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Very good news. Out of curiosity, did you have a DMCA agent for your site? Was it in place prior to the use of the image?
I own the copyright of "asshat", you owe me a six pack....or else!
Luanne- how much were they originally seeking ? what was your strategy?? Going dark,, Oscar.. ??
We, at ELI, are much pragmatic people. We like to take meaningful action. Signing an online petition requires little effort but it also has little impact in making a difference.
Many of the strategies discussed on this forum such as filing complaints to certain agencies are very powerful and effective. Speaking out public and sharing information here on the forums is very powerful on so many levels.
The Google and Bing search engines are our friend. When people post on these forums, it also helps us out in getting the word out within search engines. It is amazing how education and knowledge to many people can effect so much change.
People who hang on ELI are not about cowering and hiding. It is about being smart, creative, and punching back. Everyone gets to choose how to punch back directly or indirectly.
Just know that if you are "only" reading, lurking, going dark by not paying, hiring me or Oscar, you ultimately are punching back. Filing complaints, outing extortionists, and naming names are all awesome gravy items.
It is difficult for anyone who connects and reads ELI to NOT have a negative impact against copyright extortionists. It is how we roll around here.
Nice blog post, however I tend to agree with Robert. August Images are a different animal entirely from Getty. August offers celebrity photos which are high quality and professionally taken. Artist's tend to make sure these images have all their i's dotted and t's crossed when it comes to the paper work end. This does not means they will come after you but you may want to take their letters more seriously than you would a Getty or McCormack letter.
Problem here is that when the trolls do read this, you've admitted grabbing the image and using it ( this will be used to bolster ALSo the address of Picscout a company Getty owns and uses to discover these infringing images, the letter comes from Picscout on behalf of August images.. the good thing here is Picscout does NOT have the ability to file suit, that would be totallty on August Images IF they indeed own the copyright, which they may not, they may only have the right to license the image. Simply because there are many images showing up in an image search without a watermakr doesn't mean it is open season on these images...hell my street alone has cars parked all over it without names, but I can't just go take one...this is where so many people get tripped up..there is nothing for free in this world plain and simple.. I would be suspect to any site that offer "FREE" images.
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