Just got my letter - I'm a fighter

[Matthew Chan]

Neither Oscar and I can get into any great depth to every thread and message that may be posted.  People who want OUR opinions on the matter only need to seek our posts.  I scan most messages but not every message.  And we are not going to keep repeating ourselves ad nauseum just because a new person got a letter and discover this site.

If I spent all my time answering every email, forum post, or Facebook post, I would not get anything else done. Unless someone is going to pay for someone's time, people are going to have to learn to educate and fend for themselves.  People who are too lazy or have no spine have can suffer, ignore, or pay. There are volunteer posters who capture the spirit of our positions. If that is not granular enough, people will have to self-educate or pay.

Exactly how much more do you expect we should do for free? GMAFB.

As I have said repeatedly, if someone can do a better job than we are working for near-free, go launch a website. I will be happy to freely publicize any reputable website related to extortion letters.

I'm remarkably starting to come around to Matt's view. Cheer people on, collect any and all arguments (without attempting to correct any misstatements or making any fine distinctions among cases) and direct people to see a lawyer if you have an actual letter you are concerned about.

[SoylentGreen]

Actually Matt, the idea of another site is great.

Helpi could set up his own site.  Something like, "You Gotta Pay or Else - dot - com".
It could be a hive of fake lawyers, wanna-be law students, and disgruntled photogs who didn't get rich by taking snaps of their pet hamster.
You know, they could copy and paste snippets of copyright law, paste examples of unrelated cases wherein high amounts were paid, general scaremongering and mayhem.

Except that it would get no traffic.  Nobody's interested in hearing about how they "have to pay", and reading about what the "maximum penalties are", and how it's "strict liability".
Nobody gives a rat's ass.  Because Getty rarely sues anyone.

I can't speak for Oscar, but my best guess is that he isn't interested debating copyright law with some troll sitting in his mom's basement.

The only thing good about Helpi's posts here is that it makes Getty Images look even more like a bag of dicks.

S.G.

[Helpi]

"The strikethrough was a result of your accidentally triggering the markup code within your post. I removed the offending code."

Thank you.

And I was not being facetious at all with my comment.