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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Received letter from McCormack

« on: May 10, 2011, 03:28:47 PM »

Hi Oscar,

4/7/2011
I sent you an email asking if you need all the letters that I received from Getty and McCormack.

4/12/2011
As there was no response from your end, I faxed all the documents, thinking some extra pages will not cause any harm.  Anthony verified that some 25 pages (approximately) were received.

4/13/2011
My credit card was charged the fee.

4/23/2011
You responded my old email (dated 4/7) with two letter words " Yes Please". Then I started doubting if you received my letters/documents and if you have sent replies to McCormack on my behalf.

Thereafter I have called your office several times and left voice messages or spoke with Anthony. I also sent you emails a few times.  As per Anthony, he processed the charge and that means my file must be on your  table. But Anthony was not able to say if a letter was sent to McCormack or not.

I am just worried about two things
1. If my documents were received and
2. If you have sent letter to McCormack for me. The law firm had given me two weeks deadline to make the payment and its been long expired now.

Oscar, you are doing wonderful job educating and helping the victims of Getty Extortion Letters. I wished you could do little better in the communication part. You should have a system that your assistant can pull up and see the status of the case.

I am sorry I posted this here as I was not able to get hold of you in phone or get a clue from your assistant if my documents were received and that you wrote letter to McCormack.

My email address: postak AT highlandasiatravel DOT com

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Received letter from McCormack

« on: April 07, 2011, 03:44:51 PM »

Hi Oscar!
I tried to reach you over phone and also by email but didn't have luck. So, I am posting here in this forum. After two letters from Gettyimages, I received a letter from McCormack Law form. I had responded both the letters of Getty images and explained that my website was done in foreign country Nepal and that the 9 pictures that Getty claims that they belong to them were used without my knowledge. The web designer that I hired in Nepal to build the website showed me some templates with images and I approved one of the templates and they started working on. But it took quite a while. The website was live but I couldn't start business and I continued to work for other company.

I think the website was live around mid of 2008 but I was still working for other company and was not doing any business. I lost my job in June 2010 and then I started working on to revamp the website and tried to do business then in the month of October,  I received letter from Getty saying  that I infringed the copyright law and demanded $5400. I responded the letter via email explaining the situation. I was out of job and my business is in infant stage. Then they came with the settlement amount of $4590. They sent me another letter in December 2010 and again, I responded via email  and tried to explain that it happened without my knowledge and that I am not so active in business and so not able to make the payment.

Now, I have part time job and in the meantime, I am trying to do business from my home. The business is not doing any good. My financial situation is very bad. I am 4 months behind on mortgage and I am waiting for the bank to send me foreclosure notice and now, I got letter from McCormac. Now, they are asking US$ 6830.  I called this law firm and spoke with a representative there and again I tried to explain all the situation but she keeps saying that I violated the law. Finally she asked how much I can pay and in a state of confusion what to say, I offered 10% and she said she won't spend time with me to negotiate for 10%.

I asked her what happens if I am unable to pay and then she said its up to Getty if they want to further escalate the case. Can you advise me how should I proceed now? By the way, they have given me a deadline for 15 days but a week has already passed now.