Category: Copyright

  • Did David Burdeny copy Sze Tsung Leong's photographs? – latimes.com

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    Last month, the New York-based photographer Sze Tsung Leong was on location in La Paz, Bolivia, when he received a phone message from his New York gallerist, Yossi Milo. It had come to Milo’s attention that a Canadian photographer was exhibiting a series of works in Vancouver that bore a striking similarity to an ongoing…

  • Thoughts of a Bohemian » Of Orphans and unhappy faces

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    In the same proposition there is also an anti paparazzi part. A rule “that in effect will prohibit photography in public places where anyone who’s in the photograph might be unhappy about being photographed.”. This law, of course, applies only to pro photographers, otherwise tourists would be prevented to take pictures, and that, my friends…

  • Google Books Fosters Intellectual, Legal Crossroads | Threat Level | Wired.com

    Google Books Fosters Intellectual, Legal Crossroads | Threat Level | Wired.com

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    Google Books Fosters Intellectual, Legal Crossroads Nobody in their right mind opposes the intellectual soundness of digitizing the world’s books -– even titles gathering dust in the stacks of university libraries — and making them available online. Yet Google will encounter stiff resistance in a Manhattan via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/02/google-books-fosters-intellectual-legal-crossroads/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired27b+%28Blog+-+27B+Stroke+6+%28Threat+Level%29%29 Yet Google will encounter stiff resistance…

  • UK Gov nationalises orphans and bans non-consensual photography in public | Copyright Action

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    Copyright in photos is essentially going to cease to exist, since there is no ineradicable way of associating ownership details short of plastering your name right across the image. Link: UK Gov nationalises orphans and bans non-consensual photography in public | Copyright Action

  • A Photo Editor – Photographers- How To Deal With Infringements

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    Photographers- How To Deal With Infringements – A Photo Editor I received this note from a reader: Hi Rob, I’m a photographer, regular reader and occasional commenter on your blog. One thing that I have been struggling with since starting my freelance career is legal issues. Two specific problems that have plagued me via A…

  • Legal Left, Meet Creative Right -Copyright I | Luceo Images

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    The downturn in publishing is, in and of itself, one more compelling reason for photographers to understand the inner workings of their copyright.  As the methods of sale, licensing, and distribution of our images continue to change, photographers have little excuse not to understand the principles behind which their photographs are converted into income. Link:…

  • PDNPulse: Sculptors Plagiarize Image; What Should Photographer Do Next?

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    New York City-based photographer Alex Brown recently discovered that a pair of Glaswegian artists, Craig Little and Blake Whitehead, known as Littlewhitehead, had “appropriated” an image he made of a young boy in a Darth Vader mask sitting in a diner booth. Link: PDNPulse: Sculptors Plagiarize Image; What Should Photographer Do Next?

  • A Photo Editor – Ad Agency Guide To Photography Usage Terms

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    Ad Agency Guide To Photography Usage Terms – A Photo Editor BASIC INFORMATION With the current US copyright laws as they are applied now, artists own all rights to their created images and sell/transfer rights to agencies and their clients. All questionable negotiations have historically defaulted in favor of the via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2010/02/05/ad-agency-guide-to-photography-usage-terms/…

  • Public Art Lands Photog in Hot Water – petapixel

    Public Art Lands Photog in Hot Water – petapixel

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    Public Art Lands Photog in Hot Water In February 2008, Seattle-based photographer Mike Hipple received a letter from the lawyers of sculptor Jack Mackie that one of his stock photographs via PetaPixel: http://www.petapixel.com/2010/02/03/public-art-lands-photog-in-hot-water/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 In February 2008, Seattle-based photographer Mike Hipple received a letter from the lawyers of sculptor Jack Mackie that one of his stock…

  • Calanan Photography: Final update on the Toyota / Saatchi & Saatchi Infringement Case

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    Final update on the Toyota / Saatchi & Saatchi Infringement Case Blog readers and fans have been asking me for the latest news in my ongoing copyright infringement case with Toyota and their ad agency, Saa… Link: http://blog.calanan.com/2010/02/final-update-on-toyota-saatchi-saatchi.html Blog readers and fans have been asking me for the latest news in my ongoing copyright infringement…

  • PDNPulse: Pilfered: A Magazine By and For Copyright Thieves

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    Pilfered is an online magazine where people can “submit their favorite visuals pilfered from the web to share with one another.” For example, it asks readers to choose a cover for its February 2010 issue: The cover photos include images stolen from Rodney Smith, Robert Parke Harrison and others. Link: PDNPulse: Pilfered: A Magazine By…

  • Beyond Perceivable Benefits: Jonathan Worth’s experiment

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    Worth’s experiment was to see if he could make money by giving his pictures away, emulating Doctorow’s business model in which his CC licensed works circulating online publicize and drive the sales of his books.  While the images could be freely copied, etc., Worth offered 111  editioned prints together with 111 signed pages from a…

  • PDNPulse: Shepard Fairey Under Criminal Investigation, AP Reports

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    “In an attempt to conceal my mistake I submitted false images and deleted other images. I sincerely apologize for my lapse in judgment and I take full responsibility for my actions which were mine alone,” Fairey wrote in a statement on his Web site. Link: PDNPulse: Shepard Fairey Under Criminal Investigation, AP Reports

  • Copyright, companies, individuals and news: the rules of the road

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    Copyright, companies, individuals and news: the rules of the road | Cory Doctorow Cory Doctorow: Copyright may not be perfect, but when applied with common sense, it’s the best system we’ve got via the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jan/26/copyright-cory-doctorow My latest Guardian column, “Copyright, companies, individuals and news: the rules of the road,” is a start on a…

  • Protecting your copyright in a digital world :: Photocritic

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    When people steal my content on the internet, I get very angry. At some point, I decided to fight back. This post explains why and how. Link: Protecting your copyright in a digital world :: Photocritic photography blog

  • Google News stops hosting new Associated Press content

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    Link: Google News stops hosting new Associated Press content – Jan. 11, 2010

  • Demi Moore's lawyers threaten Boing Boing over photo analysis blog post Boing Boing

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    Demi Moore’s lawyers threaten Boing Boing over photo analysis blog post (Click for large. Two versions of W Magazine cover featuring Demi Moore, one for the US edition, one for Korea. Note the apparent difference in the area around the hip. Comparison here.) Lawyers re… via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2009/12/28/demi-moores-lawyers.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29 Lawyers representing Demi Moore sent a…

  • Major record labels rip off 300,000 songs for compilation CDs, may owe $60 billion in damages Boing Boing

    Major record labels rip off 300,000 songs for compilation CDs, may owe $60 billion in damages Boing Boing

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    Major record labels rip off 300,000 songs for compilation CDs, may owe $60 billion in damages Jazz great Chet Baker’s estate is suing the major record labels for releasing his music on Canadian CDs without paying compensation (a common practice in Canada, where over 300,000 songs have… via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2009/12/07/major-record-labels.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29

  • Mostly True: Reader's Digest and an Ugly New Contract

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    Reader’s Digest and an Ugly New Contract Reader’s Digest Publishing in Australia has a very ugly new contract that they’d like photographers to sign. I’m not sure if they are a franchise of the American Reader’s Digest, with some type of content sharing deal, or if they… via Mostly True: http://kennethjarecke.typepad.com/mostly_true/2009/12/readers-digest-and-an-ugly-new-contract.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MostlyTrue+%28Mostly+True%29 Reader’s Digest Publishing in…

  • Associated Press loves fair use (we just wish they'd share) – Boing Boing

    Associated Press loves fair use (we just wish they'd share) – Boing Boing

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    Associated Press loves fair use (we just wish they’d share) The Associated Press, a organization with so little respect for fair use that they expect you to pay for a license to quote as little as five words from its articles, describes how it relied on fai… via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/22/associated-press-lov.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29