WARNING: Getty Images of the Manson Family are pirated.

Photo courtesy Getty Images; Fotos International
Charles Manson (center) surrounded by his "Family" in the early 1970s

(The above pirated foto was posted on "howstuffworks.com")

As you can see, not only has the above screen shot of the Manson Family from the 1973 MANSON motion picture been misappropriated for the specific purpose of being sold / licensed by the once reputable Getty Images, but the caption even falsely identifies Charles Manson as being in the picture, when in the early 1970's, Charles Manson was in jail. Are we to now believe his evil spirit slipped out of jail that day to appear before Robert Hendrickson's 16mm movie camera. Perhaps, this situation best illustrates just how little the present news gathering establishment regards your intelligence. This also provides a perfect example of just how ignorant we would be, if we actually believed anything the established media presented to us.

Our making MANSON DVDs available via a Limited Edition in the US only has prompted many requests from individuals in England, Canada and other countries, but we simply cannot make this happen yet. We are presently exploring the idea of bulk sales to foreign distributors / retailers and even a theatrical release in Europe. It should also be mentioned that England and Canada present our greatest problem regarding counterfeiting. The Getty Gang hides out in the UK and the illegal DVD copies of the original MANSON film are made in Canada. We don't expect anyone to fully understand, or even care about the MANSON theft situation, expect that when someone posts MANSON for free on YouTube and over 5000 people view it before we find out and have the posting removed, we likely lose thousands, if not tens of thousands of dollars in lost DVD sales and or pay-per-view income. We can confidently estimate that the lost revenue from just that one posting could have provided the funds for the completion of the 5 hour MANSON mini-series.

And of course, you should be concerned when it becomes evident that the news and information services upon which you rely, are contaminated with fake and contaminated material, unless you simply consider the conclusions and decisions that you make in real life are meaningless also.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: If you or your organization bought or licensed any of the pirated Manson Family images made available by Getty Images, you need to contact us and or Getty Images attorneys ASAP. For more on this breaking media scandal, see our IMPORTANT NOTICE article.

Thank you for your understanding.

| BACK |

© 2008 TOBANN INTERNATIONAL PICTURES