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

« on: July 21, 2012, 09:19:27 PM »

That whole section and thought process was completely scatterbrained, he starts off by talking about it being like a sword and shield, sometimes being used for defense and sometimes being used for offense. Then he goes from a sword and shield to having extra arrows in his quiver then while talking about his arrows he brings up having extra artillery and showing a canon. I think he might be suffering from a little case of adult ADD which probably lends to the reason why he does not want his phone calls recorded because they would just be all over the place. I could just imagine it going something like “we need to discuss your recent case of copyright infringement of the Getty image, oooohh a seagull just flew by my window.

Ya....."Extra arrows in my quiver". Interesting that he would carry a "quiver" container. LOL... He is armed and ready to deal with all the "pirates".

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSYDmupdygVTC-OaOMJ6AKJ2MjzJF7FWWINg1CqJcsI1uhPgtP8

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Public Records Requests for Getty Images Update

« on: July 21, 2012, 09:07:00 PM »

I know, I am want to seeing what other things Getty has done.

OMG. I can't wait to read these!

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: An Experiment Against Getty

« on: July 21, 2012, 09:02:11 PM »

The image in question in my case is part of the Stone Collection with 97K+ images, the actual owners of the image are GK and Vikki Hart and from what I can find out online all of their animal photos were registered in bulk, add to the fact they refused to provide the proof requested and in my letters I said I would be happy to discuss this matter as long as they would show proof. With the recent Masterfile case, Getty’s already poor reputation in court I really think they would be asking for it if they were to try taking it to court. 
The wording of the message is what is weird and hard to interpret because I remember that Loserboy posted he paid 100 bucks and settled, his message said something like - Thank you for your inquiry and payment, we consider this case closed – or something to that effect, I do remember his message said the case was closed though.

@SG I have the screen capture safe and sound.

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

« on: July 21, 2012, 08:37:05 PM »

I love where he is talking about having extra weaponry being brought into the fight at about 1:00 in the video, he shows a battle field and artillery being used, the cannon shown is labeled C.S. for Confederate States, guess he doesn’t realize that once again he’s allied himself with a losing side.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: An Experiment Against Getty

« on: July 21, 2012, 07:23:49 PM »

Thanks guy, I appreciate that.  If they think I am fighting hard now they have no idea what would happen if they try to take me to court.  I think I would have to do an Aloha Plastic Surgery on them and file a counter suit.

Hopefully they are just deciding to let it go, I am a man of my word and if they drop their claim I will stop my campaign.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Public Records Requests for Getty Images Update

« on: July 21, 2012, 08:06:16 AM »

Thanks!

@Greg no worries we'll get you a copy for your campaign!

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: An Experiment Against Getty

« on: July 20, 2012, 11:54:02 PM »

Will do, it will be interesting to see what it does.  Hopefully it will kick over to case closed but I doubt it.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: An Experiment Against Getty

« on: July 20, 2012, 11:38:50 PM »

Whoa, I know they deadline I gave to Getty has come and gone and I have started the campaign I promised but something interesting just happened.  I decided to go back to the Getty site and enter my information again not expecting to see any change and it no longer takes me to the payment page.  It stays on the same page and tells me that “This case is not available for online payment.”

It doesn’t say that the case is cleared or closed just not available for payment.  Any thoughts?

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Public Records Requests for Getty Images Update

« on: July 20, 2012, 11:05:52 PM »

If possible I would like a copy of that CD to include in my next round of letters.  I would sort out the extortion letter complaints and include a CD with the package.  I would love to see the potential buyers faces when the get my detailed reasons why Getty is not a good buy, you know the 12 mil class action law suit, extortion campaign and oh yeah here's how ever many complaints it turns out to be filed with the AG's office.

This could be a thing of beauty if worked right.

You may want to start on that resume now Mr. Bieker and get while the getting is good 

What I want to know is if there are that many pages of complaints against one company why hasn't there been an investigation or something against Getty?

Good point, Greg. That will itself be something to look for in the documents. It may be that it's a lot of pages but not really that many complaints that are exclusively related to extortion letters. There may be other types of complaint, perhaps about sloppy billing, slow refund times, disgruntled employees, unhappy photographers and other such matters.

Or it may be that no one has ever put this all together into one neat package to be presented to the correct regulatory institution. That remains to be seen. Can't wait for buddhapi to post it! Let us know, Robert! 

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Public Records Requests for Getty Images Update

« on: July 20, 2012, 10:14:04 PM »

What I want to know is if there are that many pages of complaints against one company why hasn't there been an investigation or something against Getty?

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Public Records Requests for Getty Images Update

« on: July 20, 2012, 08:41:34 PM »

You can count on me to help you in any way I can!  Just let me know what you need done.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Seattle Times full page statement

« on: July 20, 2012, 01:49:25 PM »

April, that is a good idea but I tend to agree with Mulligan, I nor anyone in my house have looked at or bought a paper in ages.

You may consider getting several billboards around town, I don't know what they cost in Seattle but I looked into it about a year ago and depending on the size and location it ranged from 500-2000 each and that was for an entire month.    If you find out the rates let me know, I may have to look into putting one about Getty close to their building.

Again, I like the idea and how you are always coming up with new ideas here on the forums but for the money I think we could get more bang for the buck.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: An Experiment Against Getty

« on: July 20, 2012, 08:18:30 AM »

I just had a thought, after this round of letters to the buyers of Getty I will start sending letters out to the major news networks.  Whenever I actually have time to watch the news it disgusts me as about 25% of the time the image behind the talking head says either "Courtesy of Getty Images" or just plain "Getty Images".  I am going to let them know that as long as they are getting their images from a company that uses extortion as a business model I will not shop their sponsors.  I will also send letters to any sponsor of a newscast I see that has the Getty Images tag on a photo.

This is one where I will definitely need your help with as the sponsors will not listen to one lone letter writer.  I will post sponsors and addresses as I find them or if you all see a sponsor you can list it here and I will be happy to do the leg work to get the address of where to write.  I work so much it is hard for me to be here for the evening news.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: An Experiment Against Getty

« on: July 19, 2012, 08:36:21 PM »

That is great Stinger, don't stop there keep sending them out. The Washington State AG and Illinois State AG offices would be a great next step.  Thanks for joining in, if enough people send out these letters sooner or later they will take notice especially in an election year.

You know Greg, this was a lot easier than I thought.  Here is my letter:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/100538612/Congressman-Letter-s-July-19-2012-for-Scribd

just printed and about to be mailed to two Senators and one Congressman.  Again, Greg thanks for the inspiration.

And I encourage everyone to do the same.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: An Experiment Against Getty

« on: July 19, 2012, 08:30:34 PM »

Absolutley correct and I hope many more will add to this!

"Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo"

Khan

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