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Hawaiian Letters & Lawsuits Forum / Re: Hawaiian Art Network v. Aloha Plastic Surgery Lawsuit Settled

« on: November 06, 2012, 10:22:03 AM »

Mulligan, when you get yourself on the ballot, I will be camped out at my voting site to be the first to vote for you.

Since, I am from Chicago, I might spend the day there so that I can be sure I am also the last to vote for you.

Remember, "vote early, vote often".

And a little political philosophy of my own.  "If the incumbent candidate has not delighted you with his/her record in the last term, vote them out and give someone else a chance to delight you."

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Jonathan Klein and Getty Images, a history of questionable business practices?

« on: October 29, 2012, 09:15:17 AM »

Nice work, Greg!

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Petition the U.S. government to change laws to end copyright trolling

« on: October 29, 2012, 09:06:29 AM »

Tell you what, if the current administration wins the election, I will take a stab at a petition on this web site.  If not, we will wait and see what the next administration intends to do with it.

The more I look at this site, the more I think it is Obama's sorry attempt to deliver on his campaign promise of transparency in government.

Let's see where the election takes us.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Petition the U.S. government to change laws to end copyright trolling

« on: October 25, 2012, 04:46:47 PM »

Sorry guys!  Some times I wear my idealist hat too long and it affects me.  Good idea, just not in this world!

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Petition the U.S. government to change laws to end copyright trolling

« on: October 25, 2012, 02:20:24 PM »

I discovered an interesting page today while reviewing the white house web site that lets citizens sign petitions designed to get the government to act on things deemed necessary by the people.

I am not sure how well this works, but am wondering if there is any interest in pursuing this in the ELI community.  Here is a link to the page.  https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/

This may all be rendered moot by the next election.  However, this kind of thing is catching on around the world.  Here is an article about how the concept of getting people more involved in government is catching on in Finland.  http://singularityhub.com/2012/10/24/finlands-next-laws-to-emerge-from-online-crowdsourced-proposals/

At least this subject might be worth some discussion.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: ELI Defense Team Grows Again! Welcome Greg Troy, Newest ELI Team Member!

« on: October 25, 2012, 10:16:48 AM »

Congratulations Greg!  I could think of no one more deserving of this honor.

Your work and tireless efforts have inspired me in my fight, and I am certain many others.  What's more, I know you are the kind of guy a Troll victim can count on to stand behind him in his hour of need.

I have said it before and I will say it again, "You rock, Greg Troy"

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Legal Controversies Forum / Re: Judge Boylson wants to test copyright trolls’ evidence in a bellwether trial

« on: October 25, 2012, 10:09:52 AM »

Well, it's clear that either the unnamed paralegals or the unnamed office assistants screwed this up.

I hope the judge asks for proof regarding the office outage.  Sounds like a story to me.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Johnathan Klein and Getty Images - Do As I Say, Not As I Do.

« on: October 22, 2012, 10:39:31 AM »

Greg:
I seriously think there is an e-book in all this work you have done with a world-wide audience.  First, we will need a copyright compliance team.   

You go Greg Troy.  When the ultimate end of days war with Getty begins, I want you in my bunker.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Jonathan Klein and Getty Images Know How to Treat Their Contributors – Not.

« on: October 22, 2012, 10:28:34 AM »

Greg:  You are the man!

I am thinking that when you are done outing Getty for what they real are, we should compile a self published compendium of your articles.  If they are sending out 40,000 letters per month and you could get just 10% to buy your low-priced e-book, that's a nice bonus income.  In fact, you might want to donate a portion of the proceeds to ELI.  With the SEO expertise around here, you could probably get your book title in front of half the people getting troll letters.

Perhaps Getty can become a second source of income for you and ELI? 

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Alaska Stock - Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

« on: October 22, 2012, 09:14:06 AM »

Matt:  We are all human, so get over the mistake.  You fixed it when you published the retraction and apology.  ...nuff said!

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Legal Controversies Forum / Re: Tidbits from Oscar's Blog

« on: October 22, 2012, 09:10:42 AM »

Good take Mulligan.  I appreciate your taking the time to draw our attention to this.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Trollog Defined

« on: October 16, 2012, 02:04:50 PM »

Egging you on Robert? 

moi? 

I like to think of it as stimulating your creative juices.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Trollog Defined

« on: October 16, 2012, 11:52:29 AM »

Nicely done Ryan!

I am sure that BuddhaPi has some new words he would like to make a permanent part of the urban dictionary that relate to copyright Trolls.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Received letters from CEG

« on: October 16, 2012, 11:50:07 AM »

DO NOT deal with them via email.

Use the post.  Give them no information about your use of images.  State only that you are looking into how what they allege could have happened.  Part of the M.O. of the image troll is to get as much information from their victim as they can - and use it against the victim later.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Looks like we have a new troll to deal with

« on: October 16, 2012, 10:23:49 AM »

It may not be needed by us, but the copyright lawyers, our congressmen, Attorney Generals and the like might see this as corroborating evidence of what we have been saying.