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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: An Experiment Against Getty

« on: July 24, 2012, 05:07:33 PM »

I had seen that and thanks for sharing the link, in my complaint besides demanding release of claim I also said that I thought the C rating was a bit on the high side for a company with that many complaints and that should be reviewed as well.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: An Experiment Against Getty

« on: July 24, 2012, 04:13:10 PM »

I just received my first response from the complaint letters I sent out, it was from the BBB in Washington State.  They have accepted the complaint and sent the complaint to Lisa Willmer at Getty for response.  I have an access code to log into the Washington BBB site to check on the progress.  I will check daily for updates and keep everyone posted if anything changes.

I also checked on the Getty site and my case still say that it is not available for online payment.

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Legal Controversies Forum / Government admits to unconstitutional wiretapping

« on: July 24, 2012, 03:22:18 PM »

I found this article over at the EFF website where at some point a court had ruled that the NSA was unconstitutionally wiretapping and monitoring communications of Americans using the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act as its excuse. The article is lengthy and contains many links so I will be digesting this one for a while but I thought maybe some of you would like to read it also and get your two cents in on this as well.

But it’s also important to take a step back here to understand how we know this and why that process is deeply troubling. Apparently, the secret FISA court—at some point—ruled that the government was violating the Constitution. When? We have no idea. How many Americans were affected? We don’t know that either. As Cato Institute’s Julian Sanchez pointed out, these requests can be incredibly broad—a single incident could potentially impact millions of Americans. Were there any remedies or was the NSA just given a slap on the wrist?  Again, we don’t know.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/07/congress-must-act-after-us-government-admits-unconstitutional-warrantless

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Righthaven Lawsuits Forum / Re: Righthaven vs. Steve Gibson?

« on: July 24, 2012, 08:38:28 AM »

Wow, talk about not knowing when to cut your losses and just walk away.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Recieved a demand letter today

« on: July 24, 2012, 08:31:24 AM »

Correct me if I'm wrong but I also believe that Getty was caught in the past trying to double dip but collecting from TM and TM's users.

@ Mike you mention template, are you referring to a template from template monster? IF so TM settled with Getty and will supposedly handle this for you as part of the settlement agreement..

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: An Experiment Against Getty

« on: July 23, 2012, 11:01:28 PM »

Yeah, that's how I found it

It turns out whoever posted that page is correct.  It was eventually picked up by Google and indexed on Mr. Bieker's name no less! LOL.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: An Experiment Against Getty

« on: July 23, 2012, 07:45:47 PM »

While doing some online research on my Getty penpal buddy Douglas J. Bieker I came across this page posted by someone else who seems a little irritated with Mr. Bieker. This makes me feel better as I did not want to think I was unfairly singling him out  

http://www.appleseedcommunications.com/pages/publicrelations.html

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P2P/BitTorrent Lawsuits Forum / A step backward in the Prenda case

« on: July 23, 2012, 07:31:54 PM »

Here's an article I found tonight over on fightcopyrighttrolls.com where after all the recent motions to quash, rulings and sanctions have been seemingly Going Our Way, Judge O'Sullivan has just denied a motion to quash as well as a protective order for the does in one of the Prenda cases. Not only that but the troll lawyer in this case in direct violation of the law is now sending threatening letters and making harassing phone calls to at least two of the does which have retained legal counsel. You can read the entire article as well as the court filing at the link below.

http://fightcopyrighttrolls.com/2012/07/23/prendas-continuous-disregard-of-ethics-leads-to-a-motion-for-sanctions/

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Recieved a demand letter today

« on: July 23, 2012, 06:52:40 PM »

I agree with Robert, if they can't even produce a screen capture I would tell them to buzz off. It's bad enough that they will not provide proof of exclusive rights to the images as they claim and now not even provide an image. This may give us an idea of how many of these letters that they are cranking out on a daily basis if they can't even be bothered to make sure that there is image included with the screen capture. What a bunch of losers!

SG, I think this one might deserve a special picture

quote author=Robert Krausankas (BuddhaPi) link=topic=3083.msg10294#msg10294 date=1343083524]
hahha, what a bunch of ass-hats! they can't even check to make sure the image is even there..they have no case if they can't even show you the image in use..look for the image and tell them to pound salt..

Did they send you a screen capture of the image in question being used on your site?

They sent me the image and a screen capture, but the screen capture does not show the image.

[/quote]

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: An Experiment Against Getty

« on: July 23, 2012, 02:09:44 PM »

I did not know that Getty has another outside council, but if I get a letter from anyone without ALL the proof I requested then an additional set of letters will go out against Getty and whoever sends it.  I am going to wait a bit before sending out the next round of letters while I see what develops and to wait for the AG complaints as follow up letters will be sent including a CD of 1200 pages of complaints to reinforce my request for investigation into Getty's extortion practices. 

I'll bite...
Mr Bieker in between spending time at the soup kitchen, got your letter, and handed it to his boss, who then read it and handed it to his boss, the letter eventually landed on Lisa Wilmers desk, where it sits in limbo awaiting some kind of decision..Perhaps you'll get a letter from getty's other outside coucil ( whose name escapes me), since they were not named in your deadline letter..

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: An Experiment Against Getty

« on: July 23, 2012, 01:09:57 PM »

Okay, I just logged on and checked the status of my case and it still says the same thing. I am not sure what to make of it, suggestions or ideas?

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P2P/BitTorrent Lawsuits Forum / More and more people are fighting back!

« on: July 22, 2012, 11:10:22 PM »

I found this article tonight on fightcopyrighttrolls.com and thought it encouraging. The first part of the article shows several cases where one person or a small group of people can fight back and significantly hurt the copyright trolls.

The last half of the article is talking about an individual caught up in the Malibu media lawsuits and not only responded by saying he was innocent but is also suing Malibu media and their copyright troll for $1 million and as an added twist in the suit demands that Malibu media and their troll take out ads in the paper proclaiming the victims innocence. Below is a snippet of the article and you can follow the link to the full article.

A month ago we noticed that in one of the Malibu cases run by a super-troll Keith Lipscomb’s puppet Aaron Kotzker, there was a defendant who not only answered to the complaint, declining the wrongdoing, but also included a one million dollar counterclaim. We cheered the defendant, Jeff Fantails, but it was not clear at that time if his claim was convincing enough to be potentially successful. Yesterday, after I read the First Amended Answer and Counterclaim, my doubts evaporated.

http://fightcopyrighttrolls.com/2012/07/20/in-a-well-prepared-and-mighty-counter-attack-malibu-media-v-fantalis-case-turns-into-fantalis-v-malibu-media/

I hope that the trend we are seeing in the last couple of months of what appears to be an anti-troll uprising by way of a flurry of class-action and countersuits continues. With the trolls weakened by recent court rulings, sanctions and spankings now seems to be an excellent time to strike back and make the trolls rethink their operations, strategies and business models.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Heres your Saturday snicker!!

« on: July 22, 2012, 05:33:55 PM »

Peeved, that's an awesome picture not only would that be great for the Eli factor but I think it would make a cool billboard too. I could just see that one posted on a billboard near the Getty building so the trolls would have to see it coming and going each day

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: An Experiment Against Getty

« on: July 21, 2012, 10:24:29 PM »

Actually I just check that while you were typing this message and it still says the same thing. Just to see what would happen I altered my case number by one number and hit enter in a immediately popped up with a message saying that I should contact the Getty compliance department.

I will take my tablet to work with me on Monday and checked again at lunchtime and I'll let everyone know what it says.

That would be the dumbest thing they could ever do to go after an ELI community member especially someone who "outed" himself.

If they did this, ELI would be put on the media map in a big way, not simply a little niche website tucked away in a corner.

Filing a lawsuit would have a ton of publicity possibilities if done correctly.

Essentially the way I would paint this picture is that a corporate conglomerate vs. a local handyman.  Envision a picture of office suits within a skyscraper towering over a guy with a hammer and screwdriver.

Publicity possibilities are endless.

Personally, I think that he might have caught it during systems maintenance phase. He will find out come Monday.

Or they've decided to file.

  

But don't worry. If that is the case I have a feeling you have enough friends around here that would be willing to help out. I know I'd kick in what I could to the Greg Troy defense fund.

 

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Heres your Saturday snicker!!

« on: July 21, 2012, 10:15:21 PM »

I have seen the movie and it's very good and I like that analogy. So if Getty clerks and McCormack staff are the redcoats I guess that would make four billion-dollar Getty England in this fight.