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Legal Controversies Forum / Re: Oppose Internet Censorship: Help Defeat the Stop Online Piracy Act

« on: November 21, 2011, 02:50:10 PM »

"Corporations" have enough power as it is.
All we need is powerful companies dictating what can be transmitted electronically under the guise of "copyright infringement".

S.G.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: ok so this is not stock image related..but i'm throwing it out there anyway

« on: November 21, 2011, 02:47:39 PM »

This was great; I really enjoyed reading it.  I actually bookmarked it.

A couple of things stood out for me:

"A lawyer who doesn’t understand public relations is only half a lawyer."

"Guy gripes. Company whines. Dumb demand letter. Yawn. Happens every day. "

S.G.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: We have a new facebook fan!

« on: November 21, 2011, 11:38:00 AM »

So much win detected...

Here's my face when I realized that Julie Stewart of Blackline Law could have made more money right out of highschool by applying to work at a collection agency.
She could have saved years of her life and avoided huge debt by not getting film and law degrees.


S.G.

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Righthaven Lawsuits Forum / Righthaven CEO pressured to reveal location of cash

« on: November 20, 2011, 12:47:33 AM »

Righthaven CEO pressured to reveal location of cash

Pressure mounted Friday on Righthaven LLC CEO Steven Gibson to explain how the firm can continue to operate while at the same time failing to pay off more than $216,000 owed to creditors.

http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2011/nov/19/righthaven-ceo-pressured-reveal-location-cash/

S.G.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Cool new Extortion Letter Videos Courtesy of Google Video Tools

« on: November 19, 2011, 03:25:03 PM »

Hilarious.  One of the more creative things that I've seen in a long time.
It reminds me of the movie "Inception" (tm) for some reason, and I didn't even see that movie. lol.
Watch for my new movie: "How many Infringements Does it Take to Get You into a State Prison?  JUST ONE!!"
Featuring sock puppets that look like Brandon Sand and Julie Stewart.  lol

S.G.

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Righthaven Lawsuits Forum / RIAA Thinking Of Backing Righthaven

« on: November 19, 2011, 11:50:32 AM »

RIAA Thinking Of Backing Righthaven

So, now the RIAA is realizing that Righthaven -- and in particular the Hoehn ruling, which lays out in great detail why the full use of a copyrighted offering can still be fair use
-- is suddenly an important battlefront in its war on fair use. Just having the line from the case "wholesale copying does not preclude a finding of fair use" freaks the RIAA out.
 
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111118/11374416816/riaa-thinking-backing-righthaven.shtml

S.G.

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Righthaven Lawsuits Forum / Stephens Media Completely Capitulates In Democratic Underground/Righthaven Case

« on: November 19, 2011, 11:48:00 AM »

Stephens Media Completely Capitulates In Democratic Underground/Righthaven Case

"From there, Stephens focuses on a separate issue: making sure that additional details of its business relationship with various companies stay secret.
Apparently, a number of documents have been filed under seal, and Stephens wants to make sure they don't see the light of day."

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111118/13260616818/stephens-media-completely-capitulates-democratic-undergroundrighthaven-case.shtml

S.G.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Need help with Masterfile letter

« on: November 18, 2011, 05:41:06 PM »

DOCSRB,

If you aren't getting paid anyway, I'd just quit.
If MF writes to you again, it's not your company, and you don't work there.
Problem solved...

S.G.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Brandon Sand Settlement Demand Letter

« on: November 18, 2011, 11:51:22 AM »

Brandon Sand gave himself a stellar review:

http://www.avvo.com/attorneys/92101-ca-brandon-sand-3411110.html

lol.

S.G.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: a bit more exposure for ELi

« on: November 18, 2011, 12:29:52 AM »

The trolls may appear to be better equipped.
But, I think if people stopped paying, the trolling for money would go away pretty quick.
99.9 percent of the infringements aren't worth going to court over... those who pursue trolling as their main revenue stream (both companies and lawyers) would go bankrupt.

S.G.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Need help with Masterfile letter

« on: November 17, 2011, 11:26:36 PM »

DOCSRB,

ohhh... this is a Masterfile deal.
I thought that this was some other "trademark" thing, not an image copyright/license infringement.

For you personally/professionally, your best move at this time is to forward Masterfile's correspondence to someone in charge.
The more that you engage Masterfile, the more that they'll' assume that you're "the guy".

However, I should warn you that they likely won't buy the line that "the owner's dead, "we don't know who owns the company", etc.
They are quite persistent, and it's not very difficult to determine who's in charge of a company whether it's incorporated or not.

You'd probably have to provide the forum with more information if folks here are to advise further.

S.G.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Need help with Masterfile letter

« on: November 17, 2011, 06:21:49 PM »

DOCSRB,

Thanks for your post.

Does your adversary say that it's an actual image (picture) that they copyrighted, or is it simply the words "Top Secret"?
What evidence did you find that it's trademarked?  In which country is it trademarked?
I take it that your company's in Canada, the trademark is in the US, and the web development is in India?

Is the trademark owner in a silimar industry as your company?
Was your company also using the word "top secret" as an actual trademark, or was it just part of the web design?


S.G.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Can GI document the length of time the image was on site

« on: November 17, 2011, 06:07:37 PM »

Agreed.  The software can't determine the length of the alleged infringement.
They look up the site in question on a web archive site to determine that.
If they can't find your site there, they would normally just consider the length of the infringement to be from when they detect it until the date that the image is removed.

S.G.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: an interesting article on entrapment..

« on: November 17, 2011, 06:02:44 PM »

Thanks for the interesting article.
It's becoming so clear now, isn't it?

S.G.

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Righthaven Lawsuits Forum / Sanctions Sought Against Righthaven Lawyer For Going Through Charade Yet Again

« on: November 17, 2011, 02:28:56 PM »

Sanctions Sought Against Righthaven Lawyer For Going Through Charade Yet Again

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111115/03091716777/randazza-seeking-sanctions-against-righthaven-lawyer-going-through-charade-yet-again.shtml

S.G.