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ELI Responses: Media Coverage of Chan v. Ellis Case / Re: Marietta Daily Journal Reader Comment: Gun Threat Against Matthew Chan

« on: March 22, 2013, 05:26:15 PM »

And now all reader's comments have been removed and further comments have been disabled.  Very interesting.........

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ELI Responses: Media Coverage of Chan v. Ellis Case / Re: ELI Response to the March 15, 2013 Marietta Daily Journal Article

« on: March 21, 2013, 05:31:29 PM »

The long string of reader's comments is extremely interesting.  I find it incredibly encouraging that the attempt to use the PPO to publicly humiliate Matthew is backfiring. 

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ELI Responses: Media Coverage of Chan v. Ellis Case / Re: Marietta Daily Journal Reader Comment: Gun Threat Against Matthew Chan

« on: March 19, 2013, 12:53:13 PM »

Latest comment at PDN Pulse from one of the anti-ELI crowd:

"I am fairly confident that whoever posted that ignorant comment about Matthew Chan and the gun is none other than Matthew Chan himself or one of his “cult” followers..."

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ELI Responses: Media Coverage of Chan v. Ellis Case / Re: Matthews complaint / order posted

« on: March 13, 2013, 10:37:03 PM »

Thank you for that. I'm really at a loss trying to understand the judge's decision. I'm personally hoping for an appeal. I believe the scrutiny it will create in the world of public opinion can only help ELI and the cause of free speech.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / How Getty Images Affects The Image Industry

« on: February 06, 2013, 01:34:10 PM »

Hello ELI Community,

This week I received my baptism into this world, previously unknown to me.  Typical story: two small images used in a free blog, no watermarks or copyright info, for which Getty now demands $2,000.  They were, of course, immediately taken down.  I have found extremely similar images for less than $5.  I've already contacted Oscar for the Letter Defense Program.

Now that I am now no longer ignorant and will only use images I have taken myself - I will not buy any images, no matter how inexpensive, because of the horror stories I have read here.  Getty has completely soured me as a potential customer of paid images.  I will not risk Getty possibly buying out the company I bought the image from, or falsely accusing me of not having a license. 

This extortion is extremely short-sighted on their part.  Creating an affordable category for blog images could be a huge revenue source for them (as opposed to having to pay $500 for a picture of a street sign.  Please!) 

It's a shame that other companies are going to ultimately suffer because of Getty's business model.

On a positive note, quality digital cameras should benefit because I'm buying one ASAP.