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Hawaiian Letters & Lawsuits Forum / Re: What is Glen Carner's Official Position on Vincent K. Tylor?

« on: June 03, 2012, 12:02:48 AM »

Here's a Free Glen Carner Hawaii screensaver from 11-Sep-2000 http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Authors/Glen_Carner.html

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Glen Carner's First 8 Questions for Matthew Chan

« on: June 01, 2012, 09:14:48 PM »

There's no doubt in my mind that it is just about the money. If the companies REALLY cared about their copyright they would: (1) focus on the websites that are offering their work to unsuspecting individuals and (2) mail out a C&D letter (or a C&D phone call as we have now seen) instead of the infamous settlement letters .

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Glen Carner's First 8 Questions for Matthew Chan

« on: June 01, 2012, 06:18:26 PM »

Mr. Carner,
Bruce solved your dilemma. If you do find an "infringement", start off with a C&D letter. If the C&D is ignored, then proceed accordingly. I highly doubt that anyone on this forum went out to your company website and downloaded a picture (or pictures). 99.9% of the people here legitimately believed that they were allowed to use those photos, and were in shock when they received an extortion demand letter.
Why don't you focus your attention on the websites that are offering your work for free? If I was a photographer and someone else was offering my work for free, I would be focusing ALL my anger and attention on the creator(s)/owner(s) of the website, and not the people who downloaded images from that website.
You said that you have issued take-down notices to these websites. If that is the case, why are your images still being offered online?

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Legal Controversies Forum / Re: A great post regarding Pinterest and copyright

« on: March 08, 2012, 09:26:12 PM »

This was a very interesting read. I use pinterest to pin things such as clothes, items to buy for our next house, and recipes. Never even thought that it might come back and haunt me in the future. I will have to see if there is a way to block others from repinning my items, or hiding my wall alltogether.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Canadian Advice

« on: March 08, 2012, 09:20:01 PM »

Hi Chris,

I am also in Canada. I guess I was lucky because I received a letter from Getty U.S.A. and not Getty Canada. Oscar was able to help me out, and saved me a great deal of heartache.
Sorry, I am of no help. When I was searching for information, there really wasn't anything out there for canadians.
Good luck on your quest. If you find something, don't forget to post it on these forums so future canadians might benefit from your research.

bernice

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: PicScout Shows Extortion Letters Yet to be Reported

« on: February 05, 2012, 01:02:48 PM »

I did a quick scan of a few of the websites and some have prices (30 cent a picture) while others says that you need to contact them for a price. 
I googled Monkey Business Images and once there it gives you links for 4 websites. I clicked on two of those websites and they were selling the exact same photos.
I'm curious to see what will happen next.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Analyzing Masterfile's Lawsuit History

« on: January 18, 2012, 12:30:20 AM »

I just made a small donation. Hopes it makes a small dent in that bill.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: I found a copyright infringement!

« on: January 18, 2012, 12:26:34 AM »

If indeed this is fact, it would make a great defense for those of us "innocent infringers."  How wonderful to be able to state that even copyright attorneys can be a victim of their own making?  Karma....you just got to love it!

I love that the lawyers are following these threads. I also love this example of an infringement. I wonder if Getty owns the right to this image, and if she will be receiving an "extortion" letter shortly?

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Thank You

« on: January 18, 2012, 12:09:27 AM »

I just want to thank everyone participating in this group. Had I not found this site, I would have paid Getty the exorbitant amount they requested for one image. 

I received an "extortion" letter from Getty summer 2011. I took down the offending photo right away. I found it funny that they still wanted me to pay them anything. Needless to say, I thought it was a scam and Googled Getty fraud right away. Thankfully I found this site. After "trolling" for a few months I gained insight on the situation. I'm not a lawyer, so I contacted Oscar who responded to Getty on my behalf. A huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders.

So I would like to thank Oscar, Matthew, and everyone else who posts on this website. THANK YOU.
bernice