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As noted earlier, this is Getty's take ('do as I say, not as I do'):
http://imagery.gettyimages.com/gettylive/dm/gbr/TermsConditions_pc.html
"You are specifically prohibited from: (a) downloading, copying, or re-transmitting any or all of the Site or the Getty Images Content without, or in violation of, a written licence or agreement with Getty Images; (b) using any data mining, robots or similar data gathering or extraction methods;"

"Such unauthorized use may also violate applicable laws including without limitation copyright and trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and applicable communications regulations and statutes."

Put similar text in your .htaccess and robots.txt files. Won't stop bots, but at least you've done your 'due diligence'.

Best to block them:
http://www.extortionletterinfo.com/forum/getty-images-letter-forum/is-there-a-definitive-ip-range-for-picscout-i-want-to-kill-the-spider!/
http://www.extortionletterinfo.com/forum/getty-images-letter-forum/probable-picscout-or-image-scanner/
http://www.extortionletterinfo.com/forum/getty-images-letter-forum/new-picscout-ip-range-to-block

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Hawaiian Letters & Lawsuits Forum / Re: Vincent K Tylor has a nice payday
« on: September 26, 2013, 06:26:44 PM »
Are you certain that email wasn't made by a plant? Publicize the "$12,000" payment story through a reputable source. A story designed to scare people into making a quicker smaller "affordable" settlement.

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Another day, another Getty Images "data mining, robots, or similar data gathering or extraction" IP range. Consolidated prior numbers, and added Greg's Picscout range.

Bezeq International
31.168.0.0-31.168.255.255
62.219.0.0-62.219.255.255
79.176.0.0-79.183.255.255
81.218.0.0-81.218-255.255
82.80.0.0-82.81.255.255
84.108.0.0-84.111.255.255
85.130.128.0-85.130.255.255
109.64.0.0-109.67.255.255
192.114.64.0-192.114.79.255
212.5.64.0-212.25.127.255
212.179.0.0-212.179.255.255
217.22.112.0-217.22.127.255

Picscout
62.0.8.0-62.0.8.255
72.26.192.0-72.26.223.255

Laugh for the day.
http://imagery.gettyimages.com/gettylive/dm/gbr/TermsConditions_pc.html
"You are specifically prohibited from: (a) downloading, copying, or re-transmitting any or all of the Site or the Getty Images Content without, or in violation of, a written licence or agreement with Getty Images; (b) using any data mining, robots or similar data gathering or extraction methods;"
"Such unauthorized use may also violate applicable laws including without limitation copyright and trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and applicable communications regulations and statutes."

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Letter Received But No Such Image
« on: July 28, 2013, 10:41:06 PM »
A record company sent me a bunch of album covers about 15 years ago and I never got around to making up a thumbnails page.

Sounds more like images covered by First Sales Doctrine.  Where the record company, with physical possession of the record cover (with record), advertises them for sale, asks for reviews, etc.

In the old old days manufacturers mailed out stacks of paper, or computer tape.  Now inventory images and specs are emailed; the hard way.  Or distributor's systems provide direct downloads to front line sellers ( examples Tower Records, iTunes ), advertisers, AND REVIEWERS ( examples Eznoh, Rolling Stone Music Album Reviews ).

Getty Images would have a field day at www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews; followed by a thrashing within a millimeter of their ...

If you have an online mail server, Getty Images will find those images.*
If you receive product downloads, Getty Images will find those images.*

Eznoh and the record company appear to be making 'fair use' of the images.  It's just taken 15 years to review the products.  Procrastination is not copyright infringement.

* Of course the areas would have to not be password protected or encrypted, but like many things silly sites like that exist.

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BPImageWalker/2.0 (www.bdbrandprotect.com)

bdbrandprotect.com
brandprotect.com 
brandimensions.net
brandimensions.com

Here are the IP addresses I was able to verify so far….

72.14.164.103
72.14.163.101
72.14.163.107
72.14.170.60
216.183.93.163

And these addresses have been reported as some they have used in the past (could not verify with DNS records other than they are used at the same hosting company)…

72.14.164.122
72.14.164.131
72.14.164.143
72.14.164.157
72.14.164.161
72.14.164.176
72.14.164.183

Got visited, again, by the bandwidth pirate.

BPImageWalker/2.0 (IPs to block)
72.14.164.0 - 72.14.164.255
71.14.170.48 - 71.14.170.63
216.183.91.16 - 216.183.91.31
216.183.93.161 - 216.183.93.175

Blocked this bandwidth pirate for years.  They used new IPs; added new IPs today.  The rogue bot intrusion proved they ignore robots.txt.  That and not bothering to GET the robots.txt file.  ::)

Must have gotten the GI rogue bot fanboys agitated; there's nothing there!  Been visited the past month by a dozen or two rogue bot relatives.  Typical harassment protocol of technonoobs throwing a tantrum.

Hint to rogue bots - 'you can go about your business, move along'.

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and likely they won't care...the picscout bot and picscout in general are not breaking any laws by spidering / crawling domains.

I amend the earlier statement.  New York does know about crawlers.  Not necessarily the NY Attorney General.

The Associated Press v. Meltwater U.S. Holdings Inc. et al., No. 12 Civ. 1087, 2013 WL 1153979

And what some crawlers do is not necessarily legal.

http://www.chillingeffects.org/linking/faq.cgi
"Question: What are the "trespass to chattels" claims some companies or website owners have brought?

Answer: Some Internet companies have claimed that unauthorized use of their servers, such as unsolicited email or robot-generated hits to websites, are a "trespass" to those servers by depriving the owners of the full use of their machines. eBay won an injunction stopping Bidder's Edge from automatically spidering the eBay site to generate auction comparison listings, because the robotic crawler used eBay system resources. The caselaw is far from settled in this area, and some commentators argue that technical means to block the use are more appropriate than legal action."

eBay v. Bidder’s Edge
Intel v. Hamidi
American Airlines, Inc. v. Farechase, Inc.

Why one needs a robots.txt file.
Parker v. Yahoo!, Inc.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:pJfTMfq7T-0J:www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/~cm1993/papers/Web_Crawling_Ethics_preprint.doc
"5.4. Copyright
Crawlers ostensibly do something illegal: they make permanent copies of copyright material (web pages) without the owner’s permission."

The GET process is depositing data on the hard drives of the system doing the retrieval. Whether the file exists for only a nanosecond or permanently stored, according to GI representatives is irrelevant.  GI maintains it's copyright infringement.  Hypocritical though that may be, it's what they say. 

And that should be thrown at them when filing complaints with Attorney Generals, et al.  Rogue crawlers are their weapon, and any means to disarm should be deployed.

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Getty's rogue bot operates out of Israel.  That makes the bots actions not subject to U.S. Law.

About that

http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl100.html
"International Copyright

There is no such thing as an “international copyright” that will automatically protect an author’s writings throughout the world. Protection against unauthorized use in a particular country depends on the national laws of that country. However, most countries offer protection to foreign works under certain conditions that have been greatly simplified by international copyright treaties and conventions. There are two principal international copyright conventions, the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Berne Convention) and the Universal Copyright Convention (UCC)."

"Even if a work cannot be brought under an international convention, protection may be available in other countries by virtue of a bilateral agreement between the United States and other countries or under specific provision of a country’s national laws. (See Circular 38a, International Copyright Relations of the United States.)"

http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ38a.pdf
International Copyright Relations of the United States

Israel · Bilateral May 15, 1948; Berne (Paris) Mar. 24, 1950;
UCC Geneva Sept. 16, 1955; Phonograms May 1, 1978; Bilateral
Sept. 1, 1985; WTO Apr. 21, 1995

So by Getty Images lawyer's OWN definition (not mine), Bezeq International a Getty Images company is copyright infringing.

U.S. companies, under some conditions, can be held liable for the actions of their foreign subsidiaries.  'Course the trick remains that Bezeq International a Getty Images company is in Israel, minimally requiring some legal presence in Israel, but action could be brought in the U.S. 'Course the case would be expensive.

Good news for future rogue bot infringement victims though; point all this out to the Washington State Attorney General and New York State Attorney General. Likely they don't know about the rogue bots.


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Bit confused about one aspect of image storage.

In Getty Images v Herzog, GI lawyer wrote "Getty Images has demonstrated, inter alia, the defendant Herzog reproduced, displayed, distributed". But a WayBack Machine history of the site has a photo of Herzog, photo of gavel (removed in 2012; owned by GI??), and no other photos. Appears the lawsuit infringing photo is not "displayed", inferring the photo is stored but not "displayed".

The GI attorney considers computer stored images, seen or not, to be an infringement.

The confusing part is -

Why are the likely millions/billions of copyrighted images ripped by the rogue bot of GI, and stored on GI systems, not subject to the same protections and legal penalties as demonstrated in the Herzog case?

Presumes the system ripped maintains system access logs; IP addresses, files accessed, time stamp, etc. And linking an IP to an individual is one matter (Prenda Law, et al.), but linking an IP address to a corporation is another matter.

Wouldn't the legal defense of an entity doing the same thing as GI, stored but not displayed, have the same legal defense?

Or is GI being legally hypocritical about copyright infringement?

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Also - http://www.extortionletterinfo.com/forum/getty-images-letter-forum/help-checking-image-registration/
Help checking image registration

'Photos do not need to be registered at the copyright office to receive copyright protection.'

Curious why Getty Images does not respond to requests for copyright registration numbers?  Below are the U.S. Copyright Office registrations for Getty Images. Does not include recent, under review filings.

http://www.copyright.gov/records/
http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First

"Getty Images"
Copyright Catalog (1978 to present)
Search Request: Left Anchored Name = getty images
171 entries.

#    Name (NALL) <    Full Title    Copyright Number    Date
[ 1 ]    Getty Images Inc   Stockphotos.    VA0001852956    2012
[ 2 ]    Getty Images (U.S.) Inc.   I'm stuck on you!: no. 02014RO & 1 other title.    V3609D429    2011
[ 3 ]    Getty Images (US) Inc.   Collection of Marilyn Monroe photographs & 3 other titles.    V3603D490    2011
[ 4 ]    Getty Images (US), Inc.   Earl Leaf's Marilyn Monroe collection & 2 other titles.    V3598D041    2011
[ 5 ]    Getty Images (US), Inc.   I'm stuck on you!: no. 02014 RO & 1 other title.    V3602D044    2011
[ 6 ]    Getty Images (Us), Inc.   June 1 submission & 1 other title.    V3599D027    2011
[ 7 ]    Getty Images (US), Inc.   June 1 submission. VAu 632-568.    V3603D650    2011
[ 8 ]    Getty Images (US), Inc.   Photonica international: edition 13 & 5 other titles.    V3610D071    2011
[ 9 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Baby Shiloh photos & 65 other titles.    V3591D683    2010
[ 10 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Multicultural business discussion. Getty images number dv052006d & 22 other titles.    V3591D684    2010
[ 11 ]    Getty Images   Cricket Manual.    TX0007422246    2009
[ 12 ]    Getty Images (US) Inc.   83602098--Singer Miley Cyrus visits Berlin & 1 other title.    V3576D929    2009
[ 13 ]    Getty Images (US) Inc.   83657222-The 56th Annual BMI Country Awards, et al & 4 other titles.    V3579D334    2009
[ 14 ]    Getty Images   1 Jolie Pitt Twins_18Y0497.    VA0001650667    2008
[ 15 ]    Getty Images   11 Jolie Pitt Twins_18Y0365.    VA0001650668    2008
[ 16 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Baby Shiloh photos & 57 other titles.    V3565D830    2008
[ 17 ]    Getty Images, Ltd.   Hulton Getty: the seven ages of man & 3 other titles.    V3566D942    2008
[ 18 ]    Getty Images (US), Inc.   83602098 - Singer Miley Cyrus Visits Berlin.    VA0001658820    2008
[ 19 ]    Getty Images (US), Inc.   83657222- The 56th Annual BMI Country Awards, et al.    VA0001661930    2008
[ 20 ]    Getty Images (US), Inc.   83793094 - 2008 American Music Awards Rehearsals Day 3.    VA0001662053    2008
[ 21 ]    Getty Images (US), Inc.   83798786 - 2008 American Music Awards Show.    VA0001662052    2008
[ 22 ]    Getty Images (US), Inc.   83799376 - 2008 American Music Awards Red Carpet, et al.    VA0001661941    2008
[ 23 ]    Getty Images (US), Inc.   83799421 - 2008 American Music Awards - Red Carpet, et al.    VA0001661900    2008
[ 24 ]    Getty Images (US) Inc.   Desk in office, close-up & 13 other titles.    V3565D832    2008
[ 25 ]    Getty Images (US), Inc.   Desk in office, close-up. Getty Images number 200270761-001.    VA0001626053    2008
[ 26 ]    Getty Images (US), Inc.   Golfer silhouetted against sunset, rear view. Getty Images number WA0174-001.    VA0001625010    2008
[ 27 ]    Getty Images (US), Inc.   Miley Cyrus Berlin Concert. Getty Images number 83453610.    VA0001658847    2008
[ 28 ]    Getty Images (US), Inc.   People talking in business meeting. Getty Images number 10187770.    VA0001625147    2008
[ 29 ]    Getty Images (US), Inc.   Reading glasses on newspapers. Getty Images number 10164247.    VA0001625108    2008
[ 30 ]    Getty Images (US), Inc.   VALENTINE ROSES. Getty Images number 10153881.    VA0001625105    2008
[ 31 ]    Getty Images   Die With Me.    VA0001650989    2007
[ 32 ]    Getty Images   Poolside with Slim Aarons.    TX0006931982    2007
[ 33 ]    Getty Images   Steep Approach to Garbadale.    VA0001650992    2007
[ 34 ]    Getty Images (US), Inc.   Female golfer. Getty Images number WA1503-001.    VA0001385323    2007
[ 35 ]    Getty Images (US), Inc.   Male golfer. Getty Images number WA1497-001.    VA0001385316    2007
[ 36 ]    Getty Images (US), Inc.   Man in yellow outfit skiing, snow powder. Getty Images number WA4103-001.    VA0001385310    2007
[ 37 ]    Getty Images (US), Inc.   Senior man smiling, close-up. Getty Images number 200120769-001.    VA0001623107    2007
[ 38 ]    Getty Images (US), Inc.   Three surgeons preparing for surgery. Getty Images number 200019053-001.    VA0001385327    2007
[ 39 ]    Getty Images (US) Inc.   Wire image photographer's upload program 1.0 & 1 other title; computer programs.    V3553D812    2007
[ 40 ]    Getty Images (US) Inc.   Wire image photographer's upload program 1.0 & 1 other title; computer programs.    V3553D812    2007
[ 41 ]    Getty Images (US), Inc.   XM Satellite Radio Indy 300. Getty Images number 73687201.    VA0001702871    2007
[ 42 ]    Getty Images   Best whooshes for a very happy holiday : no. 17528 SC / photo elements Thom Lang, Bavaria Photographer, Getty Images & Don Mason.    VA0001352728    2006
[ 43 ]    Getty Images   Rolling Stones : 365 days.    TX0006468014    2006
[ 44 ]    Getty Images-Image State   Better pack the stretchy pants! Happy Thanksgiving : no. 15723 TC / photo elements Burke/Triolo Productions, Getty Images-Image State & Picture Quest.    VA0001352725    2006
[ 45 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Baby Shiloh photos.    VA0001354603    2006
[ 46 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Baby Shiloh photos.    VAu000671705    2006
[ 47 ]    Getty Images (US), Inc.   Jolie Pitt family photos from Cambodia.    VAu000729250    2006
[ 48 ]    Getty Images   Beatles : 365 days.    TX0006329717    2005
[ 49 ]    GETTY IMAGES   BUILDING NEW YORK.    TX0006899158    2005
[ 50 ]    Getty Images   Inspired : standards--good for the soul / Mary Haskell.    SR0000359888    2005
[ 51 ]    Getty Images   Slim Aarons : a place in the sun.    TX0006352345    2005
[ 52 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Beatles: 365 Days.    TX0007493424    2005
[ 53 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Slim Aarons: A Place in the Sun.    TX0007502579    2005
[ 54 ]    Getty Images   Appalachian trail : fluent plus-level 23 / written by Jeanne Wallace Weaver ; photos Getty Images, National Geographic Image, Aurora Photo Library ... [et al.]    VA0001273910    2004
[ 55 ]    Getty Images   First crossing : stories about teen immigrants / edited by Donald R. Gallo.    VA0001284073    2004
[ 56 ]    Getty Images   Flags : emergent-level 6 / written by Jan Pritchett ; photos Getty Images.    VA0001273907    2004
[ 57 ]    Getty Images   Legs : emergent-level 4 / written by Thea Hutt ; photos Getty Images, Jean-Paul Ferreror, Mike Tinsley ... [et al.]    VA0001273904    2004
[ 58 ]    Getty Images   North of everything / Craig Crist-Evans.    VA0001285973    2004
[ 59 ]    Getty Images   Weather in the USA : early-level 14 / written by Rachel Gosset ; photos Getty Images, Ariel Skelley, J. P. McCoy ... [et al.]    VA0001273901    2004
[ 60 ]    Getty Images   Weber overtures : clarinet concerto no. 1 in F minor / art direction Peggy Bennett ; package design Oliver Delhaye ; cover photography Getty Images.    VA0001262041    2004
[ 61 ]    Getty Images   Women in Olympic sports : grades 4-8 / author, Janet Cain ; editor, Eric Migliaccio ; illustrator, Bruce Hedges ; cover artist, Brenda DiAntonis ; photos Getty Images.    TX0005916418    2004
[ 62 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Gettyone Seattle search data team keywording manual.    TXu001146587    2004
[ 63 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Hierarchical keyword structure.    TXu001146588    2004
[ 64 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Keywording manual.    TXu001142322    2004
[ 65 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Search Data Management keywording guide.    TXu001168840    2004
[ 66 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Treewording keyword structure.    TXu001178127    2004
[ 67 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Treewording keywording manual.    TXu001178128    2004
[ 68 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   UK English vocabulary, October 2002.    TXu001146556    2004
[ 69 ]    Getty Images (US), Inc.   Bronze Lion, forbidden City, Beijing, China. Getty Images number dv1260020.    VA0001828770    2004
[ 70 ]    Getty Images   Dvorak : symphony no. 9 in E minor "From the new world", serenade for strings in E major / Vienna Philharmonic ; Lorin Maazel, conductor ; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.    VA0001260478    2003
[ 71 ]    Getty Images   Granados / Alicia DeLarrocha, piano.    SR0000335179    2003
[ 72 ]    Getty Images   Group Registration of Published Photographs, pub. Oct 31, 2003; 4 photos.    VA0001850736    2003
[ 73 ]    Getty Images   IQ-CC advertisement. By IQ Group.    VA0001288488    2003
[ 74 ]    Getty Images   IQ-NSA advertisement. By IQ Group.    VA0001288489    2003
[ 75 ]    Getty Images   We use water / written by Nick Bruce ; photos Lindsay Edwards Photography & Getty Images.    VA0001233038    2003
[ 76 ]    Getty Images   Lest we forget.    VA0001227893    2002
[ 77 ]    Getty Images   USS Constellation Celebrates Christmas - Image #1700588.    VA0001850739    2002
[ 78 ]    Getty Images   We love New York : the ultimate New York keepsake.    SR0000343874    2002
[ 79 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   All business.    VA0001130037    2002
[ 80 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Artville Body beautiful : no. IL159.    VA0001206851    2002
[ 81 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Artville Four seasons : no. IL158.    VA0001206849    2002
[ 82 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Artville Life style portraits : no. IL160.    VA0001206846    2002
[ 83 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Artville Milestones : no. IL157.    VA0001206850    2002
[ 84 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Artville Next generation : no. IL161.    VA0001206844    2002
[ 85 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   At the office.    VA0001132638    2002
[ 86 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Business trip.    VA0001132637    2002
[ 87 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Everyday faces.    VA0001132636    2002
[ 88 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Go shopping.    VA0001132640    2002
[ 89 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Groups & crowds.    VA0001132639    2002
[ 90 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Life is good.    VA0001130034    2002
[ 91 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Meetings, groups & crowds.    VA0001132634    2002
[ 92 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Office contemporary.    VA0001132631    2002
[ 93 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Out to play.    VA0001130035    2002
[ 94 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   People individuals.    VA0001132632    2002
[ 95 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   PhotoDisc About faces : no. V120.    VA0001206842    2002
[ 96 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   PhotoDisc Easy living : no. V123.    VA0001206845    2002
[ 97 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   PhotoDisc Emergency Room.    VA0001126108    2002
[ 98 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Photodisc Family & friends : no. V121.    VA0001206847    2002
[ 99 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Photodisc Holidays & special occasions : no. V122.    VA0001206848    2002
[ 100 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   PhotoDisc Wildlife portraits : no. V119.    VA0001206843    2002
[ 101 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Play all day.    VA0001132630    2002
[ 102 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Pregnancy & babies.    VA0001132629    2002
[ 103 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Techno chromatics.    VA0001132635    2002
[ 104 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Techno finance.    VA0001132633    2002
[ 105 ]    Getty Images (US), Inc.   Multicultural business discussion. Getty Images number dv052006d.    VA0001729668    2002
[ 106 ]    Getty Images   Beyond orgasm : dare to be honest about the sex you really want / Marty Klein.    VA0001202722    2002
[ 107 ]    Getty Images   Evil heat / Primal Scream.    SR0000322762    2002
[ 108 ]    Getty Images   Ka leo O loko : Soliloquy / Keola Beamer.    SR0000347429    2002
[ 109 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Pets and their people.    VA0001130025    2001
[ 110 ]    Getty Images, Ltd.   Days of celebration.    VA0001108257    2001
[ 111 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Air.    VA0001130047    2001
[ 112 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Candid family.    VA0001130045    2001
[ 113 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Concepts in growth.    VA0001130024    2001
[ 114 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Cyber safari.    VA0001130036    2001
[ 115 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Fabulous frames.    VA0001130029    2001
[ 116 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Get the message.    VA0001130039    2001
[ 117 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Good tastes.    VA0001130038    2001
[ 118 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Health and well-being.    VA0001130033    2001
[ 119 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Home dimensions.    VA0001130046    2001
[ 120 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Internet attitudes.    VA0001130031    2001
[ 121 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Ladies 3 pack tru-fit dress socks (4 versions)    VA0001258366    2001
[ 122 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Learning & education.    VA0001130026    2001
[ 123 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Luminosity.    VA0001130043    2001
[ 124 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Men's 3 pack classic fit dress socks.    VA0001225375    2001
[ 125 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Mens artic knit thermal socks.    VA0001258368    2001
[ 126 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Mens tru-fit work socks (2 versions)    VA0001258367    2001
[ 127 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   My money.    VA0001130044    2001
[ 128 ]    Getty Images, Ltd.   World portraits.    VA0001108259    2001
[ 129 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Real office.    VA0001130032    2001
[ 130 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Sealife.    VA0001130041    2001
[ 131 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Shopping spree.    VA0001130027    2001
[ 132 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Skin deep.    VA0001130042    2001
[ 133 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Tru-fit 6 ladies cushion sport, sport socks : style no. LQS6.    VA0001220818    2001
[ 134 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Tru-fit 6 mens cushion sport, sport socks : style no. Q1620/6 ; Tru-fit 6 mens cushion crew sport socks : style no. 1024/6.    VA0001220819    2001
[ 135 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Tru-fit ladies cotton crew socks : style no. LCCW3 ; Tru-fit ladies cushion crew socks : style no. LCCW ; Tru-fit ladies low cut socks : style no. LLC ... [et al.]    VA0001220817    2001
[ 136 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Tru-fit mens low cut socks : style no. MLC ; Tru-fit mens cotton sports socks : style no. BQ1620/3 ; Tru-fit mens cotton crew socks : style no. 1029/3 ; Tru-fit mens cushion crew socks : style no. C1029/3.    VA0001220816    2001
[ 137 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Urban adventure.    VA0001130049    2001
[ 138 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Urban vibe.    VA0001130030    2001
[ 139 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Vibrant forms.    VA0001130028    2001
[ 140 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Work force.    VA0001130048    2001
[ 141 ]    Getty Images, Inc.   Youth culture.    VA0001130040    2001
[ 142 ]    Getty Images, Ltd.   Around the world.    VA0001108256    2001
[ 143 ]    Getty Images, Ltd.   Business gatherings.    VA0001108250    2001
[ 144 ]    Getty Images, Ltd.   Cash flow.    VA0001108252    2001
[ 145 ]    Getty Images, Ltd.   Competitive edge.    VA0001108253    2001
[ 146 ]    Getty Images, Ltd.   Young expressions.    VA0001108261    2001
[ 147 ]    Getty Images, Ltd.   Earth.    VA0001108262    2001
[ 148 ]    Getty Images, Ltd.   Family hour : no. IL138.    VA0001108267    2001
[ 149 ]    Getty Images, Ltd.   Friends.    VA0001108254    2001
[ 150 ]    Getty Images, Ltd.   Geo graphics.    VA0001108246    2001
[ 151 ]    Getty Images, Ltd.   Global spin.    VA0001108265    2001
[ 152 ]    Getty Images, Ltd.   Living space.    VA0001108268    2001
[ 153 ]    Getty Images, Ltd.   Office supplies.    VA0001108263    2001
[ 154 ]    Getty Images, Ltd.   People--groups.    VA0001108247    2001
[ 155 ]    Getty Images, Ltd.   Pop occupations.    VA0001108249    2001
[ 156 ]    Getty Images, Ltd.   School life.    VA0001108266    2001
[ 157 ]    Getty Images, Ltd.   Send--receive.    VA0001108255    2001
[ 158 ]    Getty Images, Ltd.   Senior lifestyles.    VA0001108251    2001
[ 159 ]    Getty Images, Ltd.   Shapes & patterns.    VA0001108264    2001
[ 160 ]    Getty Images, Ltd.   Sporting chance.    VA0001108248    2001
[ 161 ]    Getty Images, Ltd.   Techno abstracts.    VA0001108258    2001
[ 162 ]    Getty Images, Ltd.   Views of the world.    VA0001108260    2001
[ 163 ]    Getty Images, Ltd.   Wired business 2.    VA0001108245    2001
[ 164 ]    Getty Images, Ltd.   Hulton Getty: the seven ages of man & 1 other titles.    V3446D048    2000
[ 165 ]    Getty Images   Polythene / Feeder.    SR0000250094    1998
[ 166 ]    Getty Images, Ltd.   Hulton Getty: the seven ages of man & 1 other title.    V3411D501    1998
[ 167 ]    Getty Images, Ltd.   Tony Stone images : vol. 10.    TX0004665182    1998
[ 168 ]    Getty Images, Ltd.   Hulton Getty : the seven ages of man.    TX0004549902    1997
[ 169 ]    Getty Images, Ltd.   Interpretations.    TX0004559673    1997
[ 170 ]    Getty Images, Ltd.   Tony Stone Images--portraits.    TX0004675898    1997
[ 171 ]    Getty Images (US), Inc.   Woman wearing bathrobe and towel around head, portrait. Getty Images number AB35519.    VA0001627566    1996


Take special note of #1. Didn't Prenda Law, RightHaven, et al. do this and have problems later?

Stockphotos.
Type of Work:    Visual Material
Registration Number / Date:    VA0001852956 / 2012-01-25
Application Title:    Stockphotos.
Title:    Stockphotos.
Description:    Electronic file (eService)
Copyright Claimant:    Getty Images Inc, Transfer: By written agreement. Address: 601 N 34th St, Seattle, WA, 98103, United States.
Date of Creation:    2012
Date of Publication:    2012-01-22
Nation of First Publication:    United States
Authorship on Application:    Gregor Schuster; Domicile: Germany; Citizenship: Germany. Authorship: photograph(s)
Rights and Permissions:    Getty Images Inc
Copyright Note:    C.O. correspondence.
Names:    Schuster, Gregor
Getty Images Inc

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For Bezeq International add 192.114.64.0-192.114.79.255

Looks like some cough lawyer is reading the posts and passing the news of exposed IPs.

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Old news filed 4/5/2013 by Timothy McCormack about
Getty Images (US), Inc., a New York corporation v. Virtual Clinics, d/b/a Virtual Clinics USA; Veterinary Website Designers, d/b/a Vet Web Designers; Ronald Camp; Kendra Ryan, a/k/a Kendra Camp; John Doe One; a/k/a Abe and Abraham Goldstein; and John Doe Two, a/k/a Harry Granger

http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/getty-images-filed-recent-lawsuit-agains-94156/
Getty Images filed recent lawsuit against infringers in Seattle, Wa

A novel means of attempting to sue California residents in a Washington State Federal Court, as plaintiff would usually face an interesting uphill climb proving internet jurisdiction.  i.e. many Federal cases tossed out using the same "Defendants are subject to personal jurisdiction in this Court because they have purposefully aimed at" (insert jurisdiction here) "their activities from which the claims asserted in this Complaint arise."

In this case though plaintiff managed to show defendants were PHYSICALLY in Washington State.

Forgot the legal term about altering baseline facts, generally you can't, but this is Getty Images statement:

"By letter dated June 30, 2011, Getty Images notified Village Hot Springs Websites in Westlake Village, California that its use of the image was without authorization and constituted copyright infringement. The photographic image is the subject of copyright Certificate of Registration VA 1-850-496 (dated March 4, 2013)"

Defendants GOOFED though:

"By way of example, defendants were on notice of the copyrights held by Getty Images and the photographers it represents, yet defendants continued to make infringing uses of those images:" ... "Defendants received written notice of Getty Images's rights in the subject image at least as early as January 19, 2012, when Getty Images wrote to object" .. "Getty Images notice February 16, 2012" ... "Getty Images notice March 15, 2012".

And:

"as early as June 30, 2011" ... "notice January 12, 2012" ... "April 12, 2012" ... "April 26, 2012".

etc.

Got 'you' worried?  Well this case looks cherry picked, because in addition to the really really willful miss use of images, defendants physically caught in the plaintiff's lawyer court jurisdiction, etc., there's this:

"Camp is the spouse of defendant Kendra Ryan. In 1983, Camp pled guilty to federal charges of fraud and served time in prison. See United States v. Kendra Ryan Camp, Ronald Edwin Camp, No. 83-cr-113-C".
"In 1983, Ryan pled guilty to federal charges of fraud and served time in prison".

Out of perhaps hundreds of thousands of "infringements", a cherry picked likely court win. A case to add to the infringement "letter".

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Website Infringement
« on: July 01, 2013, 06:55:48 AM »
The 'displaying website is sort of kinda infringement' is being used in 'eDrop Off Chicago LLC et al v. Nancy R Burke et al', case # 2:12-cv-04095-GW-FMO, Central District of California.

Not saying it's proper, but it's being used in an open case.  'Course ignoring Fair Use, commenting on a public figure, Section 230, et al.

https://www.eff.org/press/releases/reality-tv-stars-lawsuit-flouts-laws-protecting-internet-speech
Reality TV Star's Lawsuit Flouts Laws Protecting Internet Speech, May 2012

California Document 96 11/06/12
"Plaintiffs' EDROP-OFF Marks were disparaged by Defendant in that they encouraged, solicited, shaped and published False Statements" ...

Buried in the mountain of documents are plaintiff documents demonstrating their point. With the plaintiff's legal bills estimated to be around $1 million and growing, and Federal filings in California AND Illinois, the kitchen sink approach is possible. Probably not viable if you're spending less than $1 million.

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Here is what I have currently on Pic-Scout and others.  I have not updated my file in a while so others may have additional info.

One of our sites was pounded (mini DDOS) through multiple IPs. The IPs lead to Bezeq International-Ltd, and information on them lead me/us here.

- Hello - Wave -

Thought the following might help those who want to block Getty Image's rogue BI bots.

Bezeq International-Ltd
http://www.nirsoft.net/countryip/il.html  <-- no connection to them  8)
31.168.0.0-31.168.255.255
62.219.0.0-62.219.255.255
79.176.0.0-79.183.255.255
81.218.0.0-81.218-255.255
82.80.0.0-82.81.255.255
84.108.0.0-84.111.255.255
85.130.128.0-85.130.255.255
109.64.0.0-109.67.255.255
212.5.64.0-212.25.127.255
212.179.0.0-212.179.255.255
217.22.112.0-217.22.127.255

We were hit by bots from three of the above blocks, so it appears ok. But you should double-check. Especially since we're new here.

Best of luck.

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