterinfo.com/pre-announcement-beat-the-getty-images-extortion-letter-special-report/ I have just read your letter responses …
Feb 05 2012
PicScout Shows Extortion Letters Yet to be Reported
AS many extortion letters as we have revealed, there are still many more to come from the stock photo industry. With every extortion letter that has been reported, all of them can be traced back to a client to PicScout. Alaska Stock, Corbis, Getty Images, Masterfile, NordicStock, Stock Food, and Hawaiian Art Network all appear …
Feb 03 2012
Steele-Hansmeier Settlement Demand Letters
We have traditionally not gone outside the realm of stock photo extortion letters with the except of the newspaper-oriented Righthaven lawsuits. But in recent months, there have been more discussions about how adult video companies are using extortion letter techniques and going after peer-to-peer users and alleging digital piracy of adult videos. MSBNC has picked …
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