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Getty Images Letter Forum / File a complaint against Getty to the Consumer Finance agency

« on: November 25, 2013, 07:45:33 AM »

If you haven't already, PLEASE go to the government's Consumer Finance web site and file a complaint against McCormack and Getty. This a newer agency and they are in the news right now imploring consumers to file complaints against companies committing fraud and extortion. They are still only getting a relatively small number of complaints so they are able to act on them quickly. If we flood them with complaints about the extortion Getty and McCormack are committing, we may get some traction.

http://www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint/ (file it as a debt collection complaint)

Do it today!!!!

Thanks and have a great day fellow victims of extortion

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Campaign to shed light on Getty's extortion tactics

« on: November 16, 2013, 09:48:39 PM »

All, wherever I see Getty images in use on web sites and blogs I leave a comment imploring the web site owner to stop patronizing Getty. I also tell them to Google "Getty extortion" to learn how Getty is attacking web owners and exploiting its position as copyright holder to force people into purchasing its products for unjust amounts that are not commensurate with actual loss.

Regardless of the outcome of my own situation, you can count me in as a soldier in the war against the Getty profiteers and its ambulance chasing lawyers.

Look, people make mistakes, forget, overlook, and commit errors all the time. Humans screw up-- without deliberate malice. When one makes a mistake, one should definitely pay retail price (and even a small admin fee) for an image they use without license. Fine. But that's where it should stop. Charging someone $1,400 for image use on an obscure web site is WRONG.

Getty needs to be treated like the cockroaches they are and have the light shined on them. Web site owners need to know who they are dealing with. All of the business world in fact should know about this. The more exposure the better

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Got the Getty extortion letter grrrrrrrrrrrr

« on: November 11, 2013, 02:02:10 PM »

 

First, thank you for this forum and web site! I sincerely appreciate your support and commitment to helping the little guy against Getty's extortion tactics. What they are doing is WRONG

They are demanding $1,350 for a single image they allege was in a 100 pixel area on the main page of a web site that gets an average of two visitors a week! Alleged image is size of a postage stamp. Alleged image is not on the web server anywhere. Alleged image is non existent even in the snapshots on Wayback Machine. So if it ever was on the site, it was a long time ago.

They attached letters showing they attempted to contact a ways back. Letters show alleged infringement. Looks like they sent letters to an old address. Further, in the letter the incorporated company that built the web site is referred to as the defendant. That company closed its doors 2 years ago. Totally defunct now.

How can anyone be expected to pay these bullies $1300 for an alleged image on a tiny hobby web site no one but a few people have even seen? What is wrong with Getty? What kind of profiteering criminals are running their company? Is Getty where all the Enron thugs transferred to?  This is an outrage.

What can I do?

Thank you