GregTroy,
I don't know who S.G. is, but your site was one of the ones I found and read, and if every site that was like yours rallied around a single point of focus for proactive action, that could make a lot of difference in the way this proceeds. ELI seems to be the most logical place for that to happen because it has the largest member base, but others also have reach to a larger pool of people who would like to see Getty prevented from continuing this pattern of behavior. This site is an example of that. Other sites have links to ELI as the place to go for help. It seems logical that ELI could be the place that organizes something that unites people and creates a larger force for good.
SaraZ,
Welcome to the forum, please take what I am about to say in the spirit it is intended, not as a scolding but as information and educational.
I have been in this fight for a while now and I can not tell you how many times someone has said to me, Robert, Matthew and Oscar...."You should organize everyone and file a class action lawsuit." but when asked what their plan is or what they are willing to do the answer is always similar to yours.
Lawyers have approached Oscar raring to file a class suit and Oscar gives them all the info they need, yet once they go over it they and see what is involved they are never heard from again. To my knowledge no class action has ever been filed in the States against Getty for their infringement program. Ian (Scraggy) did file a class suit in Israel.
I do not know you nor do I know what if anything you have done in the fight against Getty other than the correspondence you have posted here. You tell me I should rally all the other sites like Eli and mine, find the victims, a legal team and file a class suit while you sit on the sidelines because you "don't want to get THAT involved." which is ironically followed by "...but until and unless everyone who has an interest in seeing this pattern of behavior stopped bands together to accomplish that, it will remain a one-on-one battle, with each person experiencing their own pain and loss at Getty's hands. "
There's the problem.
You are not going to get everyone with an interest to get involved because they don't want to. You can get many but it takes time and effort. You need to look at what you can do, take a stand against Getty and go from there. I am a firm believer in what you are saying but YOU need to stand up and be counted before asking anyone else to do it. This board is full of people take the fight over Getty's business model right to them. Matthew, Robert K, Jerry Witt, Stinger, Ian, Peevy and the list goes on.
Don't get me wrong, you have the right attitude, and again, I do not know you or what you have done and I am not trying to be harsh, just realistic as we all hear the "You should do this...." all the time. If you want to join the fight we would loved to have you on board, find out what you can do and have time for and do it, share your results with the others and encourage them to join you. It works, I know it does.
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