Yea, I guess they do. I wouldn't say he is a scammer thou, just very greedy.
I purchased a number of photo sets from him over the years.

The last time I dealt with him was about 2 1/2 years ago when I was getting "all my ducks in a row" for 2257 compliance. I asked him for docs on few semi-exclusive sets that were at that time just recently purchased He wanted me to pay additonal money (500 bucks per photo set) for the documention. That's what he said his partner the photographer of that paticular material wanted. Heck, I was more than willing to give him a few extra bucks, but certainly not $500 per set.