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Adlife Marketing & Communications / Joel Albrizio iStock Extortion Scheme theory

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dick-head-awardTwo sources whom shall remain anonymous have stated to me, when they contacted IStock to track down, their download history, that not only was IStock fully aware of Joel Albrizio & Adlife Marketing and Communications and their targeting of “infringers”. Not only are they aware, they have also stated that IStock pulled the Adlife Marketing images and account.
I have reached out to the people at IStock to verify this, but have yet to get a response.

Joel Albrizio stated to me in our first somewhat civilized conversation, that Adlife Marketing did at one point work with Getty and Istock, but the HE pulled his account and images. Unfortunately, at this time I tend to believe the letter recipients in that Istock actually pulled his images and his account. So my theory is as follows.

Adlife Marketing decided to create their own Stock Image site, to hawk prepared food images (albeit at an outrageous price of $999.00 per month) while still working with Istock. ( it remains to be seen if there was a contract between IStock and Adlife Marketing.). I think perhaps IStock caught onto this double-dipping of Adlife Marketing, and took action.

At that point someone at Adlife Marketing (probably not Joel Albrizio, I don’t see him being smart enough, but I see him as being greedy enough) came up with the idea of searching and finding anyone who used the purchased images from istock, and pursued them for infringement, knowing full well, that Adlife Marketing would have no records in there brand new database serving up the newly launched Preparedfoods.com website.

What also remains to be seen is if Adlife Marketing / Joel Albrizio knew before-hand that once the images were removed from Istock, that any download history would also disappear within account holders back-end admin area. If this were the case, it’s clear to me that Adlife Marketing and Joel Albrizio knew full and well they could target people with scary demand letters, and that a certain percentage of those victims would pay up.
Coincidentally, Adlife Marketing and Communications still to this day has images for sale on at least two other stock sites. While it’s not uncommon for photographers to sell their work on multiple sites, it is uncommon and a sleezebag tactic to try to target people who have clearly purchased these images.

Again, I reiterate to those who get a nasty-gram from scumbag Joel Albrizio, do your homework, BEFORE PAYING, BEFORE contacting Adlife Marketing, & BEFORE contacting an attorney.

 


PreparedFoodPhotos.com aka Adlife Marketing doesn’t want your business!

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Joel M. Albrizio, President of Adlife Marketing and Communications claims in a previous comment on this blog that:

 Adlife is a one of a kind company and one I am very proud of.”

It would appear in my opinion, that it certainly is “one of a kind”.

With the glut of stock image sites available on the internet, selling images for as little as $2.00 who in their right mind would pay $999.00 per month for unlimited downloads? And to boot that extra special pricing is only available when you pay annually! I don’t care how great the images may be, I just can’t see anybody or any company, large or small paying out $12,000.00 in a lump sum. Based on this pricing structure I don’t think Joel M. Albrizio really wants your business, but he certainly wants your money! That’s pretty much undisputed with the $8,000.00 demand letter these fuck-muppets send out

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And since I’m on the subject, of not wanting business. Adlife Marketing & Communications apparently designed the site for preparedfoodphotos.com, and by looking at a small bit of code, it kind of confirms my theory, that they really don’t want any business.

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The above code is basically telling Google and other search engines to not index the site, and also instructing search engines to not “follow” any links..

Why would a company do this?? I always thought that getting good search engines results were good for business, and helped to drive sales. Maybe I’m just drunk and not thinking clearly. Whatever the case Adlife Marketing has succeeded in NOT getting those search results that every other business on the planet strives for..

google-serpBeing as I’m such a nice guy, and I like to do nice things for people, I’ll gladly put in my 2 cents to get those search engine results for preparedfoodphotos.com.. Adlife Marketing and Communications and President Joel M. Albrizio can thank me later.

Adlife Marketing demand amount vs. Creative Outlet pricing

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Yeah, so Adlife Marketing and Communications / President Joel M. Albrizio enjoys sending out $8,000.00 demand letters over images that are clearly not worth that much in my opinion. And It even looks like Joel Albrizio really doesn’t believe they are worth that much either. If he did why would he offer up his images …

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In the Event that Adlife Marketing Files a Lawsuit Against You

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Disclaimer: I am not an attorney, nor am I acting as one, or giving legal advice, I’m simply passing along info that may or may not be helpful to others. Take it or leave it. Over the past 7 or so years we’ve discussed many strategies and courses of action in terms of fighting back …

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Meet RI Lawyer Chip Muller, Joel Albrizios partner in grime.

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It’s always nice to put a face to a name, sometimes one can get a “feel” with whom they are dealing with..Take for example Adlife Marketing and Communications President Joel M. Albrizio. I knew as soon as I saw that profile picture, that he looked like a complete douche-bag, shiny suit, hair that has been treated with more hair product, than Tammy Faye wears make-up..Hell it probably takes him 3 hrs. to primp in the mirror each day before leaving that 1.8 million dollar home in the gated community on Eagle Drive in Mashpea, MA…. Thats for another post….Sorry I got side-tracked

 ” I became a lawyer to help people and businesses solve problems and thrive. “

Chip Muller RI Attorneythat files suit on behalf of Adlife Marketing and Communications & Joel M. Albrizio
Chip Muller RI Attorneythat files suit on behalf of Adlife Marketing and Communications & Joel M. Albrizio

Anyway back to Chip Muller, who is he you ask?? Chip Muller is the Attorney whose name appears on every lawsuit that has been filed by Joel M. Albrizio / Adlife Marketing and Communications.

As with most attorneys we see that get involved in coyright trolling, there is that complete laundry list of “legal services” offered, seems he’s “Jack of all trades!”, or is that “Jerk-off of all trades, Masturbator of one???…..Yeah, Yeah I get it, it’s not about doing what’s right, or keeping a high moral standard, its ‘all about getting those clients, dragging garbage through the court system, and getting that money through the door.

Rhode Island Attorney Chip Muller, seems to showcase “Employment Law” as his main gig ( along with the laundry list of other specialties) which I find amusing since Joel M. Albrizio was forced to back wages for overtime to his employess a few years back.
Now to be fair Lawyer Chip Mullen may very well be a nice, smart,decent attorney, and he may not even be aware of the total story of how Joel M. Albrizio behaves himself, by sending out $8000.00 demand letters to innocent infringers, threatening a lawsuits, threatenng to send them to collections, and then sending an “invoice” for something that is a “claim” at best… yeah he might just be a nice guy, but I think he’s just as greedy as Joel M. Albrizio.
Joel M. Albrizio, Presidentof Adlife Marketing and Communications and owner of PreparedFoodPhotos.com is all about grabbing money..plain and simple.
( think mortgage note on a million dollar home).
One can only hope that one of his lawsuit victims did indeed purchase the images, can show proof of this and files a counter-suit.

Joel M. Albrizio sends “Past Due Invoice” for a settled “claim”

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Once again it amazes me, how many people are now involved in getting me information, I have heard from no less than a dozen people that have had run ins with Joel M. Albrizio and Adlife Marketing and Communications. From letter recipients, to competitors and a bunch of anonymous folks, via email, phone call and cryptic texts, Seems Joel M. Albrizio has quite the reputation in the New England area. This is the latest nugget t arrive in my inbox.

For what it worth the sender of this stated they were able to obtain proof of purchase, which was forwarded to Adlife  Marketing and Joel apprently “closed the file” but still felt it prudent to send a “past due”invoice after the fact!…. Money hungry bastard that he is…naturally I strongly suggested that this person file a complaint with the Rhode Island Attorney General..This asshole doesn’t seem to know when to give it up, and apparently he doesn’t realize I’m like a dog with a bone, and I won’t simply go away, if he so opts to continue to be a douche-bag.

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Yes indeed Adlife Marketing and Communications does “value our relationship”….What the fuck is that all about, this asshole sends invoices to people that aren’t even his customers, and of which he or his company have no relationship with..dumbass…

 

 

Adlife Marketing and Communications Non-Compete Agreement

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The following was received by a masked / anonymous sender via text the other day, I’m not an attorney, so don’t take this as any sort of legal advice. If you are entertaining taking a position of employment at Adlife Marketing and Consulting it would be in your best interest to read and understand fully the following document and it’s contents. In my opinion a court would probably not uphold this agreement, as I see it asoverbroad in several aspects, but again I’m not a lawyer, before ever signing such an agreement with any company one is best to have an outside attorney read it over.

I’ll let the readers digest and analyze Joel M. Albrizios’ non compete contract, and decide for themselves, personally I would never sign this..

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Important things to note when it comes to these types of agreements are that In order to be considered valid, a non-competition agreement must:

  • Be supported by consideration at the time it is signed;
  • Protect a legitimate business interest of the employer; and
  • Be reasonable in scope, geography, and time.

Valid consideration — the employee must receive something of value in exchange for the promise to refrain from competition. If an employee signs a non-competition agreement prior to beginning employment, the employment itself will be sufficient consideration for the promise not to compete. However, if an employee signs a non-competition agreement after beginning employment, the mere promise of continued employment will not be considered valid consideration for the promise.

Reasonableness is a Key to the Agreement
In deciding whether to enforce a non-competition agreement, the court will balance the need to protect the employer’s legitimate business interests with any burden that enforcement of the agreement would place on the employee. Non-competition agreements must be reasonable in duration and scope. The reasonableness of the duration of the agreement will depend on the specific facts of each case.

The geographical area covered by the agreement must also be reasonable considering the circumstances. This will depend greatly on the services provided by the employee, and the importance of the services to the employer’s business. Generally, courts will not allow a non-competition agreement to prevent an employee from working in a geographical area where the employer does not do business.

Employers have a right to protect their relationships with their customers and their confidential information, but former employees have a right to earn a living.
Source: http://employment.findlaw.com/hiring-process/non-competition-agreements-overview.html

Meet RI Lawyer Chip Muller, Joel Albrizios partner in grime.

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It’s always nice to put a face to a name, sometimes one can get a “feel” with whom they are dealing with..Take for example Adlife Marketing and Communications President Joel M. Albrizio. I knew as soon as I saw that profile picture, that he looked like a complete douche-bag, shiny suit, hair that has been treated with more hair product, than Tammy Faye wears make-up..Hell it probably takes him 3 hrs. to primp in the mirror each day before leaving that 1.8 million dollar home in the gated community on Eagle Drive in Mashpea, MA…. Thats for another post….Sorry I got side-tracked

 ” I became a lawyer to help people and businesses solve problems and thrive. “

Chip Muller RI Attorneythat files suit on behalf of Adlife Marketing and Communications & Joel M. Albrizio
Chip Muller RI Attorneythat files suit on behalf of Adlife Marketing and Communications & Joel M. Albrizio

Anyway back to Chip Muller, who is he you ask?? Chip Muller is the Attorney whose name appears on every lawsuit that has been filed by Joel M. Albrizio / Adlife Marketing and Communications.

As with most attorneys we see that get involved in coyright trolling, there is that complete laundry list of “legal services” offered, seems he’s “Jack of all trades!”, or is that “Jerk-off of all trades, Masturbator of one???…..Yeah, Yeah I get it, it’s not about doing what’s right, or keeping a high moral standard, its ‘all about getting those clients, dragging garbage through the court system, and getting that money through the door.

Rhode Island Attorney Chip Muller, seems to showcase “Employment Law” as his main gig ( along with the laundry list of other specialties) which I find amusing since Joel M. Albrizio was forced to back wages for overtime to his employess a few years back.
Now to be fair Lawyer Chip Mullen may very well be a nice, smart,decent attorney, and he may not even be aware of the total story of how Joel M. Albrizio behaves himself, by sending out $8000.00 demand letters to innocent infringers, threatening a lawsuits, threatenng to send them to collections, and then sending an “invoice” for something that is a “claim” at best… yeah he might just be a nice guy, but I think he’s just as greedy as Joel M. Albrizio.
Joel M. Albrizio, Presidentof Adlife Marketing and Communications and owner of PreparedFoodPhotos.com is all about grabbing money..plain and simple.
( think mortgage note on a million dollar home).
One can only hope that one of his lawsuit victims did indeed purchase the images, can show proof of this and files a counter-suit.


Joel M. Albrizio sends “Past Due Invoice” for a settled “claim”

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Once again it amazes me, how many people are now involved in getting me information, I have heard from no less than a dozen people that have had run ins with Joel M. Albrizio and Adlife Marketing and Communications. From letter recipients, to competitors and a bunch of anonymous folks, via email, phone call and cryptic texts, Seems Joel M. Albrizio has quite the reputation in the New England area. This is the latest nugget t arrive in my inbox.

For what it worth the sender of this stated they were able to obtain proof of purchase, which was forwarded to Adlife  Marketing and Joel apprently “closed the file” but still felt it prudent to send a “past due”invoice after the fact!…. Money hungry bastard that he is…naturally I strongly suggested that this person file a complaint with the Rhode Island Attorney General..This asshole doesn’t seem to know when to give it up, and apparently he doesn’t realize I’m like a dog with a bone, and I won’t simply go away, if he so opts to continue to be a douche-bag.

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Yes indeed Adlife Marketing and Communications does “value our relationship”….What the fuck is that all about, this asshole sends invoices to people that aren’t even his customers, and of which he or his company have no relationship with..dumbass…

Adlife Marketing and Communications Non-Compete Agreement

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The following was received by a masked / anonymous sender via text the other day, I’m not an attorney, so don’t take this as any sort of legal advice. If you are entertaining taking a position of employment at Adlife Marketing and Consulting it would be in your best interest to read and understand fully the following document and it’s contents. In my opinion a court would probably not uphold this agreement, as I see it asoverbroad in several aspects, but again I’m not a lawyer, before ever signing such an agreement with any company one is best to have an outside attorney read it over.

I’ll let the readers digest and analyze Joel M. Albrizios’ non compete contract, and decide for themselves, personally I would never sign this..

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Important things to note when it comes to these types of agreements are that In order to be considered valid, a non-competition agreement must:

  • Be supported by consideration at the time it is signed;
  • Protect a legitimate business interest of the employer; and
  • Be reasonable in scope, geography, and time.

Valid consideration — the employee must receive something of value in exchange for the promise to refrain from competition. If an employee signs a non-competition agreement prior to beginning employment, the employment itself will be sufficient consideration for the promise not to compete. However, if an employee signs a non-competition agreement after beginning employment, the mere promise of continued employment will not be considered valid consideration for the promise.

Reasonableness is a Key to the Agreement
In deciding whether to enforce a non-competition agreement, the court will balance the need to protect the employer’s legitimate business interests with any burden that enforcement of the agreement would place on the employee. Non-competition agreements must be reasonable in duration and scope. The reasonableness of the duration of the agreement will depend on the specific facts of each case.

The geographical area covered by the agreement must also be reasonable considering the circumstances. This will depend greatly on the services provided by the employee, and the importance of the services to the employer’s business. Generally, courts will not allow a non-competition agreement to prevent an employee from working in a geographical area where the employer does not do business.

Employers have a right to protect their relationships with their customers and their confidential information, but former employees have a right to earn a living.
Source: http://employment.findlaw.com/hiring-process/non-competition-agreements-overview.html

Rhode Island Attorney General Request for Records

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ri_ag-requestGoing out in Monday’s mail, my request to the Rhode Island Attorney General for public records and complaints regarding Adlife Marketing and Commuications, Joel M. Albrizio, & Preparedfoodphotos.com. I think it’s only fair to share with the public any and all complaints filed against these sleazeballs. There will also be a request sentto the Massachusetts Attorney General as well. If anyone has filed complaints with other States and would like to share those, feel free to email them to me at admin<AT>copyright-trolls.com. I will redact any personal info and keep any andall submissions anonymous.

 

 

Latest and Greatest Lawsuit Naming Adlife Marketing and Communications as Defendant

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district-vermontJoel M. Albrizio, Sharon Ferretti, Brendon Albrizio, and Douglas Fleurant should be thankful that this latest lawsuit filed against Adlife Marketing and Communications, come from mywebgrocer.com and that it was not filed be each individual company. Time will tell if the court will issue a judgement, as mywebgrocer.com may not be permitted to enjoin other parties in the complaint. I’m not an attorney so I’m not sure about this, I’m also not giving legal advice here, but I know what I would do if I was directly involved in this case.

There are at least two schools of thought here, if the judge denies the lawsuit on a procedural basis one being that each named company could join together and file a new lawsuit seeking a declaratory judgment, whereas all of the individual companies are shown as plaintiffs. There is safety in numbers which would force Adlife Marketing and Communications to file an answer or risk a default judgement. Naturally, filing an answer would not be “free” and therefore cost Joel M. Albrizio something to answer the complaint.

The other school of thought, of which I like even better, is if the judge denies the suit, each accused company could file new suits individually. Yes, it’s more costly. Each would carry a filing fee, but Adlife Marketing and Joel M. Albrizio, would then be served MULTIPLE times, which equates to multiple answers and multiple bills from his attorney. Naturally, there are calculated risks to either scenario, but the bottom line is someone somewhere needs to turn the tables on these assholes.

I’m of the opinion that Adlife Marketing and Communications is in financial distress (hence the copyright trolling scheme). Surely, threatening to sue potential “clients” will not bode well for them. Not to mention the exposure they continue to get from yours truly. I foresee Joel M. Albrizio further running this company into the ground, by his greedy and sleazy behavior.

Below is the complaint along with links to all of the exhibits. In the coming days, I will be posting a series of posts, each one featuring an exhibit, and the complaint itself. Just when I was worried about running out of material to comment on, this appears!!! I guess I should thank Sleazeball Joel M. Albrizio, his dirt bag son Brendon Albrizio, the gold-digging Sharon Ferretti and “Junkyard Dog” Douglas Fleurant for the gift.

MyWebGrocer, Inc v, Adlife Marketing & Communications Co, Inc. Exhibit A
MyWebGrocer, Inc v, Adlife Marketing & Communications Co, Inc. Exhibit B
MyWebGrocer, Inc v, Adlife Marketing & Communications Co, Inc. Exhibit C
MyWebGrocer, Inc v, Adlife Marketing & Communications Co, Inc. Exhibit D
MyWebGrocer, Inc v, Adlife Marketing & Communications Co, Inc. Exhibit E
MyWebGrocer, Inc v, Adlife Marketing & Communications Co, Inc. Civil Cover Sheet

Adlife Markting and Communications Lawsuit Complaint

Next up I’ll add my comments to some of the nuggets mentioned in the complaint itself…stay tuned!

Have a nice day Adlife Marketing & Communications Co., LLC.

Copyright Trolls Need Thick Skin!

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If you’re going to act and behave like an asshole, you should really have some thick skin, as you’re likely to get called out, criticized, made fun of, and (GASP) called names!!!

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Take for example Adlife Marketing & Communications CEO and copyright troll Joel M. Albrizio.

A meme used in a recent post has apparently gotten under his skin. For the record, this meme was sent to me via text, from an anonymous person and I gladly decided to link to it, as it was fitting for the post discussion.

Joel Albrizio thought it a good idea to have Daniel L. Shores, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Shores & Oliver, P.C. send a nice little letter containing a cease & desist, which can be seen below. A formal response is in the works as I write this post.

It’s worth noting this disclaimer in the email:

The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, and/or is intended only for the use of the addressee. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify Shores & Oliver, P.C. at 617.981.7833. Thank you.

Ummm, I’m under no obligation to keep this or anything else “confidential” I have not signed a contract or entered into any agreement with this law firm. I never understand why firms have an urge to always include this, it’s meaningless.

Sorry I got side-tracked. Now onto the letter…

I won’t get to much into commenting on this, as that will be another post, once the response has been finalized. However, I will state that NO infringement occurred, as stated above, the meme in question came to me as a link in a text message from one of the many anonymous folks that have contacted me that also have an issue with Adlife Markting & Communications “business model”.

Who is to say others won’t or haven’t visited memegenerator.net to create their own memes? I’m only responsible for myself and my actions, not others.

As for any “other infringements”, they don’t exist either, all images of Joel M. Albrizio, his partners, etc. are all linked to directly from their sources, going forward this will be noted along with any images used, maybe by doing this it will sink in to those that are a bit dense.

I sincerely hope Shores & Oliver live up to their “Service Philosophy” regarding common sense. Common sense would dictate that one would not refer to the image in question as a “federally registered copyright”, when it doesn’t appear in the US Copyright Registration Database. Just saying.

Common Sense
When handling matters for our clients, we use something not readily available in today’s legal and business world—common sense. In each and every matter that we work on, we take a direct, problem-solving approach while staying focused on our clients’ overall objectives and balancing the legal issues at hand with practical matters such as overall opportunity, exposure, and cost.

As always stay tuned, as a formal responce is coming shortly!

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Unethical Adlife Marketing: Pot Meet Kettle

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In a recent post on the Adlife Marketing & Communications blog, Adlife CEO Joel M. Albrizio states:

“Like many of the national image providers, Adlife has been referred to as a troll and anything else you could ever imagine. However the facts remain clear, it is both illegal and unethical to use, without authorization, images that are under U. S. Copyright protection and licensed for use by ethical paying customers.”

While I fully agree is is both illegal and unethical to use unlicensed images, and yes Adlife has been labeled a “copyright troll”, it is for good reason. Maybe Adlife President and CEO should look in the mirror to see what “unethical” actually looks like.

I challenge anyone to argue the fact that pursuing people for infringements in the amount of $8,000.00 for images that were properly licensed and purchased is anything but unethical… I have had direct contact with not less than 6 individuals who received letters demanding $8K for images they had purchased properly…. So yes “copyright-troll”, asshole, douche-bag, fuck muppet etc. All apply in my humble opinion.

I guess $8K for alleged infringements goes a long way in making payments on a shiny new blue Ferrari…but I digress.

Formal Response to Latest Adlife Marketing Bullshit Letter

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Thanks again to Oscar Michelen for assisting in this matter. As you know, Adlife Marketing CEO Joel Albrizio thought it a good idea to send a take down request, in regard to a meme I received via an anonymous text, that featured a picture of Joel Albrizio with the caption “Adlife Marketing CEO May Dress Smartly, but Dumb as Fuck”.

(You can see the meme here: https://cdn.meme.am/cache/instances/folder78/500x/73445078.jpg )

Below is the formal response that was sent off in it’s entirety, for the record, and because I’m a nice person, I have indeed removed the meme in question, since it was possibly an infringement when it was uploaded, I won’t take the risk of being accused of secondary infringement or vicarious infringement, one must always pick your battles, this one just isn’t worth the energy.


Joel M. Albrizio Shows His “Marketing Prowess”

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Very possibly the funniest thing I have seen all week!! Time for the general public to do it’s good deed!

Joel M. Albrizio has a brandy, dandy new blog!! I suspect he is attempting to combat my awesome google results. Good luck with that. Getting good results in the Google SERPs is fairly easy, IF done correctly…

So what is the good deed the general public can do today?? Look at the screen capture below and take note of the results, particularly the very top result, notice this result is an “ad”, meaning paid advertisement, now go ahead and try this yourself. Go to google.com and type Joel Albrizio in the search bar, you should get very similar results to my screen shot, now click on the top result and watch what happens!! Go ahead, do it now, but only do it ONCE, this trick will only work if you click ONCE!!

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MyWebGrocer v. Adlife Marketing & Communiations Co., Inc. – Exhibit #1

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Time to delve into the series of exhibits from the MyWebGrocer v. Adlife Marketing & Communications complaint, which I meant to get to last week , but was side-tracked when Joel M. Albrizio decided he didn’t like a meme that I linked to in this post. It obviously needed to be addressed and responded to.

“Pursuant to 17 USC, section 504(b) and (c) a copyright owner may recover the actual
damages incurred by it for wrongful and unpermitted use of its images. If the infringement was committed willfully, the courts have discretion to award up to $150,000 per willful infringement.”

There is that scary number that copyright trolls like Joel Albrizio and others like to throw out there as their first attempt into scaring potential victims. While the above statement is true, most people only see the $150,000 and don’t pay attention to “the courts have discretion”, meaning the amount may also be as low as $200.00, a far cry from $150K! This depends on whether the infringement was committed “willfully”. Many are not and in this case infringement may not have happened at all if MyWebGrocer can show they purchased the licenses when they acquired the business. Hell, even if they didn’t, it appears and seems logical that MyWebGrocer thought and were under the impression they did. So there goes “willful”, right out the window. Good luck proving this, Joel.

“The sole purpose of any conversation with Adlife will be limited to why this is not a
willful infraction and/or how the individual or company intends to pay this amount. Any infractions not immediately settled will be referred to Federal Court.”

Who is Adlife Marketing to dictate what the conversation will be about? MyWebGrocer is not under any agreement as to what is to be discussed. Furthermore, it is not up to the them to show why it’s not willful. It’s up to Adlife to prove it is.  Two very different scenarios. Joel M. Albrizio just thinks he can bully his way through this with bullshit statements and extortion like threats: “Pay us the amount we demand or we file suit”.

“Based on the fact that you knew or should have known that the images belonged to Adlife, and based on the fact they you used the images on multiple occasions without permission (and were notified by prior correspondence that the use was unlawful), and due to the fact that the images were disseminated to a vast number of people for the purpose of profiting your business, Adlife can only conclude that the use of its images was willful and intentional.”

 

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Boy, lots of “facts” being thrown around here, and because Joel M. Albrizio is so trustworthy, they should be taken as such? That would be like me stating:

  •  Joel M. Alrizio is single handedly running his own business into the ground and is driven by greed.
  • Adlife Marketing & Communications is probably strapped for cash flow and has resorted to copyright-trollng to right a listing ship.
  • Preparedfoodphotos.com offers a not so great service at $999.00 per month, with a minimum 12 month agreement for pictures of fruit.

Do you take these statements as”fact”? Maybe, maybe not. FACT is they are just my opinions.

“If, however, Adlife cannot immediately resolve the issue of the unlawful use of its images, it will be forced to file suit in the United States District Court and seek the maximum damages permitted under the statute including costs and attorney fees.”

Nice to see MyWebGrocer step up to the plate and beat Fuck Muppet Joel Albrizio and Adlife Marketing to the punch. I so hope Adlife Marketing & Communications reaps what they have sowed.

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Don’t believe the Bullshit that Adlife Marketing & Communications spews

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From a recent post on JoelAlbrizio.com

As a company our images were not only stolen for commercial use on web products everywhere, but additionally for sale on web sites other than Adlife or PreparedFoodPhotos.com.Our images were actually under the names of others as a source of unauthorized sales or corporate theft for profit.

What Jerk-Off Joel Albrizio doesn’t tell his readers (of which there are probably very few) is he himself and Adlife Marketing & Communications at one time had a working relationship with IStock Photo, and they still have their images available for sale on Creative Outlet under Adlife.. Just last week I was contacted in regards to an image that was purchased through Creative Outlet in which this scum of the earth Joel Albrizio tried to “enforce copyright” on…

I’m waiting, have been for weeks, but have yet to see ONE SINGLE INSTANCE of someone using an Adlife Marketing image that was not purchased or licensed properly..

Do your homework people, don’y let this slimy grease ball grab your hard earned money!

Adlife Marketing / Joel Albrizio….No Soup for you!

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Once again  we come upon another Happy Friday where Joel Albrizio and Adlife Marketing will be a miserable bunch of fuck heads.. Shout out to New You Media, LLC for filing the latest Declaratory Judgement Lawsuit against Adlife Marketing.

Nothing like a nice little present right before the Holidays, I certainly hope Joel appreciates this “gift”, and you know what the very bestest part of this is?? It’s been filed in Federal Court right in my backyard of Fort Lauderdale…screw visions of sugar plums, I’m having visions of sitting in this court room, watching that piece of shit Joel Albrizio sweat and squirm…wouldn’t that be a great Christmas present for me??…Hell I hope it goes that far, I might even persuade my friend and ally Matthew Chan to come down for a visit, it would be fun and a learning experience..

I wouldn’t be surprised if New You Media found this blog via a google search and thought it a good idea to file against Adlife Marketing & Communications,  actually I know for a fact they did, and I also have some other nuggets that I will hold back with …for the time being.

Have a happy weekend!!

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Adlife Marketing & Communications Customers flocking to Preparedfoodphotos.com

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NOT…Joel M. Albrizio, President of Adlife Marketing and Communications, stated in some bullshit post somewhere (location is escaping me at the moment, but I’ll dig out the quote) that customers were flocking to his new brainchild  Preparedfoodphotos.com. And why not at $999.00 per month with unlimited downloads / usage, it was a spectacular deal…..NOT.. In fact that price has now been lowered to an even more spectacular price (if you can believe that) of 499.99 per month, with a 12 month commitment….WOW what a fucking deal, where do I sign up??

Oh wait, I forgot these images were available on creativeoutlet.com for 149.00 per collection, with each collection containing roughly 50 images…I’m no Einstein, but to me that equates to about 5 bucks per image.. Notice I said “were”… seems Creative Outlet has caught on to this douche bags tactics, and has given Adlife Marketing the boot, word on the street is that Joel Albrizio may be “double dipping”….such a greedy  slimy fuck he is.. As of this writing, I cannot confirm the previous statement, and I am working on getting documents to confirm this. In my opinion, Joel is so greedy, he would double dip in a second given the opportunity.

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