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Extortion-Victim-No Longer:
Hold the fishing line, wait for the infringer of a successful looking commercial website takes a bite, under the false pretence that the image was free to use, as advertised, only to be later slapped by the inevitable pre-stamped settlement demand letter.

Business model = Multiple Free Wallpaper Sites + Multiple Settlement Demand letters

photographer
H. A. N.  or any other like entity (register the bait)
Software like P. S.
Lawyers

Someone who is hidden behind domain privacy to "seed" the images on free wallpaper sites?

From what I researched before I found ELI...most people are scared and pay...Just 5 successful demand letters per month would generate $ 50,000 at $ 10,000 per image, that is large revenue. Unlike the old days when earnings were a percentage of $10 bucks for 1 photo! One can only imagine how many scared recipients of settlement demand letters have paid without question and who weren't fortunate enough to come across this incredibly informative website before making an educated decision...

SoylentGreen:
This was bound to happen sooner or later.
It's probably been ongoing for a while, too.

Maybe you've heard the saying "Hawaiian Art Plays, Dipshits Pay"?  lol.

S.G.

Extortion-Victim-No Longer:
LOL...
The H. A. N. curator states their goal for  the online Gallery showcases their best artists on one central online site for customers to view & enjoy...yet those unique pieces are somehow popping up all over the net for FREE.

http://travelvacas.com/siga/nford164717thought/

SoylentGreen:
You're quite right.  Go to the link that "Extortion-Victim-No Longer" provided in a previous post:

http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://fwallpapers.com/files/images/road-hana-turquoise-lagoon-maui-hawaii.jpg&imgrefurl=http://fwallpapers.com/view/road-hana-turquoise-lagoon-maui-hawaii&usg=__G2huN_098plvFFevENfvF1yejXQ=&h=1200&w=1600&sz=662&hl=en&start=84&zoom=1&tbnid=dhcZY3kpBMATnM:&tbnh=158&tbnw=204&ei=zzKwTYTxJYrSsAPD0JTlCw&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhawaii%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1659%26bih%3D841%26tbm%3Disch0%2C2140&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=936&vpy=327&dur=3308&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=98&ty=109&page=4&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:11,s:84&biw=1659&bih=841

Download the picture.  Now go to Google, click on "Images", click on the little camera icon next to the search box, click on "upload image", browse to the image that you downloaded and click "open".
Next scroll down to "Pages that include matching images", look at the listed pages.

The photo appears on more than 89 "FREE" wallpaper sites on the first 26 Google search pages alone.

Many will recall that the image in question was the subject of the infamous "Brandon Sand" extortion letter, seeking an astonishing $10,000.
http://www.extortionletterinfo.com/brandon-sand-extortion-web.pdf

I'd say that Hawaiian Art Network and photographer Tylor have a credibility problem.

S.G.

Matthew Chan:
For what it is worth, I am not much of a conspiracy theory type of guy. I don't necessarily see shadows around every corner. Because I put my name and face out for all to see, I am very careful but who I associate with, what I say, and what I believe.

However, this whole free wallpaper thing with a certain H.A.N. artist definitely has my attention. I have been gathering information on the side from various people and there appears to be a pattern I am seeing.  And it is not a pretty one.

I don't know when, where, or how but let's just say this topic is far from dead and will likely be the subject of further discussion down the road.

What I would say to all of you is to continue investigating and gather information here.  It will come together.

Matthew

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