Category: Copyright

  • Can Photographers Fight “Fake News” by Asserting Authorship? | PDNPulse

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    Can Photographers Fight “Fake News” by Asserting Authorship? | PDNPulse “The fish is the last to know about the water”: Fred Ritchin argues photographers don’t realize how the media environment in which they work has changed. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2019/03/can-photographers-fight-fake-news-by-asserting-authorship.html What can professional photographers do to make sure their photos are not only seen but also…

  • Photographers, Beware: Kodak Subsidiary Is Grabbing Copyrights | PDNPulse

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    Photographers, Beware: Kodak Subsidiary Is Grabbing Copyrights | PDNPulse Kodakit, a provider of on-demand commissioned photography services, strips participating photographers of copyright and other rights. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2019/02/photographers-beware-kodak-subsidiary-is-grabbing-copyrights.html A Kodak-owned photo assignment agency is requiring its participating photographers to relinquish all copyrights and moral rights to all assignment images—including outtakes. Photographers must also assume all…

  • Beyond “more copyright”: how do we improve artists’ lives and livelihoods through policy? / Boing Boing

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    Beyond “more copyright”: how do we improve artists’ lives and livelihoods through policy? Last year while I was on tour in Australia with my novel Walkaway, I sat down for an interview with legal scholar Rebecca Giblin (previously), whose Authors’ Interest project studies how we w… via Boing Boing: https://boingboing.net/2019/02/21/writers-first.html Last year while I was…

  • Under Criticism, National Geographic Backs Off Rights Grab | PDNPulse

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    Under Criticism, National Geographic Backs Off Rights Grab | PDNPulse National Geographic quickly changes #NatGeo100 Instagram contest rules, in response to “rights grab” accusations on social media. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2019/02/under-criticism-national-geographic-backs-off-copyright-grab.html National Geographic has reached 100 million Instagram followers—and it tried to celebrate with a one-day photo contest that amounted to a massive rights grab.

  • Google Search Could Ditch All Photo Thumbnails Under EU Copyright Law

    Google Search Could Ditch All Photo Thumbnails Under EU Copyright Law

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    Google Search Could Ditch All Photo Thumbnails Under EU Copyright Law In September 2018, the European Parliament voted in favor of the highly controversial EU Copyright Directive, which aims to “harmonize” copyright law via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2019/01/18/google-search-could-ditch-all-photo-thumbnails-under-eu-copyright-law/ In September 2018, the European Parliament voted in favor of the highly controversial EU Copyright Directive, which aims to…

  • Thunderball Clothing Shuttered Due to Outrage from Arch Enemy Photo Ban

    Thunderball Clothing Shuttered Due to Outrage from Arch Enemy Photo Ban

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    Thunderball Clothing Shuttered Due to Outrage from Arch Enemy Photo Ban Photographer J Salmeron of Metal Blast sparked a huge outpouring of support from other photographers and creatives last week after he shared how he was via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/12/31/thunderball-clothing-shuttered-due-to-outrage-from-arch-enemy-photo-ban/ Photographer J Salmeron of Metal Blast sparked a huge outpouring of support from other photographers and…

  • Media Companies Can’t Just Steal Your Social Media Photos: Judge

    Media Companies Can’t Just Steal Your Social Media Photos: Judge

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    Media Companies Can’t Just Steal Your Social Media Photos: Judge With the explosion of social media and photo sharing, personal pictures commonly go viral and make their way onto major news websites, sometimes without via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/12/12/media-companies-cant-just-steal-your-social-media-photos-judge/ With the explosion of social media and photo sharing, personal pictures commonly go viral and make their way…

  • Article 13: If You Want To Force Google to Pay Artists More, Force Google to Pay Artists More | Electronic Frontier Foundation

    Article 13: If You Want To Force Google to Pay Artists More, Force Google to Pay Artists More | Electronic Frontier Foundation

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    Article 13: If You Want To Force Google to Pay Artists More, Force Google to Pay Artists More The European Union is fumbling towards a final draft of the new “Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive,” including the controversial “Article 13,” which requires all but the smallest online platforms to set up crowdsourced databases…

  • SquareSpace is Officially Screwing Photographers – PhotoShelter Blog

    SquareSpace is Officially Screwing Photographers – PhotoShelter Blog

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    SquareSpace is Officially Screwing Photographers – PhotoShelter Blog Squarespace has partnered with Unsplash to gives its customers access to free photography. It’s a terrible idea that amplifies the idea that visuals have no value. via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2018/11/squarespace-is-officially-screwing-photographers/ Squarespace can’t stop photographers from contributing to Unsplash, but the partnership helps amplify a destructive message: We…

  • Internet Copyright – The Wild West – Newsshooter

    Internet Copyright – The Wild West – Newsshooter

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    Internet Copyright – The Wild West – Newsshooter Internet copyright – the Wild West. The internet is still a bit like the Wild West when it comes to copyright. There’s the occasional sheriff wondering via Newsshooter: https://www.newsshooter.com/2018/11/03/internet-copyright-the-wild-west/ The internet is still a bit like the Wild West when it comes to copyright. There’s the occasional…

  • Google and Image Copyright – Thoughts of a Bohemian

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    Google and Image Copyright – Thoughts of a Bohemian Google decision to display image rights information might just be a financial one. via Thoughts of a Bohemian: http://blog.melchersystem.com/google-and-image-copyright/ Since its inception, in 2001, Google Image search did not show much love to those who created photographs. In fact, when subsequently sued for recreating and publishing…

  • Google Adds Image Rights Metadata to Photo Search Results

    Google Adds Image Rights Metadata to Photo Search Results

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    Google Adds Image Rights Metadata to Photo Search Results Google is taking another big step in protecting photographers’ copyright through the Google Images image search engine: it just added image rights via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/09/28/google-adds-image-rights-metadata-to-photo-search-results/ Google is taking another big step in protecting photographers’ copyright through the Google Images image search engine: it just added image…

  • Photographer Sues Zillow for Scraping His Real Estate Photos

    Photographer Sues Zillow for Scraping His Real Estate Photos

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    Photographer Sues Zillow for Scraping His Real Estate Photos A real estate photographer has filed a lawsuit against Zillow, accusing the popular online real estate database of using his photos without permission. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/09/24/photographer-sues-zillow-for-81m-for-scraping-his-real-estate-photos/ The American Genius reports that California/Nevada-based photographer George Gutenberg claims that Zillow scraped photos from Multiple Listing Services (MLSs) and…

  • Photographer Says Artist Stole His Photo, Artist Claims ‘Remix’

    Photographer Says Artist Stole His Photo, Artist Claims ‘Remix’

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    Photographer Says Artist Stole His Photo, Artist Claims ‘Remix’ South African photographer Graeme Williams was attending the opening of the Johannesburg Art Fair earlier this month when he was shocked to see his own via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/09/17/photographer-says-artist-stole-photo-for-remix/ South African photographer Graeme Williams was attending the opening of the Johannesburg Art Fair earlier this month when…

  • Europe just voted to wreck the internet, spying on everything and censoring vast swathes of our communications / Boing Boing

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    Europe just voted to wreck the internet, spying on everything and censoring vast swathes of our communications Lobbyists for “creators” threw their lot in with the giant entertainment companies and the newspaper proprietors and managed to pass the new EU Copyright Directive by a hair’s-bre… via Boing Boing: https://boingboing.net/2018/09/12/vichy-nerds-2.html Lobbyists for “creators” threw their lot…

  • Federal Court Reinstates Photographers’ Copyright Claim Against AP, NFL | PDNPulse

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    Federal Court Reinstates Photographers’ Copyright Claim Against AP, NFL | PDNPulse Finding that photographers “plausibly” argued that AP and NFL violated their copyrights, an appeals court orders their lawsuit to trial. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2018/09/federal-court-reinstates-photographers-copyright-claim-ap-nfl.html A federal appeals court in New York has reinstated a long-disputed copyright infringement claim against Associated Press (AP) and the National…

  • EU Copyright Directive vote: Articles 11 and 13 approved – The Verge

    EU Copyright Directive vote: Articles 11 and 13 approved – The Verge

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    EU approves controversial Copyright Directive, including internet ‘link tax’ and ‘upload filter’ Those in favor say they’re fighting for content creators, but critics say the new laws will be ‘catastrophic’ via The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/12/17849868/eu-internet-copyright-reform-article-11-13-approved Those in favor say they’re fighting for content creators, but critics say the new laws will be ‘catastrophic’

  • Be Wary of the Wellcome Photography Prize – PhotoShelter Blog

    Be Wary of the Wellcome Photography Prize – PhotoShelter Blog

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    Be Wary of the Wellcome Photography Prize (Updated) – PhotoShelter Blog The Wellcome Trust is the second largest chartiable trust in the world. But its photo contest is a major rights grab allowing them use of your images without compensation. via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2018/08/be-wary-of-the-wellcome-photography-prize/ Until that time, photographers should be wary of the Wellcome Photography…

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    [contentcards url=”https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1397967-i-made-this”] identity theft | I Made This | Know Your Meme

  • Article 13 : What does it mean for photos ? – Kaptur

    Article 13 : What does it mean for photos ? – Kaptur

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    Article 13 : What does it mean for photos ? – Kaptur What does the new article 13 of the EU mean for visual content? Will it break the internet or make it a fairer place? via Kaptur: https://kaptur.co/article-13-what-does-it-mean-for-photos/ Just this past week, the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs approved amendments to EU’s Directive on Copyright…