I emailed letter on Jun 6th but have not received any answer yet

[Jacques]

Hello,

Boy am I glad to have found this forum. I received a letter from McCormack giving me 21 days to respond etc...

I emailed it together with the required information to the email address of Attorney Oscar Michelen as per instructions found in this site.  I sent this last Friday (Jun 14th).  I still haven't heard from them.  I know there is at least the need for two business days, and it's barely passed but I am antsy with this ridiculous case hanging over my head.

I am also worried that my email go sent to a junk folder. 



Hopefully the attorney or someone in contact with him can give me some info as to what I should do next?

Thank you,

Jacques

[Robert Krausankas (BuddhaPi)]

From the main site:

"Please allow the staff two (2) business days for someone to respond to your request. If you do not receive a response or need to follow-up on a case, call Oscar’s assistants (Susan, Jeffery, or Jonathan) at 516-741-3222."

have you called to follow up?

[Jacques]

I will call them tomorrow.

[Robert Krausankas (BuddhaPi)]

I will call them tomorrow.

Good deal, don't fret to much about Seattle Attorney and copyright troll Timothy B.McCormacks "deadline" it is largely a scare tactic designed to make you act blindly...

[Jacques]

Thank you Robert.  I am not overly worried.  But at the end of the day, this individual, through legal shenanigans is forcing me to hire an attorney to represent me (albeit for a reduced price through this website).  It's an expense I really didn't need. 

[stinger]

Most everyone on this site agrees with you there, Jacques.  That's why it is incumbent upon us to make the world, including our legal representatives, aware of their shenanigans.  I hope you will partake in this effort whenever the opportunity arises.

[Jacques]

I will gladly partake in this community's efforts to stop this type of harassment.  In my case, I don't even own the website that had the offending thumb image, although I was the owner when the printout of the page was made.  The image (a thumbnail sized scale) was part of a template I bought in good faith.  How (if it is possible) can I protect myself from such action in the future?  I don't go about "borrowing" images I don't have copyrights licensing for but I have hired designers who have created templates with images and I am worried they have used images that might be similarly considered to be a copyright infringement by companies such as McCormack who are in this to make a quick buck!

Be that as it may, I have talked to someone at the Attorney Oscar Michelen office and my correspondence has now been found.  I am to fill an application form and pay.  grrr...

[Jacques]

I am getting concerned that as of yet I have not heard back from the the CUOMO's office.  I sent them all the relevant information plus payment a week ago, and have left many messages to inquire as to whether they had indeed received said information but so far have not been contacted back.  Whenever I call them, all I get is a recorded message asking me to give the extension number I wish to leave a message for. Since I don't have that information, I am then taken to a general voice mail and it's there I leave the message.  But no one has called me back yet.

 

[Jacques]

Can anyone offer an advice?  I have sent the document and payment required by CUOMO a week ago.  I have made several attempts to contact the office but every time got a voice mail.  I left numerous messages but have not heard from them at all.  The 21 days period in the original letter from mccormak is about to expire and I don't know what I should do next.

[Robert Krausankas (BuddhaPi)]

don't worry about timmy's deadline, it's a scare tactic, call the office again on monday, and maybe send another email..Oscar has probably been in trial all week...you have to realize this is not his business, and that "real cases" come first...you need not worry..

[Jacques]

Thank you Robert, I will contact them again on Monday.

[dionesiamn]

Did you hear from Oscar's team?

[Jacques]

Sorry, I just saw your question.  Two weeks ago I was able to speak with someone.  Apparently they had not received the documents they had asked I fax them so I did that again, and this time someone from their office called me back saying that they had now received the two documents and they would take care of things and contact me again that very day.

As of today, I haven't heard a single peep from them. Nor have they debited my cc by the way!  What I have received though is a follow up email from mccormack sent by an Ann Hicks, para-legal giving me until august 19th to pay or else....

So this is where I am at now.  I have no idea what the attorney is doing, if anything.  They are not easy to get a hold off and don't show a lot of urgency in their dealings with me.  I have no idea as to whether I am actually wasting my time, waiting for them to do something or not.  I must admit it is disheartening.

I realize they are busy and all that, but I have dealt with lawyers before and have never been in a situation where I couldn't reach them.  I know they are known to a lot of folks on this site and I have no reason to doubt their efficacy but so far, I haven't seen it.

I really don't know what to think any more.  I don't want to alienate them by writing something that might be wrongly perceived and I do think they are my best and cheapest way forward in dealing with this ridiculous case.  At least I hope they are...

[Jerry Witt (mcfilms)]

If I ever hear a complaint about Oscar's letter program it has to be the lag in communication. I honestly think that is one area that could be marked as "needs improvement." That said, however, you have to realize there is a huge gap in the level of urgency. People like Oscar and Robert and S.G. and Greg and Matthew have seen how this has played out for hundreds of people over many years. The wheels of injustice turn very slow and the "deadlines" they present are a joke.

But I also understand that as a new letter recipient people want to get to some sense of "closure" as soon as possible. People don't like the feeling of this hanging over their head.

Personally I think Oscar needs to hire Ving Rhames for his office:

[Peeved]

Personally I think Oscar needs to hire Ving Rhames for his office:

From Witt???

AWESOME!!!