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Messages - michmo823

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I cannot take it.  I am practically feeling high now.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Would unleash a whole string of expletives, but out of respect for this beautiful forum, just gonna say... I feel vindicated.  Definitely made my day.

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That is bad advice. You don't sign confidentiality agreements over a public document.  The copyright registrations are a public matter and publicly available. However, because of the antiquated system, it can be difficult to search and determine the correct ones.

I have read a lot of advice on various websites.  Some of the advice that deviate from what ELI espouses are not ones I recommend.  They may think they know a lot based on a couple of extortion letters but I say that we have a much larger mindshare, we see more, and have a broader perspective on the issue.

As far as I know, no entity aside from ELI has seen, reported, or dealt with as many stock photo/imagery extortion letters as we have.  We work as a collective team effort with many eyes and ears here.

Hey Matthew, thanks for the reply.

I had no idea the document was a public one.

What exactly do you mean by having a broader perspective on this issue, with regards to Arryn's and my situation?

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If you are going to engage them you may find this useful.

http://www.extortionletterinfo.com/forum/getty-images-letter-forum/an-experiment-against-getty/

Hey Greg, thanks for the response.

I actually read the entire Scribd documents you uploaded back then.

Unfortunately, I am not from the US, but from Singapore.  So as brilliant as your response was, and I sure wish I could use that as well, I can't.

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I am facing the exact same problem as you.

In fact, I am also at the same stage.  Getty has replied to my email and stated the same thing regarding Rights Managed vs Royalty Free.  I have not crafted a reply.

Bear in mind though, that the Confirmation of Rights Holdership is nothing more than an internal document by Getty.  It does not prove anything.  What you wanna see from them, is a copy of the registration certificate.  It looks something like this:

http://www.johntitor.strategicbrains.com/graphicsC/CopyrightCertificateP1_top1.jpg

I would love to hear any suggestions on how to proceed as well.

What I've read from the forums and everywhere else so far is to request for the actual Certificate of Registration from the US Copyright Office from Getty (in your case, LCS).  And of course, after that they would supposedly reply that it is confidential, in which case... you should tell them that you are willing to sign a confidentiality agreement.  That's as far as I know.

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