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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: I have 2 questions for everyone

« on: December 31, 2011, 10:18:55 AM »

I believe the Advernet case involved something like 30+ images.

I've read every post on the forum and have no recollection of reading anything about Getty ever suing anyone for one image.

I'm sure lots of folks panic and pay as soon as they get the first letter from Getty Images, but I wasn't one of them. I just got thoroughly pissed off.

I'm currently in Getty limbo, waiting patiently for their next round of threats, which I will deal with joyfully. Unfortunately, they missed the most recent deadline I gave them for responding to me, so perhaps they've given up and are now standing mute.

I actually enjoy playing this game with the "Copyright Compliance Team" members, some of whom couldn't find their behinds with both hands, judging from the responses I've received via mail and phone.

Read the forum and the home page and you'll have plenty of material to craft your own replies to these people. Or send Oscar the $195 and get the whole mess out of your mind that way.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: New ELI Video Update for Christmas Eve 2011

« on: December 24, 2011, 11:18:45 AM »

Excellent new video. Thanks, Matt and Oscar, for this Christmas Eve gift.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Photographers and Creative Commons Copyright

« on: December 20, 2011, 09:43:27 AM »

I just read an interesting article with comments from professional photographers who are finding Creative Common licenses useful and lucrative. It's no wonder that companies like Getty Images that extort money from both photographers (taking 80% of the profits) as well as website owners are scared to death of CC licensing.

With a type of copyright that made sense and was a win-win for owner and user, the "license compliance specialists" would actually have to find honest work and do something to earn their paychecks.

The article is at...

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-12/16/creative-commons-gallery

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: Welcome to Mcfilms (Jerry Witt) to the ELI Defense Team!

« on: December 02, 2011, 03:20:47 PM »

Welcome to Jerry. I appreciate the posts you've made on the forum.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Re: List of Public Domain stock footage companies

« on: November 30, 2011, 09:38:11 AM »

Peeved, that's a good warning since Getty Images is being sued for Trademark violation for having on its sites photos that contain the little pine tree air freshener image.

I hope Getty Images gets stuck with a huge judgment against them -- it would be wonderful to see karma at work against these "copyright compliance" barracudas who are so quick to attempt to legally extort money from mom and pop website owners.

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Legal Controversies Forum / Re: Oppose Internet Censorship: Help Defeat the Stop Online Piracy Act

« on: November 22, 2011, 05:58:05 PM »

I personally think signing petitions and writing letters to politicians is a total waste of time since the politicians are so closely tied in with the business interests and lobbyists who keep them in office.

It seems to me that our time is much better spent publicizing via forums and blogs and emails what the settlement demand snakes are trying to do and how websites like ELI provide information and tools individuals can then use to successfully fight and defeat those who pervert outdated copyright laws to try to extort money from small designers, bloggers, and website owners.