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I think I'm developing a crush for Shantece, Female human and stupid is just my bag!
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I would like to know more about the deceased aunt naming people from beyond the grave with ein ouija board?
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Sep 11, 2018 08:21
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Just out of curiosity, my boss runs a dance school and he also received a notice like the one Lowtax got when he used a photo he found on google images as the banner on his page's website. He said he ended up paying this mob 1500 dollars for copyright infringement or whatever. It's not exactly the same situation because my boss actually just copied the image straight onto his website so it does seem a bit more incriminating but is there any ground here for this firm to just straight up demand 1500 dollars without first asking the image to be removed? It seems a bit harsh
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Sep 11, 2018 08:24
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Mill Town posted:DMCA takedowns and safe harbour provisions have been law for 20 years, you have some catching up to do. I don't wanna become OSHA thread fodder... or wait that was the shoes...
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Sep 11, 2018 09:09
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Hell yeah kick they’re asses lowtax!
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Sep 11, 2018 10:37
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Ghost Head posted:Just out of curiosity, my boss runs a dance school and he also received a notice like the one Lowtax got when he used a photo he found on google images as the banner on his page's website. He said he ended up paying this mob 1500 dollars for copyright infringement or whatever. It's not exactly the same situation because my boss actually just copied the image straight onto his website so it does seem a bit more incriminating but is there any ground here for this firm to just straight up demand 1500 dollars without first asking the image to be removed? It seems a bit harsh It's basically a law firm sending out very official sounding and threatening letters with an arbitrary sum attached to them going "we're still doing you a favor here, if this ever went to court then maybe you'd have to pay way more" and people who have never been sued in their life get scared and pay up to be left alone. The catch is that none of the lawyer's claims are true and if people actually paid attention to how those letters are worded they'd see that the law firm leaves things vague on purpose so that techbically they're not blackmailing you. If it was a done and shut case the wording would have been way more direct. The problem is that if you go to the wrong lawyer with this you could actually be advised to settle because settlements are always better than going to court, right? Such lawyer has no idea about copyright law and definitely didn't do his homework but why would he when paying him for that could potentially cost more than the settlement sum. That's the genius of scam lawyers demanding small ammounts of money - it's cheaper to just pay them than hiring defense against them. Palpek fucked around with this message at 10:47 on Sep 11, 2018 |
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Sep 11, 2018 10:37
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Palpek posted:The problem is that if you go to the wrong lawyer with this you could actually be advised to settle because settlements are always better than going to court, right? From what he said, this is exactly what happened. I'm guessing at this point since he agreed to pay the money that there's nothing that can be done?
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Sep 11, 2018 11:29
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I have no idea about the exact circumstances there. I'm no lawyer either but it could be that if you agree to pay it counts as admission of guilt that a judge would see differently.
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Sep 11, 2018 12:47
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I mean, it's a scam, and it could be possible a federal prosecutor could bring charges for wirefraud or something, but hell if I really know. If they did, he might be a part of a class action civil suit that will never recover anything. He could also try suing them in civil court, but no telling how that would go. I'm guessing not well.
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Sep 11, 2018 13:05
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If we dug up some of this law firm's history we would probably find that old man Higbee changed his focus to copyright law in 1946 after really dogging it in a big trial and getting most of his clients hanged.
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Sep 11, 2018 13:18
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I like the creative ways they come up with to "escalate" your "file" I'm sending this to "post pre litigation"!! **Changes email signature for third time** Our real live lawyer glanced at your file while he was on the shitter! Boy are you in for it We just wanted to make you aware that other people were sued for infringement one time and now they're dead as gently caress!! This morning we realized your file was covered in sandwich crumbs. Shockingly, when we brush the sandwich crumbs away it revealed the potential judgement could be 10 0's higher than we thought before!!! Hairy Right Hook fucked around with this message at 13:27 on Sep 11, 2018 |
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Sep 11, 2018 13:21
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This is how this type of firm works. They have a handful of people getting paid between $10-15/hr (most likely law students) typing up and sending out these template letters and responding to emails initially. She has zero qualifications listed after her name in her signature, so she's not licensed to practice law, a licensed paralegal, or anything else like that. So the next step is it gets sent up to an actual paralegal or something that will say "drat we didn't get this one" and shred everything. The paralegal is the front of the investigative team or whatever it's called and would either farm it out to one of the staff attorneys (if there was something legit worth pursuing) or hands it off to an attorney that actually assigns that. Higbee himself hasn't probably looked at an actual case or document in years and just golfs, interviews people, and cuts checks to his co collaborators.
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Sep 11, 2018 13:27
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This is just clearly not getting the wanted results, Now you leave me no choice but to escalate the process of masturbation. Do you understand? everything to cum is your fault!
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Sep 11, 2018 13:28
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Palpek posted:I have no idea about the exact circumstances there. I'm no lawyer either but it could be that if you agree to pay it counts as admission of guilt that a judge would see differently. Do not trust the claims resolution specialist esq
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Sep 11, 2018 13:31
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Mathew Higbee is just trying to reach his life goal of becoming just like his great-great grampa.
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Sep 11, 2018 13:45
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Icochet posted:If we dug up some of this law firm's history we would probably find that old man Higbee changed his focus to copyright law in 1946 after really dogging it in a big trial and getting most of his clients hanged. His last name used to be Higbiene.
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Sep 11, 2018 14:02
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Mill Town posted:DMCA takedowns and safe harbour provisions have been law for 20 years, you have some catching up to do. I'm not sure that stuff applies to 'your own webpage, where you decided to put a photo yourself', though. It applies to things like ISPs, where the ISP isn't the one deciding what images to put on their servers, not to anyone and everyone on the planet. The reason Lowtax is in the clear is that the image wasn't hosted by him, but by imgur. ' It's not exactly the same situation because my boss actually just copied the image straight onto his website' is actually an important difference.
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Sep 11, 2018 14:08
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lowtax should do a skype podcast with a lawyer that works for Imgur and suss out how they deal with this stuff. they must deal with nuisance lawsuits 100x per day, they must have legal staff in the office
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Sep 11, 2018 14:11
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They claim to be a national firm, they only have offices in 18 states. Wouldn't that be fraud?
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Sep 11, 2018 14:19
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joebuddah posted:They claim to be a national firm, they only have offices in 18 states. Wouldn't that be fraud? sorry they meant to type "nationalist" hence their love of hitler photos
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Sep 11, 2018 14:25
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I watched this video wondering hows hard it would be to edit in a humming sybian crawling across the background.
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Sep 11, 2018 14:29
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joebuddah posted:They claim to be a national firm, they only have offices in 18 states. Wouldn't that be fraud?
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feedmegin posted:It's not exactly the same situation because my boss actually just copied the image straight onto his website' is actually an important difference.
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Sep 11, 2018 14:32
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Lowtax, what is it like being both CEO and President of the internet? Also why does the internet suck so much?
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Sep 11, 2018 14:39
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Looks like Higbee isn't paying for their images. Anyone work for or know someone at istock? http://testor.higbee-associates.com/index.html
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Sep 11, 2018 14:41
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joebuddah posted:Looks like Higbee isn't paying for their images. Anyone work for or know someone at istock? I work for Lorem Ipsum LLC, and believe me, we have a great legal dolor sit amet. They are hosed.
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Paladinus posted:I work for Lorem Ipsum LLC, and believe me, we have a great legal dolor sit amet. They are hosed.
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Sep 11, 2018 14:46
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joebuddah posted:Looks like Higbee isn't paying for their images. Anyone work for or know someone at istock? Emailed getty about it but I doubt anyone actually reads incoming emails.
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Sep 11, 2018 14:51
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HugeGrossBurrito posted:Emailed getty about it but I doubt anyone actually reads incoming emails.
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Sep 11, 2018 14:57
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I can remember reading through the legal threats on my first few visits here, gasping for air trying to muffle my laughter at work, etc. You really can't beat them for free hilarious content. You get a dumb, uninformed person speaking from a position of perceived authority and then you get to smack them down with as much flair as you can muster.
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Sep 11, 2018 15:00
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bring back old gbs posted:isnt getty the origin of this modern copyright extortion scheme?? yes lol
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Sep 11, 2018 15:09
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joebuddah posted:Looks like Higbee isn't paying for their images. Anyone work for or know someone at istock? Wow very profesh
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joebuddah posted:Looks like Higbee isn't paying for their images. Anyone work for or know someone at istock?
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Sep 11, 2018 15:53
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That's a different Higbee. Looks like we've got a hive.
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Vulture Culture posted:What did this company do where people are going full copyright lawyer on their stock photos? they freaking messed with the wrong brothers
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Pennywise the Frown posted:
 I hosted it on imgur then downloaded it from imgur and rehosted it (on imgur), they'll never catch me
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joebuddah posted:They claim to be a national firm, they only have offices in 18 states. Wouldn't that be fraud? "Offices"
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Sep 11, 2018 17:49
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Lowtax, please tell someone there to "suck a male camel's dick". Or to "Lick a black backed jackal's funky rear end you doberman cocksucker".
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Hello I'm an internet lawyer my grandson set this up for me,,,,,,, you have been found in violation of internet hitler law,,,, please remit $6,900 along with a short essay explaining what's a url, as per summary judgement Best, Higbee This email has been scanned by Bonzi Buddy internet safety suite
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