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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Masterfile & Arius3d acquisition closing date extended, Arius3D pays MF 450k

« on: November 23, 2011, 04:02:08 PM »

You got to wonder why anyone would want to do business with these firms when a major source of their income is from unsavory acts.  I see most of these executives hobnob at these PACA meetings.  Maybe they are all cut from the same cloth?  If so, these meetings must look like a bunch of men stroking their pointy beards while laughing maliciously and the women all stirring a boiling cauldron.
I think that image popped into my head because Halloween just passed.  Wait, is that image copyrighted?  Now Shakespeare is going to sue me for ripping off MacBeth!

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: ELI Website Traffic Statistics Trivia

« on: November 18, 2011, 11:26:33 PM »

The robo-spammers is a good point.  I have a blog that I add to every now and then so I don't pay much attention to it.  One day I opened it and found that it went from 37 entries to about 1800 entries.  I had to lock it down and delete all the articles that appeared pitching one product or another.  Now, I don't let people self-register anymore

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Stock Food America

« on: November 18, 2011, 09:07:02 AM »

Mr. Chan,

I sent the letter to you this morning.

Thank You,
Steve

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Stock Food America

« on: November 17, 2011, 10:21:26 PM »

Mr. Chan,

I don't have your email address.  I have forwarded the extortion letter to Mr. Michelen's gmail address. 

Thank You,
Steve

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Stock Food America

« on: November 15, 2011, 09:52:52 PM »

Mr. Chan,

I didn't get a chance to get over to him tonight.  I will definitely get it before the week's end.  I will take the liberty of erasing the personal information but leave the body of the letter intact.  You have more knowledge of what information left for public consumption may be harmful so if you feel the need to mask any other info, I would appreciate it.

Thank You,
Steve

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Stock Food America

« on: November 15, 2011, 10:22:15 AM »

Mr. Chan,

Thank you very much for responding.  The letter was sent to my client.  I will retrieve it from him tonight, scan it, and send it over to you.  I appreciate you taking the time to look it over. 

This has really opened my eyes to the level that companies will go to make a cheap buck.  I can tell you the letter makes no attempt to prove they are licensed to sell the photo or when they acquired the rights if that is indeed true. 

Thanks Again,
Steve

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Stock Food America

« on: November 14, 2011, 01:09:22 PM »

I created a website for a small restaurant years ago.  There's a picture of mozzarella sticks that Stock Food claims is theirs to license.   The picture is on a ton of websites including allrecipes, facebook pages, and some big restaurants. 

You can search images using a Google search at http://www.google.com/imghp.

My client got the letter from Stock Food from a Deborah Free who sent an invoice for $1000 plus has called him five or six times.  I just found out about this situation this past Saturday.  I replaced the picture as it is never my intent to put copyrighted pictures on any site.  I don't agree outright they have any claim to the picture but that kind of picture is easy to get.  So, with $2 and about 30 minutes, I replaced the picture.  I will be donating to this site and sending a letter to Stock Food informing them that while I don't know if their claim is true, I took the pic down anyway.

Steve