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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: 8-16-2013 -- MasterFile -- Fair use?

« on: August 24, 2013, 07:09:00 AM »

couple of items.. I believe Lucia meant to refer to perfect10 v google, not Amazon and in regards to Pinterest and Peeveds' comments.. When you "upload" something to Pinterest and enter a URL from which to get the image, an actual "copy" of that images is created, hence the whole shitstorm that has ensued over Pinterest..The image is actually copied and stored on Pinterest servers..so the scenario would be something like this

1. you come upon my site, like one of my images, and decide to pin it ( because it's totally awesome!)
2. you go ahead in pin it from the URL, pinterest grabs it and copies it for you in YOUR account
3.  Lucia comes along, and thinks the image is equally as awesome ( and it is!) and repins it...
4. Pinterest now does not make another copy, but simply links to it from your board.

So technically there is a "COPY", Pinterest clearly states that it's the user or "pinner" that holds the responsibility , and to boot King douche bag Jonathan Klien pretty much stated on video, then when pinterest starts showing a profit the lawsuits will come.

And it gets more complicated for photographers that are trying to protect their work ( I must admit it is sometimes difficult living on both sides of the fence in terms of the copyright issue.)

It was brought to my attention that one of my images was pinned on Pinterest, no big deal but I did get curious, turns out it was seen on 500px.com and a user pinned it.. Also turns out that 500px TOS states that the "pin button" cannot be removed and that users agree to allow their images to be pinned.. I'm sure this does not sit well with those photog that are hell bent on protecting their works, and trust me most of the images on 500px.com are not your typical stock images of tree with fluffy clouds, they are for the most part good images.. Hell most users probably never even read the TOS..for me it's not that big of an issue, because my images really aren't that super awesome, and I have a moral compass and would not sue someone for some insane amount..

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Getty Images find itself in court....again

« on: August 23, 2013, 08:43:02 PM »

Well crap...just to set the record straight, this is an old case from 2005, I somehow overlooked this...I guess this now becomes a #buddhapiflub!

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Getty Images find itself in court....again

« on: August 23, 2013, 03:54:45 PM »

At some point Getty Images, Jonathan Klien, Lisa Willmer and that asswipe Timothy B McCormack are really going to start suffering from all of these black eyes getty is getting... Once again a photographer has filed suit for copyright infringement.. I wonder what Getty's defense will be?? Maybe, "we never sold it", "someone told us it was free to use", "our web designer put it on our site".. I hope they loose their asses bunch of trolls the whole lot of them!

http://www.scribd.com/doc/162571086/Ken-Knight-v-Getty-Images

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Realtor Jennifer Sherrouse files suit with the help of Carolyn Wrights office

« on: August 23, 2013, 02:11:56 PM »

yup, the same Jennifer Sherrouse that was involved in some rather unsavory real estate tactics, you've heard of her before, have a look at the following link to refresh your memory!

http://www.extortionletterinfo.com/forum/getty-images-letter-forum/photo-attorney-client-jennifer-sherrouse-real-estate-agent-was-a-bad-girl/

She has once again enlisted the help of photoattorney.com / Carolyn Wright / Evan Anderson to sue a fellow real estate agent in the Atlanta area.. She sure knows how network!!

Here is the link to the complaint compliments of PACER:


http://www.scribd.com/doc/162539737/Atlanta-Photography-LLC-Jennifer-Sherrouse-v-Ian-Marshall-Realty-Inc-Complaint

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Getty Images Letter Forum / "Copyright Compliance Officer" Geoffrey Beal

« on: August 23, 2013, 12:59:54 PM »

Just another example of how the interwebs works its' magic! I bet Geoffrey Beal over at masterfile is just lovin this!

http://copyright-trolls.com/site/masterfiles-geoffrey-beal-copyright-compliance-officer/

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Legal Controversies Forum / Oops: Comcast forgot that court records are public documents

« on: August 21, 2013, 05:49:24 PM »

overage of one of the Web’s biggest copyright trolls. The cable company is also putting pressure on TorrentFreak’s Web host to take the blog offline. Unfortunately, Comcast, or a company that helps enforce its copyrights online, doesn’t seem to understand how public records work.
Last week, TorrentFreak reported on Prenda Law’s alleged decision to upload professional porn to a filesharing site in hopes of attracting illegal downloaders that Prenda could then sue for infringement.
In response to a subpoena, Comcast filed a document confirming the link between Prenda and the uploaded files.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/08/21/oops-comcast-forgot-that-court-records-are-public-documents/

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: 8-16-2013 -- MasterFile -- Fair use?

« on: August 21, 2013, 04:53:47 PM »

Hi Geoffrey...

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Need Help/Advice

« on: August 20, 2013, 08:18:31 PM »

the recommendation will be to have Oscar draft up a letter to getty, for 200.00 it is money well spent, you'll have a happy client, and you won't have getty harassing you for the next 3 years.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Geoffrey Beal one step closer to the asshat award!

« on: August 20, 2013, 06:27:05 PM »

Another thing he told me during our conversation:

Beal: "It does not matter if you link to an image and don't host it.  If it is displayed on your website, you are liable for it."

Me:  "The site is a blog, not a static website.  I did not download the image on my hosting provider's servers."

Beal: "It doesn't matter.  Have you ever heard of pinterest.com?  Look there and you will see they promise penalties there if you link to copyrighted material."

Another complete bullshit statement from Geoffrey Beal! Yo Geoffrey maybe you should read up on perfect10 v google, where it was decided that linking to images is not considered an infringement... take your head out of your ass!!! if this were infringement Masterfail and Getty would be suing google on a daily basis for linking to images...
One thing that Geoffrey Beal is very well versed in is making himself look like a total a-hole....now onto the pinterest statement.. Their TOS are written and designed to absolve them (Pinterest) from any copyright liability issues, if users choose to pin items they themselves are on the hook for the infringement not pinterest.

It amazes me how far these trolls like Geoffrey Beal will go to extract moneys from unsuspecting and uneducated victims...and how rude and unprofessional they become when someone asks questions or seeks outside help..

::EDIT:: Compelled to add this:

http://www.rottenecards.com/ecards/Rottenecards_61765672_q5vphw7s3x.png

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Need Help/Advice

« on: August 20, 2013, 06:04:28 PM »

Thanks for addressing the credit rating issue Stinger, as I completely forgot about it..

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Need Help/Advice

« on: August 20, 2013, 05:28:27 PM »

yeah they just your money, or anybody's money..chances are good they will continue to pursue your client, as they are the domain owner, transferring the domain to you will not help, as they owned it at the time the infringement was discovered.. If you're willing to step up to the plate ( and you should be ) you can simply request that your client hire Oscar for the letter program, and you reimburse your client in some way, or you can hire Oscar on your clients behalf. Chances are very good that if you hire Oscar it will eventually go away ( after 3 yrs) in the meantime by law they cannot contact you or your client as you will be being represented by an attorney.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Image located with Image Search and filtered by "labeled for commercial re-use"

« on: August 20, 2013, 02:49:47 PM »

Just deal with it as others have...get yourself educated on copyright...google images searches are NEVER safe, if images are not "public domain" ( different from royalty free ) someone somewhere owns the copyright..regardless of a watermark or EXIF data. I fo  you collected other images from a google search, you'd be wise to remove them, and replace them with either images you create yourself, or with images that you have a license to use..

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: 8-16-2013 -- MasterFile -- Fair use?

« on: August 20, 2013, 10:55:56 AM »

As suspected Geoffrey Beal continue to blow smoke out his ass, a casual search of PACER shows ZERO pending cases in North Carolina, they may have sent letter to those residing there, but thats a little different than actually filing suit... I guess his parents never taught him about being honest.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: 8-16-2013 -- MasterFile -- Fair use?

« on: August 20, 2013, 10:13:41 AM »

I woke up feeling rather generous this morning, hence there is a new post over @ http://copyright-trolls.com/site/ just for asshat Geoffrey Beal...he can thank me later...now to go feed it to the twittersphere..

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Geoffrey Beal & Masterfile "extortion" demand letters

« on: August 19, 2013, 05:44:52 PM »

LOl it's really too bad that that douchebag Geoffrey Beal got his panties in a wad, he doesn't like ELI very much, and I suspect he doesn't care for Oscar much either considering Oscar gave it to him the hard way in Federal Court... I see he likes to visit ELI on a regular basis, to bad he doesn't have the ball to post here...

I'm sure he doesn't like me calling him a douchebag either, but I'm entitled to my opinion, you'd think he would be smart enough to realize that some people won't simply drop their drawers and bend over for him.. Every new person that comes to ELI effects his income, maybe if he acted ethical and honestly he wouldn't find himself getting bashed on a regular basis, but it seems the money is more important to him.