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« on: June 30, 2012, 11:31:21 AM »
I'm in the U.S., but if I lived in Canada I'd do the same thing if Getty turns the matter over to an outside counsel. I would reply to one letter from that outside counsel, requesting the proof you've already requested, and I'd tell them without seeing that proof I won't be paying any money at all: If you can't provide the proof, Mr. Outside Counsel, then as far as I'm concerned the matter is closed.
If the outside counsel is the notorious copyright troll lawyer Timothy B. McCormack or his copyright trolling paralegal Ashanti A. Taylor or one of their clones, and if your experience mirrors mine, you will most likely get another letter or two.
Eventually you'll get a "final warning" letter (form letter) from the outside counsel threatening that if you don't pay up they will "recommend litigation to Getty Images."
Oh, scary. I just shit my pants.
Well, not really. I mean, by this point, their empty stupid threats are nothing but laughable, especially when they come in a form letter addressed to Attention: with no name after the Attention. Achtung!
I digress. Anyway...
Duh, I thought imminent litigation was what Getty Images was doing when they turned the matter over to their outside counsel and tripled the demand amount, still without providing a shred of proof of their right to demand any money.
But, no... turning over to outside counsel was just another empty fear ploy to get suckers to pay up because now they were being threatened by a "real" lawyer with a "real" letterhead.
Oh, scary. I just shit my pants again!
Well, not really. Actually that could have happened from the laughter that erupted on reading the "final warning" form letter but after dealing with the Getty machine for close to a year now, I have much better control over my sphincter.
I don't yet know what happens once the outside counsel recommends litigation (yeah, right, ha!) to Getty, but it'll either be more of the same or perhaps they'll put it in the automated system to send a scary letter once a month or every other month or whatever until the three year statute of limitations is over.
Or maybe they just give up, though that doesn't seem to be likely since Oscar has stated people get anywhere from six to twelve letters from these extortionists.
I think I'm at six letters at this point. I'm fully prepared to ignore (or respond to if I feel like having more fun with these ass clowns) sixty more if that's what it takes.
My bottomline: no proofie, no money!
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