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Messages - Robert Krausankas (BuddhaPi)

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Statue of Limitations Copyright Law
« on: January 25, 2012, 11:24:02 AM »
yes they probably have screen shots, but it's still a good idea, to prevent another company coming along.

Good question in terms of the actual copyright. Keep in mind I'm not an attorney. I think this scenario would limit them to 4 years, but perhaps it would make it null and void altogether.. Very good question! lets see who else chimes in on this.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Another Aldrich Law Firm Letter
« on: January 25, 2012, 10:44:26 AM »
Aldrich Law Firm is a new player, and he's only been practicing for like 3 months. The basics apply to most stock photo demand letters.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Statute of Limitations Copyright Law
« on: January 25, 2012, 10:42:58 AM »
It is my understanding, that the statute runs from the time of discovery of infringement. so the date on the letter would effectively start the ticker running.

They can easily tell how long an image has been on your site, simply by visiting archive.org. I would suggest you visit there your self and have your archived removed, and also add some coding to your page to not have your site archived. Search this forum for threads on how to do this.

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Righthaven Lawsuits Forum / Righthaven Domain Buyers Launch Web Hosting Service
« on: January 25, 2012, 10:40:31 AM »
According to a notice posted at Righthaven.com, the former domain of the notorious copyright troll Righthaven, a Swiss company that acquired the domain at auction intends to launch a “spineful hosting” business using the domain, designed to protect publishers from the sort of litigation pursued by the previous company.

http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/righthaven-domain-buyers-launch-web-hosting-service

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Another Aldrich Law Firm Letter
« on: January 25, 2012, 10:08:24 AM »
I'm going to make this short and sweet, because all of this info is readily available, you will need to do more research to determine your own best coarse of action.

IF a suit is filed it would need to be filed in federal court in NC.
IF a suit is filed it will be for much more, cause they will want atty. fees as well and most likely more.
Search the copyright.gov site for the image in question.
Demand that they provide you with proof of registration.
Pick that registration apart, make sure it is signed/dated and in order.
Perform a reverse image search on google with the image in question.
Perform a search on tineye with the image in question.

If the image is for sale, for how much?? Demand to know how they arrived at the number they are demanding.

Start there, get educated, keep reading, see how others have handled this.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Another Aldrich Law Firm Letter
« on: January 24, 2012, 05:31:46 PM »
And you're willing to pay $500.00 for an image they may not even own, may not be registered, or may be available elsewhere for free???

Paying them gives them another win, and just adds fuel to the fire for them to keep sending more letters...

Have you read any of the threads here?
Are you aware that you have options??

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Lawsuit filed against Getty images for Copyright infringement.
« on: January 24, 2012, 01:35:14 PM »
Imagine the headline:  "Getty Images Accused of Copyright Infringement and Dealing in STOLEN PROPERTY!!"


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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Lawsuit filed against Getty images for Copyright infringement.
« on: January 24, 2012, 12:20:31 PM »
Wait until you read the complaint!

Here's a link until we can get it on scribd

http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/01/23/RockPhotos.pdf

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Lawsuit filed against Getty images for Copyright infringement.
« on: January 24, 2012, 09:43:02 AM »
  LOS ANGELES - Ron Raffaelli, who says he is known as "the King of Rock and Roll Photography," claims Getty Images violated his copyright by selling stolen photos, in Federal Court.

Ron also recently appeared on the popular TV show "Pawn Stars" selling previously unpublished photo's of Jimi Hendrix.

I have the complaint document and will get it posted to the scribd library for you all to digest...sure feels nice to see Getty on the receiving end for a change..

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P2P/BitTorrent Lawsuits Forum / Re: US Feds Shut Down Megaupload.com File-Sharing Website
« on: January 23, 2012, 01:13:09 PM »
Kinda makes Gibson look like an angel....albeit a dirty little angel..

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Getty Images Letter Forum / For your viewing pleasure
« on: January 23, 2012, 08:22:02 AM »



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Hawaiian Letters & Lawsuits Forum / Re: Advice needed on dealing with HAN: Just got letter from Aldrich Law Firm
« on: January 22, 2012, 04:04:19 PM »
I would not lay all of my cards on the table. I personally would make him "work" a little bit, by first asking for proof of ownership/registration. Depending on the answer I would ask another question, forcing to spend more time addressing these questions. Not only will it be frustrating for him, but it will also show that are communicating and trying to resolve the issue. As MCFilms has stated many times, you have the right to ask these questions

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Another Aldrich Law Firm Letter
« on: January 22, 2012, 03:39:32 PM »
Just to confirm, it is Russell Aldrich from Aldrich Law Firm, from San Antonio Texas, representing Bokelberg.com, which appears to be located in Germany? Usually what we have seen thus far is that the attorneys selected ( by selected I mean pulling their name out of a hat) are usually located in the same state as the recipient. I am surprised they are using a US attorney for this, and naturally I have some legal questions.If this company is out of Germany, wouldn't they need to follow German copyright law? Wouldn't they also need a German lawyer. Can Adlrich Law legally represent company out of the states?...

Time do some homework on Bokelberg.com

::EDIT:: I will ad to this thread as I learn more info

Bokelberg.com appears on my list of company's associated with Picscout, so we know how they found the image in question. I'm wondering if Picscout actually selects the lawyers as opposed to the firms that own or claim to own the images....will report my findings shortly.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Carolyn Wright - Photo Attorney
« on: January 22, 2012, 07:18:45 AM »
I think the statement refers to the fact that she would not be happy if she had to travel to Arizona ( not Nevada),to fight ths, but I could be wrong.

As for "Read Only" files, as SG stated they can still be copied and once copied they are no longer read only files, and if they are, it is easily changed.

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Hawaiian Letters & Lawsuits Forum / Re: Advice needed on dealing with HAN: Just got letter from Aldrich Law Firm
« on: January 21, 2012, 07:08:09 PM »
Can't seem to find much more info on Aldrich Law Firm, no case history's, no real internet presence to speak of, except for what I dug out in the referenced post...Maybe because he's only been practicing for like 3 months.

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