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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Help from the Eli Community Needed

« on: February 19, 2014, 09:35:55 PM »

Thanks April!!!

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Oscar Michelen & Matthew Chan quoted in International Business Times article

« on: February 16, 2014, 12:02:03 PM »

From the article.

“It’s a shame that anyone who does this these days is labeled a troll,” the company said.

No, not anyone, just people and companies demanding far more than an image is worth, who refuses to provide the reasonable request of proof of claim, who refuses to negotiate and after all this say pay us or we'll sue.

"Anyone" who meets that definition is most certainly a troll!!!

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Steven Turner - Washington State Copyright Extortion Lawyer Targets Australian

« on: February 15, 2014, 11:23:51 PM »

Welcome to the forums RocketBoy.  A very interesting article, I will be interested to see how this develops.

@ Robert
Maybe you should add this to your ongoing list of trolls.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: An Experiment Against Getty

« on: February 15, 2014, 09:37:00 PM »

I filed the request tonight for complaints filed against Getty Images since my last request a year ago.

I also requested ALL complaints pertaining to McCormack IP Law, Timothy McCormack and Lauren Kingston.  I have never narrowed this down before but I am wondering how many complaints he has.  I still wish State Bar complaints were public record as I would love to see what McCormack Legal has filed against them

Here is a copy of the request for those who are interested.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/207332302/1-0-WTAG-Request-for-Records-Request

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: An Experiment Against Getty

« on: February 14, 2014, 04:05:24 PM »

Okay, it is time for me to get my yearly update on complaints filed against Getty Images with the Washington State Attorney General's Office.  I will try and get my request in by Monday and as always will make the complaints available to all.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Help from the Eli Community Needed

« on: February 13, 2014, 07:32:01 PM »

I will try and keep you all updated as to where we stand and what is still needed.

Total - $775.00

Need - $425.00

Thank you to confirmed contributors for your help and support:

Jerry Witt
Stinger
Greg Troy
Oscar Michelen
Peeved
Khan

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Help from the Eli Community Needed

« on: February 12, 2014, 10:19:51 PM »

Okay everyone, I can use your help.  It is now getting very close to the time I am expecting to hear from the SEC that they are ready to send me copies of the 3 cases of documents from their investigation of Jonathan Klein and Getty Images.  I have waited until it was close to the expected time of delivery before I asked for donations to be sent. I estimate the cost of this search, retrieval, copying and mailing of these documents to run about $1200.00

You can read the first post to see what this is for if you do not know/remember.

If you offered earlier to make a donation and are still able to help PM me or email at [email protected] and I will let you know how to send it.

I could really use the ELI communities help with this.  I plan to make these documents available to all but I could really use your help to offset the cost. 

Thank you.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: An Experiment Against Getty

« on: February 11, 2014, 06:46:34 PM »

Thank you for the update media.  After 4 letters the next step will most likely be their final attempt and "Notice of escalation" letter, then you will be contacted by NSC Solutions, McCormack IP Law or both.

Hang tough and keep demanding proof of claim.

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Hawaiian Letters & Lawsuits Forum / A Recent Demand Letter from VKT

« on: February 09, 2014, 10:01:34 PM »

Here is a look at a recent extortion demand letter from VKT.  It seems there have been a rash of these of late and his is back at it in full swing.  This was sent to my by the letter recipient and used with permission.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/205950975/VKT-Letter-Jan-2014

Thoughts and comments welcome.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Getty getting some of its own medicine

« on: February 09, 2014, 08:14:13 AM »

My SOL is in the final year now and we are ALWAY glad when you stop by. 

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Getty filed a lawsuit against me

« on: February 09, 2014, 08:13:09 AM »

I agree that what we are seeing now is not "too many" but these cookie cutter lawsuits strike me very much of the crap that Prenda tried.  If Getty expands their business model to include cheap cookie cutter lawsuits the courts may start to take notice.  If the courts ever look up to see who and what Getty is they are certainly going to see as much if not more negative trolling information as positive.  Anyway, it's still way too early to tell yet.

Getty Images the worlds largest supplier of $875.00 photos of sprinklerheads.

I just don't know.  If the parties agree to something among themselves, and the plaintiff agrees to drop the case as a part of that, is the judge even privy to the settlement amount details?  As far as settling "too many" their cases offline with the other party before judgment, I always thought that was quite common and actually encouraged by the court.

But really I'm not entirely sure how that works.

IF they do very many of these settlements you can make the case that Getty is using the federal court as a collection agency and the courts will not like that in my opinion.

If they take these cases to court they run the risk of the court becoming angry with Getty for wasting their time if they are small dollar amount cases.

Getty is walking a fine line here and they certainly don't want the courts seeing the type of information any good lawyer will ask for through the discovery process.  The more I look at this to me it looks like a loose loose prospect for Getty but that's just my opinion.
 

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Getty getting some of its own medicine

« on: February 08, 2014, 11:06:34 PM »

Nice to see you back again Lettered!

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Getty filed a lawsuit against me

« on: February 08, 2014, 11:03:50 PM »

IF they do very many of these settlements you can make the case that Getty is using the federal court as a collection agency and the courts will not like that in my opinion.

If they take these cases to court they run the risk of the court becoming angry with Getty for wasting their time if they are small dollar amount cases.

Getty is walking a fine line here and they certainly don't want the courts seeing the type of information any good lawyer will ask for through the discovery process.  The more I look at this to me it looks like a loose loose prospect for Getty but that's just my opinion.
 

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: An Experiment Against Getty

« on: February 08, 2014, 07:23:55 PM »

 

Congratulations to Greg Troy who started, organized, and nurtured this very important thread since July 2012.

This thread has been specifically linked by Christopher Zara as "first-person accounts" in the recent February 7, 2014 International Business Times article:

Getty Images Lawsuits: Enforcement Or Trolling? Fear Of Letters Dwindling, Stock-Photo Giant Hits Federal Courts
http://www.ibtimes.com/getty-images-lawsuits-enforcement-or-trolling-fear-letters-dwindling-stock-photo-giant-hits-federal

Thank you Greg for your contribution to the recent International Business Time article!

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Oscar Michelen & Matthew Chan quoted in International Business Times article

« on: February 08, 2014, 07:23:12 PM »

Great article, you can also comment on the article.  I see Lucia has done so and I did too.  As many ELI supporters should comment as well. 

This is a good article as it is one of the very few I have see where it uses the words Getty and Extortion together, we need to show what Getty is doing is wrong.  Get on there and tell your story!