Category: Copyright
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Dear Mr Leroy (an open letter) | duckrabbit
Dear Mr Leroy (an open letter) — duckrabbit Thank you for your response to my post yesterday critisizing the way way certain photo agencies seem content to abuse… via duckrabbit: http://duckrabbit.info/blog/2010/09/dear-mr-leroy/ Thank you for your response to my post yesterday critisizing the way way certain photo agencies seem content to abuse the rights of indvidual…
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JF Leroy responds ‘My position here is that of an insurance company.’ | duckrabbit
JF Leroy responds ‘My position here is that of an insurance company.’ — duckrabbit Yesterday duckrabbit published a post criticizing the photo industry for selling a set of pictures of the aftermath of the Haitian Earthquake… via duckrabbit: http://duckrabbit.info/blog/2010/09/jf-leroy-responds-my-position-here-is-that-of-an-insurance-company/ Yesterday duckrabbit published a post criticizing the photo industry for selling a set of pictures of the aftermath of the…
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Why AFP, Getty, Jean-Francois Leroy, CNN, ABC, CBS love photographs but have no time for photographers, or ‘it wasn’t rape your honor because she was in the room and I was horny’ | duckrabbit – we produce photofilms
Why AFP, Getty, Jean-Francois Leroy, CNN, ABC, CBS love photographs but have no time for photographers, or ‘it wasn’t rape your honor because she was in the room and I was horny’ — duckrabbit The case that opens today according to NPPA: In a case that could set precedent in online copyright legislation and… via…
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Court date set in Morel v. AFP case – British Journal of Photography
Court date set in Morel v. AFP case – BJP
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Second Newspaper Chain Joins Copyright Trolling Operation | Threat Level
Second Newspaper Chain Joins Copyright Trolling Operation A Las Vegas company established to sue bloggers who clip news content is expanding its operations to a second newspaper chain. Righthaven LLC has struck a deal with Arkansas-based WEHCO Media to expand its copyright litigation campaign, in which bloggers via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/08/copyright-troll-expanding/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired27b+%28Blog+-+27B+Stroke+6+%28Threat+Level%29%29 Righthaven LLC has struck a…
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Photographer Drops Claim to Obama Image – NYTimes.com
Photographer Drops Claim to Obama Image The photographer who took a picture that the Barack Obama “HOPE” image was based on dropped his claim that he owns the copyright to the photograph. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/21/us/21brfs-PHOTOGRAPHER_BRF.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss I’ve used a number of other brands of 35mm f/2’s and 35mm f/1.4’s and reviewed old images for comparison while testing…
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FBI claims no one may publish its seal – Boing Boing
FBI claims no-one may publish its seal The FBI ordered wikipedia to remove its seal from the article there about the bureau. It threatened to litigate. Unfortunately for the FBI, the law it cited is the one that forbids making counterfe… via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/08/03/fbi-claims-no-one-ma.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29 Henri Cartier-Bresson… Garry Winogrand… Helen Levitt… Robert Frank… André Kértész……
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Is AFP Stealing Pictures Again? – PDN Pulse
Now comes another case in which a photographer has accused AFP of stripping his credit off an image (shown here) that happens to show Barack Obama’s Chicago residence, and distributing the photo to third parties without the permission. Link: Is AFP Stealing Pictures Again? – PDN Pulse
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Financial genius: US record industry turns $16M in legal spending into $391K cash – Boing Boing
Financial genius: US record industry turns $16M in legal spending into $391K cash The title of this Recording Industry vs The People post says it all, really: “Ha ha ha ha ha. RIAA paid its lawyers more than $16,000,000 in 2008 to recover only $391,000!!!”: If the av… via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/07/13/financial-genius-us.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29 I’m excited to…
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W00t! sends Associated Press a bill for quoting its blog – Boing Boing
W00t! sends Associated Press a bill for quoting its blog When W00t! posted its delightful notice about being acquired by Amazon, it was picked up and re-run by blogs all over the net. Not wanting to miss out on the action, the Associated Press ran the st… via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/07/06/w00t-sends-associate.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29 W00t! sent the AP…
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Does Facebook's Copyright Policy Worry You? – The Photoletariat
Does Facebook’s Copyright Policy Worry You? – The Photoletariat
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Editorial Photographers UK | Industry survey: Freelance photographers who keep copyright earn 33% more
During 2009, 71% of freelance respondents said they had been asked to give copyright to their clients, and 62% said they were pressured to give clients a more extensive licence for no increase in the fee. Link: Editorial Photographers UK | Industry survey: Freelance photographers who keep copyright earn 33% more
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Judge Rules DMCA Protects YouTube in Viacom Lawsuit | Threat Level
Google Wins Viacom Copyright Lawsuit Google-owned YouTube won a major victory Wednesday when a federal judge ruled the video-sharing site was protected under U.S. copyright law. Viacom, which vowed an appeal, was seeking $1 billion in damages in a case testing the depths of copyright-infring via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/06/dmca-protects-youtube/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired27b+%28Blog+-+27B+Stroke+6+%28Threat+Level%29%29 In short, Wednesday’s decision says internet companies,…
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Two Tales of Rip-Offs
Meet Toby Gregory — duckrabbit Meet Toby Gregory: He wanted the photographer Yasuyoshi Chiba to give him some photos from the Rugby Sevens in Kenya… via duckrabbit: http://duckrabbit.info/blog/2010/06/toby-gregory/ (Toby Gregory) wanted the photographer Yasuyoshi Chiba to give him some photos from the Rugby Sevens in Kenya yesterday. For some reason he thought that Chiba should…
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Judge Urges Resolution in Use of Obama Photo – ArtsBeat
Judge Urges Resolution in Use of Obama Photo Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein said in a hearing that “whether it’s sooner or later, The Associated Press is going to win” the case. via ArtsBeat: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/28/judge-urges-resolution-in-use-of-obama-photo/?partner=rss&emc=rss On Friday, Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York said in…
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PDNPulse: In Copyright Case, Court Rejects Corbis's Bulk Registration Practices
In Copyright Case, Court Rejects Corbis’s Bulk Registration Practices | PDNPulse May 11, 2010 In Copyright Case, Court Rejects Corbis’s Bulk Registration Practices Photographers who have participated over the years in Corbis’s copyright registration program may have less copyright protection than they think—or need. The reason is beca via PDNPulse: http://www.pdnpulse.com/2010/05/in-copyright-case-court-rejects-corbiss-bulk-registration-practices.html Photographers who have participated…
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Mostly True: What Color is Your Toolbox?
What Color is Your Toolbox? Kenneth Jarecke / Contact Press Images Lens, bodies, laptops, err I suppose Photoshop actions, make up the majority of physical tools we photographers carry around these days. Hardly worth talking about. In fact, once you’ve figured out how you see… via Mostly True: http://kennethjarecke.typepad.com/mostly_true/2010/05/what-color-is-your-toolbox.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MostlyTrue+%28Mostly+True%29 Yep, your claim to ownership is…
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PDNPulse: Insult to Injury: AFP Suing Photographer It Stole Photos From
That, of course, raises the question: what is copyright really worth anymore if technology has turned it into something that benefits only those with the resources to enforce and defend it at every turn? Link: PDNPulse: Insult to Injury: AFP Suing Photographer It Stole Photos From
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A Photo Editor – AFP Steals Photographers Haiti Images Then Sues Him
AFP Steals Photographers Haiti Images Then Sues Him – A Photo Editor Ok, this one is strange but follow me for a moment because this could be a big case for photographers. Haitian Photographer Daniel Morel was in Port au Prince when the earthquake struck and captured some of the first images of the destruction…
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Daniel Morel Sued by AFP for Aggressive Assertion of Rights | 100Eyes
Haitian Photographer sued by Agence France Presse (AFP) for “antagonistic assertion of rights” Award winning Haitian born photojournalist, Daniel Morel, has filed an answer and counterclaim to the French international wire service Agence France Presse’s lawsuit filed on March 26, 2010 in Manhattan federal district court. The French international wire service which distributes to approximately 110…