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Getty Images Letter Forum / Looking to purchase stock images???

« on: March 13, 2013, 04:01:03 PM »

Heres is a list of all domains owned by Getty Images, complete with IP Addresses and "Popular Rating" ( i'm assuming the rating comes from Alexa)
I would highly advise anyone and everyone to NOT do business with any of these domains!

                 Domain name                           IP Address                 World Site
                                                                                              Popular Rating

1   thinkstockphotos.com               216.169.248.135           # 11,958
2   photos.com                               216.169.248.64           # 18,209
3   clipart.com                               216.169.249.51           # 18,576
4   gettyimages.co.uk               216.169.248.35           # 23,007
5   gettyimages.de                       216.169.248.35           # 32,370
6   gettyimages.in                       216.169.248.35           # 34,435
7   image.net                               216.169.248.208           # 37,436
8   gettyimages.fr                       216.169.248.35           # 43,061
9   royaltyfreemusic.com               216.169.249.48           # 46,280
10   thinkstockphotos.fr               216.169.248.135           # 50,769
11   gettyimages.co.jp               216.169.248.35           # 55,117
12   wireimage.com                      216.169.248.31           # 57,252
13   gettyimages.es                      216.169.248.35           # 57,551
14   asset-cache.net                      216.169.248.35           # 65,289
15   thinkstockphotos.de              216.169.248.135           # 71,808
16   jupiterimages.com              216.169.249.51           # 75,622
17   animationfactory.com              216.169.250.71           # 76,618
18   gettyimages.ca                      216.169.248.35           # 76,809
19   gettyimages.it                      216.169.248.35           # 82,247
20   gettyimages.com.au              216.169.248.35           # 93,457
21   gettyimages.pt                      216.169.248.35           # 109,739
22   thinkstockphotos.co.uk              216.169.248.135           # 136,433
23   thinkstockphotos.in              216.169.248.135           # 170,965
24   thinkstockphotos.ca              216.169.248.135           # 183,161
25   thinkstockphotos.es              216.169.248.135           # 187,456
26   gettyimages.ae                      216.169.248.35           # 191,860
27   thinkstockphotos.jp              216.169.248.135           # 244,321
28   thinkstockphotos.it              216.169.248.135           # 262,246
29   punchstock.com                      216.169.248.88           # 301,007
30   gettyimages.nl                      216.169.248.35           # 307,014
31   thinkstockphotos.ae              216.169.248.135           # 317,352
32   gettyimages.ch                      216.169.248.35           # 326,264
33   gettyimages.at                      216.169.248.35           # 346,303
34   gettyimages.be                      216.169.248.35              # 358,854
35   gettyimages.se                      216.169.248.35           # 377,619
36   thinkstockphotos.com.au      216.169.248.135           # 426,597
37   gettyimages.co.nz              216.169.248.35      # 452,061
38   gettyimages.ie                      216.169.248.35      # 510,995
39   wireimage.co.uk                      216.169.248.31      # 518,695
40   gmassetcentral.com              216.169.248.239           # 635,544
41   gettyimagesjobs.com              216.169.248.43      # 851,612
42   filmmagic.com                      216.169.248.31      # 858,850
43   photolibrary.com                      216.169.248.35      # 947,632
44   photolibrary.uk.com              216.169.248.35      # 1,074,693
45   photostogo.com                      216.169.248.135           # 1,075,312
46   jupiterimages.de                      216.169.249.51      # 1,149,226
47   clipart.net                              216.169.249.51      # 1,270,597
48   jamd.com                              216.169.248.253           # 1,270,739
49   jiunlimited.com                      216.169.248.135           # 1,467,052
50   comstock.com                      216.169.249.51      # 1,467,704
51   freeimages.com                      216.169.249.51      # 1,471,540
52   clip-art.com                      216.169.249.51      # 1,471,789
53   gif.com                                 216.169.249.51      # 1,474,346
54   barrysclipart.com                      216.169.249.51      # 1,480,592
55   ablestock.com                      216.169.249.51      # 1,493,232
56   liquidlibrary.com                      216.169.248.135           # 1,506,953
57   arttoday.com                      216.169.249.51       # 1,512,160
58   creatas.com                      216.169.249.51      # 1,513,368
59   comstockcomplete.com              216.169.249.51      # 1,554,499
60   jupiterimages.fr                      216.169.249.51      # 1,593,741
61   barrysfreephotos.com              216.169.249.51      # 1,614,711
62   clipshare.com                      216.169.249.51      # 1,631,238
63   stockphotography.com              216.169.249.51      # 1,642,488
64   timelifepictures.com              216.169.248.57      # 1,646,623
65   contourphotos.com              216.169.248.116           # 1,693,407
66   photostock.jp                      216.169.249.51      # 1,757,636
67   indexstock.com                      216.169.248.35      # 1,801,936
68   royalty-free-stock-images.com  216.169.249.51      # 2,103,699
69   punchstock.de                       216.169.248.88      # 2,153,168
70   culturestock.com                      216.169.249.51      # 2,233,635
71   gettyimages.no                      216.169.248.35      # 2,494,376
72   thinkstockphotos.com.pt      216.169.248.135           # 2,608,346
73   gettyimages.dk                      216.169.248.35      # 2,669,824
74   gettyimages.fi                      216.169.248.35      # 2,687,268

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Announcements / Re: The LE/LL/DP Forum has been taken down!

« on: March 13, 2013, 06:55:32 AM »

Matthew, not only has your rights been steeped on, but the entire ELI community's right to free speech has been effected. This will not go unnoticed, and some big players will want to get involved here in the very near future.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Received a letter... No longer own the site

« on: March 12, 2013, 11:34:37 AM »

I think I would consider adding, that if they continue to harass you, you will file complaints with the Washington Attorney General, and that you consider the matter closed.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / EFF To Represent Bloggers Against Copyright Troll

« on: March 12, 2013, 08:24:12 AM »

Prenda Law Firm attempts to silence critics DieTrollDie and FightCopyrightTrolls
San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is joining with attorney Charles Lee Mudd Jr. to represent two blogs caught up in a bizarre lawsuit filed by Paul Duffy and Prenda Law LLC, Duffy's copyright troll law firm.

Copyright trolls try to make money by suing Internet users under various copyright laws. Their tactics include targeting large groups of anonymous "John Doe" defendants for downloading files on BitTorrent, seeking their identities, and exploiting the massive damages in copyright law in order to pressure defendants into settling quickly.

https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-represent-bloggers-against-copyright-troll

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: A new friend and ELI ally

« on: March 12, 2013, 07:48:33 AM »

While we are at it, I want to also call out another brethren website, http://stopgettyimages.com.

I don't think any of us know who operates BoycottGettyImages.com and StopGettyImages.com but we welcome their support and their voice to the larger fight.

I actually have info on the newest site to pop-up boycottgetty.com, have not reached out to them just yet, I also have some info of who is behind the stopgettyimages site, as I did some research back when we first learned of them.

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Legal Controversies Forum / Team Prenda Does Not Show Up In Court; Judge Is Not Amused

« on: March 11, 2013, 07:56:17 PM »

from the bad-day-for-prenda dept.

We'll have a more complete report soon from Ken "Popehat" White, who was in the courtroom for the Prenda hearing today and will be writing about it for us (and for his own site), but for the quick version of what happened, with a huge assist from both Adam Steinbaugh and White, is that the judge has not made a ruling yet, but he is not at all pleased, saying "the client has been running everything. I know who the client is." There was no direct admission of who owns AF Holdings (other than that it had been transferred to another holding company, LiveWire -- as Pietz pointed out in his chart), but nothing else directly came out in court, apparently, other than Judge Wright's claim that he knows what's going on. In fact, he noted that the shell companies are "not even shells." This does not bode well for Prenda.

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130311/16051422285/team-prenda-does-not-show-up-court-judge-is-not-amused.shtml

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Thank you ELI for the resources re: Getty Images Demand Letters

« on: March 10, 2013, 07:22:53 PM »

I will launch a complaint letter campaign.

Which Getty conveniently refers to a "misguided letter campaign"

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Thank you ELI for the resources re: Getty Images Demand Letters

« on: March 10, 2013, 07:00:36 PM »

Obviously I'm currently in the same situation and luckily found my way here.  I did a website for a friend and I used 3 images that apparently images Getty are claiming as theirs… now they are trying to extort $2830 from my friend for 3 images that I could get something very similar from pond5.com for only 3 Dollars.
My question is, given that I now know (thanks to Greg Troy’s docs online) all the back and forth letters that will go between Getty and us, should I start with just a letter stating we took off the images etc… or do we go on full attack mode, meaning … asking them for all the legal document. Stating that we’ll send letters to the Attorney general… and that I’m now part of this site and I’m informed?
here.

first and foremost Getty will not deal with you, they will continue to hound your friend. YOU writing letters will go nowhere, they will simply take you out of the equation.. so your options are these.

1. draft the letters, but have your friend send them.
2. hire Oscar for the letter program on behalf of your friend/client
3. have your friend adress the issue themselves.
4. advise your friend to hire Oscar, and you foot the bill

Getty could care less where or who put the images up, they want to be paid by the domain owner...taking them down is an obvious good first step..

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Thank you ELI for the resources re: Getty Images Demand Letters

« on: March 10, 2013, 04:17:54 PM »

I'm new to this forum and website so I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the right place. Since getting my letter from GI late last month I've been reading every forum, blog, website, etc., trying to find the information I need to have in order to make an informed decision on whether to ignore them, reply to them with a compromise offer, tell them to take a flying leap, etc. I've read tons of commentary and lots of opinions but very little in factual information. For instance:
.how many people have GI taken to court (I can only find information on one instance)

A casual search for Getty Images via Pacer.gov yields these results:

From 2000-2012 a total of 71 cases

12 of these cases Getty was the plaintiff, yes I said 12
51 of these cases they were the defendant!
of the 8 remaining Getty was involved as a third party

I'm no math major, but it appears to me that is an average of 1 suit filed per year.

NONE of these 12 cases involved one or 2 images

.how many cases have GI won/lost

Now I know I don't have to mention the Advernet case, where Getty technically "won" by default, but in actuality they lost in a big way...

the above info can be found in this thread: http://www.extortionletterinfo.com/forum/getty-images-letter-forum/some-info-on-timothy-b-mccormack

.how successful is Oscar's letter at calling off their hounds (I'm not looking for the content of Oscar's letter - just how successful it's been)

Oscar has handled over 850 letters to date..ZERO have seen a judge.

.is their web-crawling software legal, especially with respect to invading my ISP's server

Picscouts operates out of Israel, so for the most part US law does not apply. Unless the images reside in a password protected directory, or you have other security measures in place, they would be considered "public" robots.txt is not considered a security measure..

All/most of this information should be available and it should just be a matter of just initiating a search and compile exercise. If this hasn't been done because of lack of resources and/or funding I'd be prepared to step up to the plate - anything to stop these people. Rgds

all the info you need or want, can be found in the forums, keep reading and searching..

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Ongoing List of Copyright Trolling Firms and those associated with them

« on: March 08, 2013, 04:52:42 PM »

Might as well add Matt Miller, Recovery Specialist at NCP IP Solutions.

I hope it's safe to assume you responded to NCS properly to make them go away for good?

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Ongoing List of Copyright Trolling Firms and those associated with them

« on: March 08, 2013, 03:48:52 PM »

Lets all give Benjamin Wayne a nice warm welcome to the ever growing list of copyright - trolls and paralegals..this one hails from the office of the copyright cow Timothy B. McCormack of Seattle Washington.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / MOVED: Secret Story Revealed: Why the ELI Forums Was Suddenly Shutdown on Jan 17, 2013

« on: March 08, 2013, 01:45:05 PM »

This topic has been moved to Linda Ellis/Linda's Lyrics/Dash Poem Forum.

http://www.extortionletterinfo.com/forum/index.php?topic=3451.0

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Masterfile seeks "damages" in Canada

« on: March 08, 2013, 12:20:17 PM »

Is it possible or does it show on the website http://www.scribd.com/collections/3431851/Masterfile-Lawsuits-2010-2012
the outcomes of copyright infrigement?

you'd have to dig thru the docs to see the outcomes of any of those cases..MF rarely files for 1 image, there just isn't enough "profit" in it for them..

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: A new friend and ELI ally

« on: March 08, 2013, 12:17:57 PM »

I didn't see that as I signed it months ago when it was the old site..

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Getty Images Letter Forum / A new friend and ELI ally

« on: March 08, 2013, 11:41:31 AM »

A newly revamped site, dealing with Getty images and their practices, good info, links back to us and an online petition. drop in and sign the petition..

http://www.boycottgetty.com/