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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Received letter from McCormack

« on: April 13, 2011, 02:38:43 PM »

Thank you, Matthew for fast response. I did read everything on your web site - really informative (not to response advise was for their first demand letter). I will defiantly response to Law Firm letter and I am thinking that Oscar will be the one who can help me with that (his fees are reasonable and as you said - once I have a legal representation - they will stop harassing me). I am not loosing sleep over it and as you recommended - we have to know our rights. I am not some big corporation that can afford those prices, but I am sure if they present reasonable price list, this problem
will be over.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Received letter from McCormack

« on: April 13, 2011, 01:52:29 PM »

After two letters from Getty images, I also received a letter from McCormack Law firm a few days ago. When I got those letters 2 years ago and investigate everything there is on line about the scam, Getty images is running, I was advised not to respond. Every one who responded to any letter started negotiation process and we all know by now that they are using those tactics to intimidate people who are not fully aware about their rights. We are all INOCENT until proven guilty! I can see that McCormack firm is doing the same - trying to start negotiation, after they ask you to sign some affidavit to admit that you indeed stole someone’s property.
I am not an attorney, but I don't think any one should sign anything. I am surprised that after 2-3 years this scam is still alive and no one is trying to start some kind of collective law suite or reasonable settlement (in case people did use some images by mistake, as we all know, Getty is using some tactics where there is NO MARKS on the images, clearly indicating that they belong to them and there are NO COPYRIGHT proof, how did they really obtained those images. I found that some images are older then the company exists.)

They are not really listening to any reasons and I think they are looking for companies or individuals who they think will pay, just to avoid the treat of a law suite.
If they are really smart and want to collect some money – they should gave people reasonable prices to buy those images they claim were stolen from them and may be pay some reasonable penalty – no one would make a big ‘fuzz’ over that and this problem would have been closed a long time ago, but that not what they are after (I wonder, why?)
So far - Getty didn't start any legal procedure against any one. What is that mean?

I read that there is a close in a copyright law stated that if you used anything by mistake and you removed/stopped using after learning that you used someone copyright material and you never used it for commercial use - no one can really go after you.
Of course we are in America, where everyone can sue every one.

Is any one have more info - please let us know!

I think that the time has come for us to unite and finish this problem once and for all. I do believe that most of us never intended to steal anyone else material and there have to be a solution to this outrageous problem.