Category: Copyright
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The State of Photo Theft in 2016
The State of Photo Theft in 2016 The folks over at the image tracking service Pixsy have released an infographic about the state of photo theft in 2016. As 64% of you have personally via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2016/12/29/state-photo-theft-2016/ Here are some of the interesting stats: 64% of photographers experienced image theft this past year, 50% of…
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No, Blockchain Doesn’t Replace Copyright Registration – PhotoShelter Blog
No, Blockchain Doesn’t Replace Copyright Registration – PhotoShelter Blog If you’ve heard of bitcoin, then you’re peripherally familiar with blockchain. Blockchain is a distributed database technology that creates a public ledger of every transaction within the system – perfect for cryptocurrencies that lack a central issuing bank. The foundational technology has also gained the interest…
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Photographer’s Copyright Suit Against Richard Prince’s ‘Instagram Art’ To Go Ahead
Photographer’s Copyright Suit Against Richard Prince’s ‘Instagram Art’ To Go Ahead In 2014, controversial artist Richard Prince had an exhibit of reappropriated Instagram images at the Gagosian Gallery in NYC, selling the prints for up via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/07/27/photographers-copyright-suit-richard-princes-instagram-art-go-ahead/ In 2014, controversial artist Richard Prince had an exhibit of reappropriated Instagram images at the Gagosian Gallery…
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Unsplash CEO Tries to Justify Copyright Grab | PDNPulse
Link: The co-founder and CEO of Unsplash, the photo-sharing platform that asks contributing photographers to grant free licenses to their images, attempted to justify the company’s terms of use in a blog post written last week. The post follows outrage by professional photographers, who blasted the company on social media. Unsplash’s terms are terrible for…
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We Are Not Stealing Your Bandwidth @loeildelaphoto
Link: Long before digital darkroom, photographers had their own ways of creating magic, surrealism, and new realities with montaged photographs, sometimes in the wet darkroom, and sometimes simply with a pair of scissors and some glue. Paris photographer, Sylvain Granjon, carries that tradition on with two new series, Photography Genetically Modified and Je suis né…
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Illegal memes? Weak Safe Harbor? Unpacking the proposed EU copyright overhaul | Ars Technica
Illegal memes? Weak Safe Harbor? Unpacking the proposed EU copyright overhaul Overhaul would bring chilling effects, costs, and legal uncertainty along for the ride. via Ars Technica: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/illegal-memes-weak-safe-harbor-unpacking-the-proposed-eu-copyright-overhaul/ “Modern copyright rules fit for the digital age” is how the European Commission describes its proposals for the first major overhaul of EU copyright law since 2001.…
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500px Nukes 1M+ Creative Commons Photos
500px Nukes 1M+ Creative Commons Photos 500px just shut down its Marketplace stock photo platform in favor of selling photos directly through Getty Images and VCG, as the company announced a via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/07/02/500px-nukes-1m-creative-commons-photos/ 500px just shut down its Marketplace stock photo platform in favor of selling photos directly through Getty Images and VCG, as…
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Court Rules Copying Photos Found on Internet is Fair Use
Court Rules Copying Photos Found on Internet is Fair Use A Virginia federal court has made a decision that photographers won’t be happy to hear: the court ruled that finding a photo on the Internet and then via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/07/02/court-rules-copying-photos-found-on-internet-is-fair-use/ A Virginia federal court has made a decision that photographers won’t be happy to hear:…
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MEPs reject controversial copyright law – BBC News
Controversial copyright law rejected by EU parliament Politicians reject legislation aiming to modernise copyright law, despite support from music stars. via BBC News: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44712475 MEPs have voted to reject a controversial copyright law in its current form, deciding to return to the issue in September.
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I Opted Out at 500px But Getty Images is Selling My Photos Anyway
I Opted Out at 500px But Getty Images is Selling My Photos Anyway When Getty Images set up its contributor agreement with Flickr in 2008 to allow Flickr users to sell their photos, I enabled the feature. While not a via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/07/10/i-opted-out-at-500px-but-getty-image-is-selling-my-photos-anyway/ I immediately went back in to my 500px settings to check the…
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Would-be Heirs Petition Again for Rights to Vivian Maier Estate | PDNPulse
Link: Petitioners claiming to be the legal heirs of photographer Vivian Maier are once again back in court, this time with 300 pages of genealogical evidence to support their claim, according to attorney (and former photographer) David Deal. “There’s no doubt” they are blood relations to Maier, asserts Deal, who did most of the research…
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Online Photos Can’t Be Used Without Permission, EU Court Rules
Online Photos Can’t Be Used Without Permission, EU Court Rules A Virginia federal court sparked quite a controversy among photographers last month when it ruled that copying photos found on the Internet is fair use. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/08/08/online-photos-cant-be-used-without-permission-eu-court-rules/ A Virginia federal court sparked quite a controversy among photographers last month when it ruled that copying…
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Major CASE Act Copyright Legislation Passed by Senate Judiciary Committee
Major CASE Act Copyright Legislation Passed by Senate Judiciary Committee The CASE Act, a major piece of legislation that would introduce a small claims court for copyright infringement cases, has officially been passed by via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2019/07/19/major-case-act-copyright-legislation-passed-by-senate-judiciary-committee/ This is a major step forward for the copyright legislation, which was introduced by a bi-partisan group of…
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Jill Greenberg Settles Copyright Claim Against Clorox, McGarryBowen | PDNPulse
Link: Photographer Jill Greenberg has settled her copyright infringement claim against Clorox and its ad agency for an undisclosed sum of money, attorneys for the photographer announced. The parties reached the settlement in June.
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500px Updates Terms, Sparks Fresh Outrage Among Photographers
500px Updates Terms, Sparks Fresh Outrage Among Photographers If you’re a 500px member who hasn’t logged in to the photo sharing and selling service for a while, you may be asked to agree to an updated Terms of via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2019/12/19/500px-updates-terms-sparks-fresh-outrage-among-photographers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 If you’re a 500px member who hasn’t logged in to the photo sharing and…
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Quick Tip: Register Your Copyright before Posting Photos to Social Media | PDNPulse
Quick Tip: Register Your Copyright before Posting Photos to Social Media | PDNPulse Social media practically encourages copyright infringement. Here’s advice for protecting your copyright on Instagram and elsewhere. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2019/11/quick-tip-register-your-copyright-before-posting-photos-to-social-media.html If you don’t properly register your copyright for an image that you publish to Facebook, Instagram or another social media platform, you may…
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Copyright Troll Richard Liebowitz May Have Cost His Client A Ton Of Money, And Set An Expensive Precedent For Copyright Trolls | Techdirt
Copyright Troll Richard Liebowitz May Have Cost His Client A Ton Of Money, And Set An Expensive Precedent For Copyright Trolls In the last couple of years, lawyer Richard Liebowitz has really made a name for himself in copyright trolling circles. He’s quite aggressive, and even got a huge profile written about him at Slate,…
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Getty Images is Going All Royalty Free, and That Sucks for Photographers
Getty Images is Going All Royalty Free, and That Sucks for Photographers Getty Images has announced that it will be transitioning all of its creative stock photography offerings to a Royalty Free licensing model and ditching via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2019/11/07/getty-is-going-all-royalty-free-and-that-sucks-for-photographers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 Getty Images has announced that it will be transitioning all of its creative stock photography offerings…
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R.I.P. Rights-Managed – Thoughts of a Bohemian
R.I.P. Rights-Managed – Thoughts of a Bohemian Goodbye creative rights-managed licenses, Getty Images calls it quits and closes the light… via Thoughts of a Bohemian: http://blog.melchersystem.com/rights-managed/ Just a day after Shutterstock revealed declining profits, a Getty Images email sent to its contributors worldwide made its way to social media and public forum. In it, Getty…
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Adobe Wants to Help Authenticate Your Photos. What Should Photographers Think? – PhotoShelter Blog
Adobe Wants to Help Authenticate Your Photos. What Should Photographers Think? – PhotoShelter Blog At Adobe MAX 2019, Chief Product Officer Scott Belsky announced the Content Authenticity Initiative – a nascent and ambiguously defined way for attribution to travel with an image and allow consumers to know, in the words of Adobe VP Dana Rao,…