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Complaint: [redacted] I am rejecting this response because: I still feel the allegations against me are unjust! I paid $to GettyImages to settle this complaint that was nothing I did wrong! Getty Images is a very large company and I feel they used their power to force me into paying a settlement fee or go to court! Lets say a man stole some hot dogs and sold them at his hot dog stand, you buy one and later you are fined for eating a stolen hot dog that you did not know was stolen! I feel Getty Images knows they did wrong by me! Yet to settle the deal Getty Images wanted over dollarsI gave in and submitted a check for something I did not have any knowledge in! I would like Getty Images to acknowledge their wrong doing and refund the $I paid with great regret!? Sincerely, [redacted] ***

License Compliance Services: The reference number is [redacted]

Complaint: [redacted] I am rejecting this response because: To initialize this opinion I must point out that I, [redacted] am an authentic human being, aka member of the human race, and also a citizen of the United States of AmericaGetty Images is a business entity with no discernible living existence human or otherwise I removed the images in question immediately upon notificationSome of the images were not even published but reside up the backups on my web server If the images (various images of trees in a natural surroundings) have such unique value they should not be readily available on a google image search.? The main party in this issue (the tree in the picture) is content to allow representation of it with no charge, or if it has objections it is not being adequately representedGiven the irrreproducibility of any trees individual existence I do not see the validity of Gettys claim that a human recording of its image has any value apart apart from the value of the individual electronsI do concede three points: If the tree expressly wishes I will pay the amount getty is asking to a recognized organization involved in efforts to reforest our ailing planet Because getty has the authority of human created copyright laws (originally written on paper manufactured from unwilling trees), I am (was) happy to remove the images I am happy to appear in court with my attorney to present this matterGetty should be aware of the possible decisions resulting from this scenario, even though such results may be unimaginable to Getty at this time ? I do know a photographer who has thousands of photos on file with getty, and this issue over a non-unique image of a tree being displayed at 150p is ridiculous and not a threat to any persons livelihood Upon learning of this situation I have used my cell phone camera to create my own images of trees to more than adequately replace the images in question.? Sincerely, [redacted] ***

Complaint: [redacted] I am rejecting this response because: the company still has not provided any of the information that has been requested in order to validate their claim or the amount they are askingHaving researched the business it appears their practices do boarderline on the practice of extortionThe company wants money and wants to threaten leagal action but doesn't work daily with the companies they target in handling the manorI have given my demands to the company and have not received any of the items requested in order to assist in this matter being handledBeing the business has refused this information and has now sent me to legal thief law office knows my requests.? Sincerely, [redacted]

We are in receipt of the complaint referenced above that you forwarded to us, but we are unable to identify the matter to which this complaint corresponds.? In order for us to appropriately respond, we ask that the complainant please provide either the reference number referenced in our initial correspondence or other identifying information, such as the name of the business or web site addresses which relate to this complaint.? Thank you for your assistance ? Regards, ? Getty Images ?" Copyright Compliance

We are in receipt of the complaint regarding the referenced matter that you forwarded to us recently.? Please note that this claim should properly be directed to [redacted] ***., in whose name the copyright notice was delivered, not Getty Images or License Compliance Services.? Please feel free to contact [redacted] ***directly per the following contact details: Simon S [redacted] - [redacted] We ask that this matter against Getty Images be closed Regards, Getty Images - Copyright Compliance

We are in receipt of the complaint regarding the referenced matter that you forwarded to us recentlyPlease be aware that the complainant has erroneouslyidentified Getty Images as the sender of the letter at issueTherefore we ask that this matter against Getty Images be closedRegards,Getty Images - Copyright Compliance [redacted] ***Seattle, WA [redacted] @gettyimages.comwww.gettyimages.com

Complaint: [redacted] I am rejecting this response because:? I am a victim here with no knowledge of wrong doing regarding the subject matter with Getty Images I am a one man company, making a livingI have no knowledge of web page design or images that were usedI would not have used any of there imagesThe ones responsible is who downloaded the image when building my pageIf, I would have known of wrong doing I would have corrected the issue as soon as possible myself.? I have emailed Getty Images compliant department of an amount offer of $to clear this matterI have not yet got a responseGetty Images made the comment that they fall victim to individuals pirating its property, Getty Images has done nothing but made me feel like a victim! I feel sorry for Getty Images loss as well as myself to be caught up in this, but the amount Getty Images is trying to obtain from me as a victim is outrageous.? I feel Getty Images combativeness towards me is unacceptable and unjust! Getty Images made the comment that they identified the Complainant as having used unlicensed imagery from their collectionsHow did they identify me when I have never stolen anything personally.? I am in NO way denying that Getty Images didn't find one of their images on my website that was built by an [redacted] Company, who is solely responsible for the misuse of the image? I have been in contact with Getty Images thru emails as well as phone conversation which I must say was not professional especially with their communication skillsI hope Getty Images comes to realization that they have targeted the wrong person who stole their images.Sincerely, [redacted] ***

We are in receipt of the complaint regarding the referenced matter that you forwarded to us recently.? Please note that this claim should properly be directed to Gallery Stock, in whose name the copyright notice was delivered, not Getty Images or License Compliance Services.? Please feel free to contact Gallery Stock directly per the following contact details: Ilana S [redacted] -? [redacted] @gallerystock.com We ask that this matter against Getty Images be closed Regards, Getty Images - Copyright Compliance

Complaint: [redacted] I am rejecting this response because: My issue with Getty Images is NOT resolved I contacted them (Simon) by phone on 11/17/with a counter offer They had me send proof of why I am offering a lesser amount of $ I sent11/17/message to Attention: Simon/ Case [redacted] including reasons I cannot pay $ I called Simon at Getty Images on 11/21/to confirm they received my informationHe did receive and turned it over to a manager Simon told me they are reviewing my offer and I should hear back with their answer after thanksgiving and probably next week.Sincerely, [redacted]

We are in receipt of the complaint regarding the referenced matter that you forwarded to us recently.? By way of introduction, Getty Images is a leading creator and distributor of digital content, including still and moving images.? We license thousands of images each day on our website, www.gettyimages.com.? Customers such as graphic designers, advertising agencies, and publishers license our imagery for a variety of purposes, including but not limited to print advertising, billboards, newspaper and magazine articles, brochures and websites.? Our license information is clearly available from each page of our website, and we do not permit the use of our imagery without a license.Notwithstanding the license requirement, like other digital media companies, Getty Images does fall victim to individuals pirating its intellectual property.? To combat this, Getty Images uses both employees and digital image recognition software to locate entities that have used Getty Images’ imagery without paying a license fee.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? We sent the Complainant notifications that we had found use of our imagery on their website; that we had been unable to locate a license for such use; and that the Complainant must either: (i) provide evidence that a license was issued, or (ii) pay a fee for use of the imagery.? We included an internal case reference number and provided proof of use, showing our image, along with a screenshot of the image in use on the Complainant’s website.? We asked the Complainant to let us know if they believed they received our letter in error.? The unauthorized use fee what we would typically charge for a license under these circumstances.Even if the Complainant has removed our imagery from their website, removal alone does not resolve this matter.? Our imagery is protected by copyright.? Getty Images either owns or is the exclusive licensor for the image(s) at issueCopyright law holds responsible anyone who copies or publicly displays an image without authorization of the copyright holder.? ? Thus far the Complainant has failed to produce a valid license.? The Complainant’s use of our imagery without a license constitutes copyright infringement, for which we are entitled to seek damagesCopyright infringement is based on strict liability, meaning that the act itself establishes liability and no intent is required.? Please note that we are not alleging that the Complainant owes a debt; we are alleging that the Complainant used intellectual property without authorization and therefore is liable for damages.? We are simply asking the Complainant to pay for the imagery that the Complainant used and the damage caused by not licensing the imagery in the first place.We understand that copyright law can be confusing; however, the campaign to file complaints against us is misguided and misdirected.? We encourage review of the license compliance information provided on our web site at: http://stories.gettyimages.com/category/visual-insights/copyright/ for more on copyright issuesGetty Images has acted appropriately and in good faith, and we are well within our legal rights to seek damages for unauthorized use of our images.Should you require any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact us.? We remain hopeful of reaching an amicable resolution to this matter.Regards,Getty Images - Copyright ComplianceFifth Avenue South, Suite 400Seattle, WA 98104T: (206) 925-5000F: (206) [email protected] www.gettyimages.comThis message may contain privileged or confidential information and is intended only for the individual named.? If you are not the named addressee or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute, or copy this email or any attachments hereto.? ? Please notify the sender immediately by email if you have received this email by mistake and delete this email and any attachments from? your system without copying or disclosing the contents.? ? Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses.? The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of email transmission.? If verification is required, please request a hard-copy version.? Getty Images, Inc., Fifth AveS., Ste400, Seattle, WA 98104, USA, www.gettyimages.com? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

We are in receipt of the complaint regarding the referenced matter that you forwarded to us recently.? ? Please note that this claim should properly be directed to Trunk Archive, in whose name the copyright notice was delivered, not Getty Images or License Compliance Services.? Please feel free to contact Trunk Archive directly per the following contact details: ? Ilana S [redacted] - **@trunkarchive.com ? We ask that this matter against Getty Images be closed.? ? Regards, ? Getty Images - Copyright Compliance Fifth Avenue South, Suite Seattle, WA ? T: (206) 925- F: (206) 925- [email protected] www.gettyimages.com ?

Hello ? This email is to update you about Revdex.com case # [redacted] ? Thursday I received a phone call and the following email from Jane D [redacted] of LCS telling me they closed their case against [redacted] ? I am assuming you could close my case against them as wellThank you for you assistance ? God bless you ? [redacted] ?

? Complaint: [redacted] ***I am rejecting this response because: There is no evidence you are licensed in Seattle WA which is on your letter head.Sincerely, [redacted]

We are in receipt of the complaint regarding the referenced matter that you forwarded to us recently.? ? By way of introduction, Getty Images is a leading creator and distributor of digital content, including still and moving images.? We license thousands of images each day on our website, www.gettyimages.com.? Customers such as graphic designers, advertising agencies, and publishers license our imagery for a variety of purposes, including but not limited to print advertising, billboards, newspaper and magazine articles, brochures and websites.? Our license information is clearly available from each page of our website, and we do not permit the use of our imagery without a license ? Notwithstanding the license requirement, like other digital media companies, Getty Images does fall victim to individuals pirating its intellectual property.? To combat this, Getty Images uses both employees and digital image recognition software to locate entities that have used Getty Images’ imagery without paying a license fee.? We recently identified the Complainant as having used unlicensed imagery from our collections ? We sent the Complainant notifications that we had found use of our imagery on their website; that we had been unable to locate a license for such use; and that the Complainant must either: (i) provide evidence that a license was issued, or (ii) pay a fee for use of the imagery.? We included an internal case reference number and provided proof of use, showing our image, along with a screenshot of the image in use on the Complainant’s website.? We asked the Complainant to let us know if they believed they received our letter in error.? The unauthorized use fee is in line with what we would typically charge for a license under these circumstances ? Even if the Complainant has removed our imagery from their website, removal alone does not resolve this matter.? Our imagery is protected by copyright.? Getty Images either owns or is the exclusive licensor for the image(s) at issueCopyright law holds responsible anyone who copies or publicly displays an image without authorization of the copyright holder.? ? Thus far the Complainant has failed to produce a valid license.? The Complainant’s use of our imagery without a license constitutes copyright infringement, for which we are entitled to seek damagesCopyright infringement is based on strict liability, meaning that the act itself establishes liability and no intent is required.? ? Please note that we are not alleging that the Complainant owes a debt; we are alleging that the Complainant used intellectual property without authorization and therefore is liable for damages.? We are simply asking the Complainant to pay for the imagery that the Complainant used and the damage caused by not licensing the imagery in the first place ? We understand that copyright law can be confusing; however, the campaign to file complaints against us is misguided and misdirected.? We encourage review of the license compliance information provided on our web site at: http://stories.gettyimages.com/category/visual-insights/copyright/ for more on copyright issuesGetty Images has acted appropriately and in good faith, and we are well within our legal rights to seek damages for unauthorized use of our images ? Should you require any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact us.? We remain hopeful of reaching an amicable resolution to this matter ? Regards, ? Getty Images ?" Copyright Compliance ? ? ? ?

We are in receipt of the complaint regarding the referenced matter that you forwarded to us recently.? By way of introduction, Getty Images is a leading creator and distributor of digital content, including still and moving images.? We license thousands of images each day on our website, www.gettyimages.com.? Customers such as graphic designers, advertising agencies, and publishers license our imagery for a variety of purposes, including but not limited to print advertising, billboards, newspaper and magazine articles, brochures and websites.? Our license information is clearly available from each page of our website, and we do not permit the use of our imagery without a license.Notwithstanding the license requirement, like other digital media companies, Getty Images does fall victim to individuals pirating its intellectual property.? To combat this, Getty Images uses both employees and digital image recognition software to locate entities that have used Getty Images’ imagery without paying a license fee? We recently identified the Complainant as having used unlicensed imagery from our collections We sent the Complainant notifications that we had found use of our imagery on their website; that we had been unable to locate a license for such use; and that the Complainant must either: (i) provide evidence that a license was issued, or (ii) pay a fee for use of the imagery.? We included an internal case reference number and provided proof of use, showing our image, along with a screenshot of the image in use on the Complainant’s website.? We asked the Complainant to let us know if they believed they received our letter in error.? The unauthorized use fee is in line with what we would typically charge for a license under these circumstances Even if the Complainant has removed our imagery from their website, removal alone does not resolve this matter.? Our imagery is protected by copyright.? Getty Images either owns or is the exclusive licensor for the image(s) at issueCopyright law holds responsible anyone who copies or publicly displays an image without authorization of the copyright holder.? ? Thus far the Complainant has failed to produce a valid license.? The Complainant’s use of our imagery without a license constitutes copyright infringement, for which we are entitled to seek damagesCopyright infringement is based on strict liability, meaning that the act itself establishes liability and no intent is required.? Please note that we are not alleging that the Complainant owes a debt; we are alleging that the Complainant used intellectual property without authorization and therefore is liable for damages.? We are simply asking the Complainant to pay for the imagery that the Complainant used and the damage caused by not licensing the imagery in the first place.We understand that copyright law can be confusing; however, the campaign to file complaints against us is misguided and misdirected.? We encourage review of the license compliance information provided on our web site at: http://stories.gettyimages.com/category/visual-insights/copyright/ for more on copyright issuesGetty Images has acted appropriately and in good faith, and we are well within our legal rights to seek damages for unauthorized use of our images.Should you require any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact us.? We remain hopeful of reaching an amicable resolution to this matter.Regards,Getty Images ?" Copyright Compliance

We are in receipt of the complaint regarding the referenced matter that you forwarded to us recently.? Please note that this claim should properly be directed to Agence France-Presse, in whose name the copyright notice was delivered, not Getty Images or License Compliance Services.? Please feel free to contact Agence France-Presse directly per the following contact details: [redacted] @afp.com ? We ask that this matter against Getty Images be closed Regards, Getty Images - Copyright Compliance Fifth Avenue South, Suite Seattle, WA T: (206) 925- F: (206) 925- [email protected] www.gettyimages.com This message may contain privileged or confidential information and is intended only for the individual named.? If you are not the named addressee or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute, or copy this email or any attachments hereto.? ? Please notify the sender immediately by email if you have received this email by mistake and delete this email and any attachments from? your system without copying or disclosing the contents.? ? Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses.? The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of email transmission.? If verification is required, please request a hard-copy version.? Getty Images, Inc., Fifth AveS., Ste400, Seattle, WA 98104, USA, www.gettyimages.com

We are in receipt of the complaint regarding the referenced matter that you forwarded to us recently.? Please note that this claim should properly be directed to Image Source, in whose name the copyright notice was delivered, not Getty Images or License Compliance Services.? Please feel free to contact Image Source directly per the following contact details: Hannah Z [redacted] [ [redacted] @imagesource.com] We ask that this matter against Getty Images be closed Regards, Getty Images - Copyright Compliance

We are in receipt of the complaint regarding the referenced matter that you forwarded to us recently.? Please note that this claim should properly be directed to eStock, in whose name the copyright notice was delivered, not Getty Images or License Compliance Services.? Please feel free to contact eStock directly per the following contact details: Luz J [redacted] - ***@estockphoto.com We ask that this matter against Getty Images be closed Regards, Getty Images - Copyright Compliance

We are in receipt of the complaint that you most recently forwarded to us.? We appreciate the opportunity to respond to this matter By way of further explanation, License Compliance Services, Inc(“LCS”), is a Delaware corporation that provides copyright compliance services to third party content owners.? Its principal place of business is at 5th Ave#4200, Seattle, WA 98104.? On behalf of third party copyright owners, LCS uses both employees and digital image recognition software to locate entities that have used its client’s imagery without paying a license fee.? Like other digital media companies, such third party content owners do fall victim to individuals pirating their intellectual property In this case, LCS identified the unauthorized use by the Complainant of content that is represented by [redacted] .? LCS was retained by [redacted] to assist it with searching for potential unauthorized uses of its images.? LCS had authority from [redacted] , who had authorization from the copyright owner, to inquire as to whether this use was authorized and, if it was not, to pursue compensation for the infringing use LCS sent the Complainant a letter with notification that it had found use of [redacted] ’s imagery on its website that [redacted] had been unable to locate a license for such use; that use of the imagery without a license constitutes copyright infringement; and that the Complainant must either: (i) provide evidence that a license was issued, or (ii) pay a fee for use of the imagery.? LCS included an internal case reference number and provided proof of use, showing the image and associated data, along with a link to a screenshot of the image in use on the Complainant’s website.? The unauthorized use fee is in line with what [redacted] would typically charge for a license under these circumstancesLCS was simply asking the Complainant to pay for the imagery that the Complainant used In the course of handling this matter, due to apparent difficulties with email communications between the Complainant and [redacted] , LCS put the matter on hold as a courtesy while we worked to put the Complainant in touch directly with [redacted] at [redacted] On May 23, 2016, [redacted] at [redacted] confirmed directly with the Complainant that they do represent, and hold the exclusive right to distribute, the image in question and that [redacted] was unable to locate a valid license for the use of the image at issue by the ComplainantThe usage of the image at issue, in the manner detected in this case, would have required licensing from [redacted] have now referred this matter back to LCS for further handling.? ? Even if the Complainant has removed [redacted] ’s imagery from its website, removal alone does not resolve this matter [redacted] ’s imagery is protected by copyright.? Copyright law holds responsible anyone who copies or publicly displays an image without authorization of the copyright holder.? ? Copyright infringement is based on strict liability, meaning that the act itself establishes liability and no intent is required.? The Complainant’s use of this image without a license constitutes copyright infringement, for which [redacted] is entitled to seek damages, and it is simply doing so through LCS.? ? In sum, LCS has acted appropriately and in good faith, and it is well within its legal rights to seek damages for unauthorized use of images on behalf of [redacted] .? We ask that this matter against License Compliance Services be closed Regards, License Compliance Services, Inc.Telephone: Email: [email protected]: Fifth Avenue, Suite 4200, Seattle, WA