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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: My Response Letter to NCS

« on: November 28, 2015, 03:23:36 PM »

This is closer to what I suggest:

AT RUSSO
NCS IP Solutions LLC
5975 Cattleman Lane
PO BOX 50276
Sarasota, FL 34232

Ms Russo,
I have received your request for payment related to your file #XXXXX.  Unfortunately I am not aware of any contract or civil judgment in the matter referenced against XXXXXXXXX and therefore we are disputing your claim and request for payment.  I do not owe Getty this money and there no debt to be collected.   Please do not contact me again in this matter.

Sincerely,
....

This reply is excellent. I was going to go into the same long explanation that I sent to Getty two times before, so this saved me a lot of energy. Thanks everyone for such great data as I slog through the process and continue to resist.

Happy Holidays everyone 

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Online Petition Against Getty

« on: August 26, 2015, 01:27:47 PM »

Is there anything we can do vis a vis Masterfile and some of the others out there? I'm glad to see that Getty has dozens of complaints listed on the BBB website but I see next to nothing on Masterfile and it would be very satisfying to see some there.

This shit has started to turn into a major plague and someone needs to start the work to change the law.  I think all of us agree that a "Cease and Desist" would be the logical and ethically correct way to deal with image infringement.  Failing that, then sue all you want.

This is getting close to the breaking point and there's got to be something out there we can work on together to try and end this nonsense.  Surely, right?

I agree 1000 percent.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Online Petition Against Getty

« on: August 25, 2015, 01:47:53 PM »

Is this worth signing or is it just a place to blow off steam?

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/boycott-getty-images/

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Gratitude And A Few Questions

« on: August 05, 2015, 08:34:45 AM »

What an awesome link, Greg! Thanks for consolidating all of your info into such a powerful thread  for us all to benefit from.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Gratitude And A Few Questions

« on: August 04, 2015, 11:44:45 AM »

Great idea - I'll do a search on the forum to see what others have written.
Thanks a lot 

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Gratitude And A Few Questions

« on: August 04, 2015, 08:18:56 AM »

Thanks, BuddhaPi, for such a quick response to my questions. It is especially interesting to see that the statute of limitations begins with the actual discover.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Getty Images is now also August Image

« on: August 03, 2015, 01:55:33 PM »

SLAM DUNK!!!!!!

Superb Blog post 

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Gratitude And A Few Questions

« on: August 03, 2015, 12:28:48 PM »

First off, I want to than everyone for the information from this great forum! It helped me shift out of paranoid and fear mode into pro-action  after receiving Getty's fist demand letter. I sent off a response with the guidelines of this forum, to negotiate a reasonable amount to pay for my inadvertent posting of a single photo on our web site. I also include a sentence saying that we will only accept written forms of communication and will not discuss this matter using email or by telephone

My questions are as follows:

Now that I have received and responded to their initial letter, I read on this forum that they will send about 11 more out to me. Do I just reiterate my initial response to their first demand letter as these other letters keep pouring in?

Does it even make sense to respond at all?

We have another site that we used a template for, that we purchased in 2004 (I have an email receipt). Are those images safe from the 3 year statute of limitations since the site has been up since then?

Can these trolling turds (sorry for the colorful language) also come after videos that use stock images in a slideshow that fade in and out?

Sorry for all the questions, but I am a newbie.

Thanks in advance