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« on: September 25, 2011, 10:42:14 PM »
Hello? Can you tell me what you are talking about? We have never -ever - taken a fee for a letter and not written a letter for a client. Ever. On occasion if I get too busy and the client cannot wait for me to send the letter, and they settle directly with Getty, we will refund them the money. That has happened twice or three times in the three years this site has been up. That's it Period end of story.
As for your other assertions, they are nonsensical. Lets analyze your claim that this site makes $100,000 per year. That would require my getting retained on 512 letters a year at the rate of $195 per letter. That's insanity. We get very few requests for letter per week and most people use the info on the site to handle it themselves. But lets say I did that kind of volume. If I was not actually sending the letter, how many posts would there be on this site calling me a thief, etc. Yet yours is the only one. Why is that? Because I do what I say I will do. Now, if I am on trial (as I just have been on two back to back Federal matters) there may be a delay in getting out the letter, but for every letter that is delayed, there is another that gets done immediately when I am not involved in daily litigation. It really upsets me to have some (anonymously on top of it) accuse me of something that is made up of whole cloth.
You then say that asking us anything is useless, yet you ignore the incredible amount of information we have put up here for FREE. While I don't get hired for the letter as often as you think, I do get regular emails and phone calls form people all around the country and the globe thanking Matt and me for the info we have on the site. Nobody else is doing this anywhere else in the world.
Lets look at your next quote:
Supposedly Oscar represented in court many Masterfile or Getty victims.. why hasn’t he ever ask them in court to show the judge how much of their revenues comes from extortion and how much from standard licensing. Oscars comes here to this forum and asks users for this information!! This would be one of the first things an intelligent defense attorney would do in court to discredit these companies. I would never hire this man. Yes, you are better off paying more to defend yourself than have someone that will not win your case and only cares about leading you through the court process just to take your money.
How do you know what I have or have not asked for in court? Lets say the companies make three times their gross revenue from images through infringement claims. Is that a defense? A federal judge will have one answer to that argument: So what? Did your client infringe or didn't he? And if he did what do you say the infringement is worth and why? Those are the legal arguments that count. How do I lead someone "just to take their money?" I charge a flat fee to write a letter and try to resolve your claim. No one is under an obligation to hire me if they ever get sued (and so far no one has been sued BTW) to be their lawyer in court. Maybe you should spend some time reading through some of the posts that are thanking Matt and me for the work we do here - most of which is uncompensated.
Lastly you say:
I’m sorry, but I don’t really see anything exceptional about Oscar, his practice or experience. I know many people who claim they have 20 years of experience in certain industries.. sitting on a chair, taking salary.. so what? You must be clever and intelligent. That is what counts.. not how many years you sit on a chair performing mediocrely. Find yourself young and smart lawyer who will actually want to put his/her heart and win instead of just taking your money.
Let me get this straight, you think its better to have a young inexperienced lawyer go up against some of the biggest companies in the world, in one of the most complicated legal areas in the justice system? That's your game plan? And they are going to do this for LESS than $195? Not to toot my own horn, but have you seen my credentials? You would be hard pressed to find a lawyer anywhere in the country with the educational achievement; litigation background; success rate; and reputation of me and my firm. I have put my heart and soul into this issue, attacking it creatively and giving people a way to fight back. I will stand on my record any day. Now if you had the guts to (a) reveal who you really are, the way Matt and I do; and (b) give me some concrete examples or complaints that I can defend myself against, I will be glad to address them openly in this forum. Otherwise, please refrain from any further slander and defamation of my character, ability and professionalism or you will get to see firsthand what kind of lawyer I am.
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