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ELI Forums => Getty Images Letter Forum => Topic started by: Matthew Chan on February 08, 2014, 12:55:30 AM
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Oscar and I were contacted by Christopher Zara of International Business Times for commentary on the recent "spree" of Getty Images manufactured, "cookie-cutter" lawsuits.
The article has been released:
Getty Images Lawsuits: Enforcement Or Trolling? Fear Of Letters Dwindling, Stock-Photo Giant Hits Federal Courts
http://www.ibtimes.com/getty-images-lawsuits-enforcement-or-trolling-fear-letters-dwindling-stock-photo-giant-hits-federal
Oscar and I actually have a LOT more to say on the subject but we will let this article speak for us..... for now.
Interestingly, Mr. Zara was able to get a comment from an unnamed "Getty spokeswoman". My guess is that it could be Lisa Willmer but I haven't kept up with the latest roll call of the internal employee lawyers for Getty Images.
Gosh, who would have guessed I would make my public return to ELI just in time for this International Business Times article? Isn't it interesting how the universe works with the "encouragement" of "Timmy Mack" from Seattle.
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True karma would involve Timmy making the mistake that brings down Getty.
So far Getty has been smart enough to not let this happen. However, with all the recent self promotion that Timmy has been doing to position himself as an IP law expert, Getty might have to think about cutting him loose, to distance themselves from the legal mistakes that he is certain to make.
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Great article, you can also comment on the article. I see Lucia has done so and I did too. As many ELI supporters should comment as well.
This is a good article as it is one of the very few I have see where it uses the words Getty and Extortion together, we need to show what Getty is doing is wrong. Get on there and tell your story!
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From the article.
“It’s a shame that anyone who does this these days is labeled a troll,” the company said.
No, not anyone, just people and companies demanding far more than an image is worth, who refuses to provide the reasonable request of proof of claim, who refuses to negotiate and after all this say pay us or we'll sue.
"Anyone" who meets that definition is most certainly a troll!!!