Okay, it seems the Cabinet Bounchara Avocats / Vanessa Bouchara / Getty Images Censorship & Gag Letters have become a thing. I thought I was alone but there are people who are coming out on this.
So far,
1. Yours truly, has received two letters for two websites, this one (ELI), and TurnKeyPublisher.com.
http://www.extortionletterinfo.com/forum/getty-images-letter-forum/getty-images-(cabinet-bouchara-avocats)-attempts-to-intimidate-eli-to-kill-links/
2. Blogger & Expert Copywriter Ryan Healy (Great guy and very smart!) of RyanHealy.com
3. Dr. Neal Krawetz of HackerFactor.com
http://www.hackerfactor.com/blog/index.php?url=archives/747-Cease-and-Desist-from-Getty-Images-in-France.html
4. Zyra.info http://www.zyra.info/getstu.htm He has already removed his content.
If there are any other bloggers or website owners who have received these letters, I want to know about it. I want to find out how many of these letters are being sent out and who is being sent the letters. I will honor all requests for confidentiality but I think you are stronger if you are part of a visible united group especially if you are a blogger or website owner in the U.S.
You should know I will be contacting other bloggers and media websites that cover stories such as this one. If you are willing to be interviewed, let me know that as well so I can direct reporters/bloggers to contact you directly should they be interested in doing so.
My guess is there might be 20 to 30 of these letters sent out to the most prominent critics listed in Google search engines, and not the hundreds in the case of typical Getty Images extortion letters.
Right now, I think there is just a small group of us but it is hard to gauge at this early juncture. So, anyone that wants to help sniff this out by Googling or Binging, please do so.
There is something very sleazy and dirty about trying to censor and gag bloggers and commenters for criticizing and offering suggestions regarding Getty Images extortion letters. Yes, I am using the colloquial term, extortion letters, as we have done for the last 8.5 years and will continue to do so.
Vanessa Bouchara, no way you are going to gag and silence everyone who wants to call Getty Images Demand Letters "extortion letters". You can't forbid people from saying negative things and stop people from suggesting they shouldn't pay or ignore the letters. Most of us are in the U.S. and we are allowed to say these things. French lawyers might not understand this but we have two important things: First Amendment and Section 230 CDA. Start reading up on it.
So far,
1. Yours truly, has received two letters for two websites, this one (ELI), and TurnKeyPublisher.com.
http://www.extortionletterinfo.com/forum/getty-images-letter-forum/getty-images-(cabinet-bouchara-avocats)-attempts-to-intimidate-eli-to-kill-links/
2. Blogger & Expert Copywriter Ryan Healy (Great guy and very smart!) of RyanHealy.com
3. Dr. Neal Krawetz of HackerFactor.com
http://www.hackerfactor.com/blog/index.php?url=archives/747-Cease-and-Desist-from-Getty-Images-in-France.html
4. Zyra.info http://www.zyra.info/getstu.htm He has already removed his content.
If there are any other bloggers or website owners who have received these letters, I want to know about it. I want to find out how many of these letters are being sent out and who is being sent the letters. I will honor all requests for confidentiality but I think you are stronger if you are part of a visible united group especially if you are a blogger or website owner in the U.S.
You should know I will be contacting other bloggers and media websites that cover stories such as this one. If you are willing to be interviewed, let me know that as well so I can direct reporters/bloggers to contact you directly should they be interested in doing so.
My guess is there might be 20 to 30 of these letters sent out to the most prominent critics listed in Google search engines, and not the hundreds in the case of typical Getty Images extortion letters.
Right now, I think there is just a small group of us but it is hard to gauge at this early juncture. So, anyone that wants to help sniff this out by Googling or Binging, please do so.
There is something very sleazy and dirty about trying to censor and gag bloggers and commenters for criticizing and offering suggestions regarding Getty Images extortion letters. Yes, I am using the colloquial term, extortion letters, as we have done for the last 8.5 years and will continue to do so.
Vanessa Bouchara, no way you are going to gag and silence everyone who wants to call Getty Images Demand Letters "extortion letters". You can't forbid people from saying negative things and stop people from suggesting they shouldn't pay or ignore the letters. Most of us are in the U.S. and we are allowed to say these things. French lawyers might not understand this but we have two important things: First Amendment and Section 230 CDA. Start reading up on it.