Category: Copyright
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PDNPulse: Can Copyright Be Saved?
At the forum, called “Copyright and the New Economy,” panelists described their concerns about copyright protection, and explained what they thought a re-vamped system should achieve. Link: PDNPulse: Can Copyright Be Saved?
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Bauer still at it…yawn….don't supply them. contracts. copyright. | duckrabbit
Kerrang! Bauer loses it’s Mojo…. — duckrabbit Ok…I know that post title makes no sense really, but it looks better than my previous effort, which was something… via duckrabbit: http://duckrabbit.info/blog/2010/04/bauer-still-at-it-yawn-dont-supply-them/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+duckrabbit%2FNrks+%28duckrabbit%29 I was just reading on the Guardian that over 200 writers and photographers have signed a petition to refuse to contribute to Bauer’s music titles…due…
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Photographer Ken Light Loses Unfair Business Claim Against Gore's Current Media
Link: Photographer Ken Light Loses Unfair Business Claim Against Gore’s Current Media
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This means war: Big Content's war on democracy – Boing Boing
This means war: Big Content’s war on democracy My latest Guardian column, “Digital Economy Act: This means war,” explains how the latest round of dirty tricks from the entertainment industry — perverting British law, proposing… via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/16/this-means-war-big-c.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29 My latest Guardian column, “Digital Economy Act: This means war,” explains how the latest round of…
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PDNPulse: New York Again Considering Law to Benefit Marilyn Monroe's Estate
The New York State legislature is once again moving on a right-of-publicity bill for the benefit of Marilyn Monroe’s estate. The state senate could vote on Senate Bill 6790 at any time, but it would still require passage by the New York State Assembly and the governor’s signature to become law. Link: PDNPulse: New York…
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A Photo Editor – Freelance Writers And Photographers In A Standoff With Bauer Publishing
Freelance Writers And Photographers In A Standoff With Bauer Publishing – A Photo Editor Bauer, a German-owned publisher which bought music magazines Kerrang!, MOJO and Q in December of 2007 from Emap is trying to impose a new contract on freelancers working for those titles. Over 200 contributors to the three magazines have refused to…
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Editorial Photographers UK | Eight Questions BAPLA Must Answer
When BAPLA wrote to the Government regarding the controversial Clause 43 of the Digital Economy Bill the association claimed to be speaking on behalf of a united photographic industry. It wasn’t. BAPLA ignored thousands of photographers lobbying to stop the clause. In an open letter to BAPLA, EPUK asks “Why?” Link: Editorial Photographers UK |…
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Burning Man Rethinks Its Legal Ownership of Your Photos | Threat Level
Burning Man Rethinks Its Legal Ownership of Your Photos With the annual Burning Man celebration of art and self-expression four months away, its organizers are taking a second look at their Draconian photo and video policies. As it is now, the Burning Man Organization requires ticket purchasers to assign to th via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/04/burningman/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired27b+%28Blog+-+27B+Stroke+6+%28Threat+Level%29%29 As…
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Editorial Photographers UK | The short unhappy life of photographic industry unity
We have no choice but to point out that almost every photographer organisation supported Stop43 despite the signatures of some on the BAPLA letter. The real question is : why BAPLA, Getty, DACS and RPS did not support Stop43 , and why they abandoned the high moral (rights) ground, and with it any claim to…
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Visual Artists to Sue Google Over Library Project – NYTimes.com
Visual Artists to Sue Google Over Vast Library Project The class action lawsuit asserts that a planned digital library amounts to large-scale copyright infringement. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/technology/07google.html?partner=rss&emc=rss On Wednesday, the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) and other groups representing visual artists plan to file a class-action lawsuit against Google, asserting that the company’s efforts to…
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Legal Left, Meet Creative Right –Work for Hire II | Luceo Images
This week we’ll take a look at a couple of incarnations of the Work for Hire beast and try to play a game of follow-the-bouncing-ball to see where the photographer’s rights go when the song comes to an end. Link: Legal Left, Meet Creative Right –Work for Hire II | Luceo Images
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George Zimbel | A Freelance Photographer vs The New York Times
Many media companies are often at odds with freelance writers and photographers over who owns the words and images once they have appeared in print. What follows is an exchange of letters about a single picture. It was triggered by an e-mail from the photographer, George S. Zimbel, to Barbara Cox of Photokunst, a consulting…
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You Probably Didn’t Know, but … at Strictly Business
Along with the letter, I enclose an invoice for the use or uses I have discovered. I tell them that I will grant them a “retroactive license’ upon payment of the fee that they would have paid had they contacted me for a license. However, I also clearly state that they must pay the invoice…
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A Photo Editor – Ask Anything – Copying Other Artists
Ask Anything – Copying Other Artists – A Photo Editor Former Art Buyers and current photography consultants Amanda Sosa Stone and Suzanne Sease have agreed to take anonymous questions from photographers and not only give their expert advice but put it out to a wide range of photographers, reps and art buyers via A Photo…
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Legal Left, Meet Creative Right –Work for Hire | Luceo Images
Contractually speaking, companies have found a number of ways to circumnavigate having to pay photographers for additional use of their images. In the ugliest instances, they also manage benefit by reselling the photographer’s images without any further compensation to the photographer. Although there are a number of ways for this to occur, one of the…
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Legal Left, Meet Creative Right –A Dissection | Luceo Images
Rather than put out a laundry list of ugly contract language, I have decided that it would be most beneficial to take one clause and dissect it in plain English. If this were an anatomy class, this exercise would be similar to looking at one organ rather than an entire system. It is by no…
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Copyright Litigation Blog: Sculpture, History, Copyright Infringement and Fair Use of the Korean War Veteran's Memorial
Sculpture, History, Copyright Infringement and Fair Use of the Korean War Veteran’s Memorial Copyright law, litigation, civil procedure and fine art for lawyers. Link: http://copyrightlitigation.blogspot.com/2010/03/sculpture-history-copyright.html The Gaylord case involves the United States licensing a photograph of a sculpture to use the photograph on a postage stamp. Although the photograph was properly registered as a derivative…
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The Copyright Corner
As an artist or designer, you are passionate and serious about your work. You should be just as serious about learning about copyright, because copyright allows you to protect your work, or to share it with others, if that is your preference. This site, dedicated to the creative spirit, aims to be a source of…
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Justices Reinstate Settlement With Freelance Writers – NYTimes.com
Justices Reinstate Settlement With Writers The Supreme Court was unanimous in its decision, which overturned an appeals court ruling that rejected the settlement in a copyright case. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/03/business/media/03bizcourt.html?partner=rss&emc=rss