Is is smart to contact the photographer about letters?

[Helpi]

"please respect each other. If you do not agree, just say that you do not agree and explain why, and that's it"

Amen.

Matt, what's up with the forum policies anyway ? I thought personal attacks are to be discouraged.

[Katerina]

Helpi, the rules of this forum apply to you too. Please behave accordingly.

[Matthew Chan]

I deleted the personal attack post. It is hard to read every post. If there is an offending post, you can send me a private message.

Please chill out everyone. Clearly there are disagreements. My best advice is if it gets too much, just disengage or make very short statements.

"please respect each other. If you do not agree, just say that you do not agree and explain why, and that's it"

Amen.

Matt, what's up with the forum policies anyway ? I thought personal attacks are to be discouraged.

[Oscar Michelen]

I will only address the one legal issue that I think Helpi did not respond to, which is how can the image be on other sites if Getty has the "exclusive" right to the image. First of all Getty may not be aware that it is on that site (its a big internet out there and PicScout can only scour it so much). Second of all, Getty may OWN those stock sites as the have been scooping up many stock photo sites over the years and placing no indication of their ownership on the sites. Helpi, Cravath would never do something like this forum  since they would be more interested in getting Getty's business. This forum is not part of my firm, it is a personal endeavor with Matt. That being said, my firm has no problem with my participation and connection to it as it provides a very valuable service to small to midsize businesses and individual entrepreneurs. While we also represent many large companies many of our clients fit this description. Also, I am not responsible for the content of others' posts obviously.  You should see some of the comments posted on my blog site www.courtroomstrategy.com.  Sometimes they are out in left field.     

[Matthew Chan]

Oscar, no one could ever accuse you of being in right field that is for sure! You are most certainly on the left!  :-) But I so enjoy reading your blog.  Good stuff and it has attracted a large following and continues to grow.

And almost everyone, especially me, is glad you hang out with us. Without you, ELI couldn't be what it is today (to the chagrin of the major stock photo companies.)

Matthew

This forum is not part of my firm, it is a personal endeavor with Matt. That being said, my firm has no problem with my participation and connection to it as it provides a very valuable service to small to midsize businesses and individual entrepreneurs. While we also represent many large companies many of our clients fit this description. Also, I am not responsible for the content of others' posts obviously.  You should see some of the comments posted on my blog site www.courtroomstrategy.com.  Sometimes they are out in left field.     

[SoylentGreen]

Thanks for the clarification, Oscar!!

Sounds like I missed a good post, tho...?

S.G.