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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: $9,000 for 1 image! Photo Attorney Extortion Letter by Carolyn Wright's law firm

« on: August 04, 2011, 04:10:50 PM »

MikeD

Searched that and couldn't find any copyrights under the Photographer name, nor under the company name...any ideas?  Broke the search down into very minimal key words and then sorted through them without luck.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: $9,000 for 1 image! Photo Attorney Extortion Letter by Carolyn Wright's law firm

« on: August 04, 2011, 03:02:27 PM »

I also find it interesting how forum participant "sumtime" mentioned (above) that he/she didn't crop the photos in their case either.

I know that Mr McGinnis has some copyrighted photos.

The photos that we used were not McGinnis' photos.  They are another client the Photo Attorney.

I am still in the research stage and some of you seem like you really understand the research side more.  Can anyone advise where to check the copyright without calling the attorney involved?

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: $9,000 for 1 image! Photo Attorney Extortion Letter by Carolyn Wright's law firm

« on: August 03, 2011, 05:49:35 PM »

So, I just got my letter from Photo Attorney/Carolyn Wright with their $12,000 request for 4 photo's that were NOT taken from their site nor were they cropped as the letter claims, they were found that way.  The staff member who copied them found the pictures on general Google picture searches and none were marked as copyrighted.  I know that doesn't excuse it. 

I've reviewed a lot of information on this site today and would like to know if anyone has any idea of Photo Attorney's actual lawsuits filed?  Any information would be nice, thanks.