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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Just ignore them

« on: February 01, 2014, 06:16:14 PM »

Kyle's story is pretty much consistent with all of our experiences here at ELI. Though recently Getty has filed a number of lawsuits in single image cases.

Is it just me, or does anyone else find it interesting that in this flurry of lawsuits that were filed, NONE, ZERO, ZIPPO have Seattle Attorney Timothy B. McCormack or McCormack Intellectual Property Law listed on them??

Shows how much faith getty has in this "experienced litigator"...

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: ELI Founder Matthew Chan Returns to ELI After Year-Long Exile

« on: February 01, 2014, 06:11:21 PM »

You can deduct it from my generous pay. 

Speaking of which...I need a raise

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: ELI Founder Matthew Chan Returns to ELI After Year-Long Exile

« on: February 01, 2014, 04:05:07 PM »

I for one an more than Happy to share Timmy with you, your being silent for this long was rather surprising to me, but not as surprising that none other than McCormack Intellectual Property Law actually is responsible for you coming back. maybe Timothy B. McCormack isn't so bad after all...

Nah, he's still an asshat and dickwad in my humble opinion... I can still have my opinion can't I??

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Got My Letter

« on: February 01, 2014, 04:00:14 PM »

I have first hand knowledge of something similar Getty responce will be the following..or something similar.

The manufacture licensed the image, but that does not give the manufacture the right to "share" the image, the license is non-transferable.. Bottom line is the manufacture should take care of this, and like Jerry stated they should consider doing business with a reputable image house, or better yet, create their own images.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: stockfood.com extortion letter- getty images? what to do- any help appreciated:)

« on: January 31, 2014, 05:18:21 PM »

payment made to picscout?? I would like to see this letter, to add it our archives, if you are willing to share it please send me a PM and I will give you an email address..naturally I will redact all of your personal information before hand.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: It has now been over 3 years since my Initial letter and still getting threats.

« on: January 30, 2014, 11:06:15 AM »

The email is from ncsip solutions. I am assuming they are a collection agency. The three years is past from the date of the first letter. The photo was immediately retracted with an apology and a reasonable offer to pay for the photo which was refused.

I would file a complaint with the FTC, they are a collection agency. I would also file a complaint with the washington attorney general against getty.. clearly the statute has run.

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UK Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Getty Screen Shot

« on: January 29, 2014, 11:19:47 AM »

You also need to keep in mind a screen shot only shows the image in question appeared on the site, it does not prove that the image was hosted on the site, it could have been linked from an outside source, therefore it would not be a "copy"...thus weakening their case.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: It has now been over 3 years since my Initial letter and still getting threats.

« on: January 28, 2014, 04:23:32 PM »

To be safe figure the statute to start running from the date of the first letter, we need more info, is this Getty McCormack or someone else. If it is Getty themselve, I would quickly complain tot he attorney general, and Getty advising them that the statute has run and to pound sand, if MCCrmack I would do the same, but I would also file a bar complaint with every bar he is associated with, as an attoreney that douche bag is well aware of the rules and conduct becoming of an attorney... I'm not a lawyer, so I don't have to abide by those standards, hence I can voice my opinion, thats McCormack Intellectual Property Law is a firm fulls of turd munching asshats.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Heads up Destination360 possible issue

« on: January 27, 2014, 04:45:49 PM »

it;s nice to Istock a Getty image company is so kind to help with this matter...and i also think if i'm ot mistaken getty also owns shutterstock as well..nevre heard of d360 but i would not be surprised to learn that Getty owns them as well..

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

« on: January 23, 2014, 06:17:45 PM »

That makes sense. It's best for you to be relatively quite. I am hoping Robert shows us documents from Pacer, but 'in the fullness of time' would be fine with me!

Greg will be posting the documents at some point in the near future..

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Question about precedent

« on: January 22, 2014, 05:39:16 PM »

on a side note I'd venture to guess that since I've been around there have been plenty, maybe in the hundreds who have passed the 3 yr statute without any action being taken. Me being one of them. They "offered" me a reduced amount to settle, I quickly refused, as I had already purchased the image in good faith years before they came along.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Question about precedent

« on: January 22, 2014, 05:37:13 PM »

$1800 for a single image?! That's ridiculous!

GI did file suit for one image last year, against Herzog Law Firm. Herzog settled for $5,000.

Can you confirm the 5k settlement? Generally speaking these settlements are kept confidential, and we saw no mention of this in PACER. Also remember that we believe the herzog case was hand-picked, knowing it would not go the distance and be settled quickly allowing getty to claim, they do indeed file over single images.. It now appears that Getty is once again trying to drive this point home with these new cases.

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

« on: January 22, 2014, 11:49:32 AM »

The courts are available via pacer, we already have them in our possession, and they will be posted in the near future.
To answer Roywoods' question, it would be filed in federal court, as opposed to the local district court.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Here I am... 2nd GettyImages letter

« on: January 18, 2014, 08:02:53 PM »

If you do decide to engage them ( which will likely not get you anywhere) just be sure to phrase your letter properly to not admit anything or give them anything that could strenghten their case. There are plenty of pages citing it as a "scam" but keep in mind what they are doing is for the most part within the law, they just like to work on the very fringes , by twisting the law to their own advantage.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Here I am... 2nd GettyImages letter

« on: January 18, 2014, 01:25:16 PM »

first off why would you write to them and admit guilt?? it's on them to prove their case...secondly why would you invite a lawsuit?? do you really want to spend the time, effort and money involved should they choose to file? I would strongly suggest you do some research before jumping the gun..