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Messages - Robert Krausankas (BuddhaPi)

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can i fix your typo?!! ;D

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Answers to all of your questions are freely available within the forums, start reading, get educated, go from there.

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UK Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Extortion Letter from PicRights UK
« on: July 09, 2018, 09:50:59 AM »
nothing is free, someday people will realize this.. would have taken less than 1 minute of research to see these images were not "free", by simply reading the terms...bad english but it's there..

"The images and resources that members and our collaborators published on https://www.freegreatpicture.com/ were was collected from many different sources. In addition to get permission from the copyright holder to post some pictures of them on our website, there are also many pictures that we not contact the copyright holder of the picture, or have the photos are shared for free on the internet that our collaborators has collected over the years.

So we do not assume any liability when people use photos, resources are posted on the website used for private purposes.

If you are the copyright holder of one (or some) images that were posted on our website, you may allow or do not agree. You should contact directly with us to be satisfactorily resolved."

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Fair Use needs to meet the 4 criteria, I suspect this case will be appealed, certainly would be a plus if the ruling stood, but i'm not overly optimistic.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: ImageRights proof of representation
« on: July 02, 2018, 07:19:48 PM »
This is where is pays to screen /ignore incoming calls.. Now they know that you know, that you got the email, and the phone call, and whatever else you may have told them..expect more letters and calls coming, you've nibbled the bait and they are going to try to set the hook.. They might be authorized to enforce copyright, but a lawyer would need to be involved to file suit, it may or may not get to that point. But rest assured they will continue to contact you.

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the judges in these small claims courts are the ones that need to see and here from istock!

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correct, you do not need to show attribution for "Rights Managed" images, but you must have a valid license, and paid for the image(s) "Rights Managed" is completely different from CC license terms.. Many of his photos are available as both CC with attribution and RM.

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Yes, it is appropriate to reach out the plaintiff. I would do it in writing. And if they don't respond appropriately, I would keep a record of their response or non-response.

It is quite "creative" to use small claims court to collect on copyright infringement issues. Very low bar of entry.  Judges are typically not knowledgeable on copyright matters.  People defending themselves in small claims court have the burden of explaining the judge what this racket is all about.

I advised a defendant to print out several ELI posts, prepare a presentation, and submit it as part of their defense that the plaintiff is inappropriately and under false pretense using small claims court to resolve a copyright infringement matter.

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Should I snail mail him requesting he tell me what photos as I am not aware of stealing his photos?  I paid hefty to Getty a while back and learned my lesson so removed anything I thought I may not have purchased and now only use 123rf.com.

Is contacting the plaintiff appropriate to get more information?

The kicker here is that the plaintiff is not suing in small claims for anything copyright related, as that is a federal gig, they are dragging people into small claims, stating that the defendant used / misused the subscription service offered without paying the subscription fee... Their claim is likely one of: these im ages are only available through our subscription service, so defendant must have have figured out a way to get to the images without paying.. Judges need to know that these images were once available on multiple sites for purchase and download, and have been removed along with purchase histories..

Playing it this way saves the cost of filing a federal suit, hiring a copyright attorney, etc, etc...

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Did anyone ever confirm if this real or not???

it's real...

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This is great, that she has her own email address, social media can be a beautiful thing, or it can be ugly if you are on the wrong side... now that I have a name, maybe some doxxing is in order..

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so ...what if they file a lawsuit, and what if they are awarded 48,000...if you don't have the funds they can't collect... I bet Higbee never collects a dime on his big win...it's only a win on paper, and a default judgement at that..

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