“Today, we are introducing Rights Manager for Images, a new version of Rights Manager that uses image matching technology to help creators and publishers protect and manage their image content at scale,” reads the announcement. “To access Rights Manager, Page admins can submit an application for content they’ve created and want to protect. Rights Manager will find matching content on Facebook and Instagram.”
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Facebook is Testing a ‘Rights Manager’ Tool to Fight Photo Theft on Instagram
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Google’s New Licensable Images Features Are Officially Out! – PhotoShelter Blog
Google’s New Licensable Images Features Are Officially Out!
Have you heard the news? Google Images released their new licensable images features earlier today, which will help photographers looking to improve the discovery of their content and potentially earn more.
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Photographer Wins Lawsuit Against BuzzFeed, Sets Major DMCA Precedent
https://petapixel.com/2020/08/18/photographer-wins-lawsuit-against-buzzfeed-sets-major-dmca-precedent/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29Last week, photographer Gregory Mango won an important lawsuit against online publication BuzzFeed; it’s important, not because of the payout involved, but because of the precedent set by the court, which ruled that BuzzFeed was liable for 3rd party infringement of his photo because they removed his copyright info from the image.
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Volvo Says All Public Instagram Photos are Fair Game in New Court Filing
https://petapixel.com/2020/08/12/volvo-says-all-public-instagram-photos-are-fair-game-in-new-court-filing/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29A couple of months ago, automotive photographer Jack Schroeder and model Britni Sumida filed a lawsuit against car maker Volvo, accusing them of “willful and wanton” copyright infringement. In a major update to the case, Volvo is trying to get the suit thrown out by claiming that all public Instagram photos are basically free to use and share.
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This is How Adobe’s Upcoming Photo ‘Authenticity’ System Will Work
https://petapixel.com/2020/08/04/this-is-how-adobes-upcoming-photo-authenticity-system-will-work/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29Almost 9 months after announcing the so-called Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI) for preventing image theft and manipulation online, Adobe has finally released details on how this special authentication system will work when they begin rolling it out later this year.
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Truthmark is a photography database aiming to stop misuse in fake news
https://www.itsnicethat.com/news/truthmark-photo-database-canon-uncle-grey-copenhagen-photography-280720?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+itsnicethat%2FSlXC+%28It%27s+Nice+That%29Initiated by Canon with agency Uncle Grey Copenhagen, it allows photographers to upload images together with the stories and contexts behind them, aiming to curtail misappropriation.
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Instagram Says You Need Permission to Embed Someone’s Public Photos
https://petapixel.com/2020/06/05/instagram-says-you-need-permission-to-embed-someones-public-photos/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29Instagram just released a bombshell statement about copyright infringement. In response to recent developments in a lawsuit between a pro photographer and Newsweek, the photo sharing site told Ars Technica that it does NOT grant a sub-license to anyone who uses their “embed” feature to share a public photo.
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Instagram says it does not provide users of its embedding API a copyright license to display embedded images on other websites
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/06/instagram-just-threw-users-of-its-embedding-api-under-the-bus/By stating outright that users of its embedding feature don’t get licenses from Instagram to display photos, Instagram is preventing future defendants from using Mashable’s argument. It will be hard for Newsweek to convince a judge that it had a sublicense from Instagram when Instagram has explicitly claimed the opposite.
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Court Rules Your Instagram Photos Can Be Embedded Against Your Wishes
https://petapixel.com/2020/04/15/court-rules-your-instagram-photos-can-be-embedded-against-your-wishes/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29A federal court has tossed a photographer’s claim of copyright infringement against a major online publication that embedded her Instagram photo against her wishes. The court concluded that the photographer signed over the right of embedding by posting the shot to the photo sharing service.
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Instagram’s Moral Imperative – PhotoShelter Blog
Instagram’s Moral Imperative
On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Kimba Wood ruled against photojournalist Stephanie Sinclair, who is well-known for her “Too Young to Wed” photo essay, which turned into a non-profit of the same name. Mashable offered Sinclair $50 to use her image within a 2016 story titled “10 female photojournalists with their lenses on social justice.” When Sinclair declined, they embedded an Instagram image, and Sinclair sued knowing that the case law of Goldman v. Breitbart was on her side.
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The Supreme Court Just Decided that States Cannot be Sued for Copyright Infringement
https://petapixel.com/2020/03/23/the-supreme-court-just-decided-that-states-cannot-be-sued-for-copyright-infringement/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29The opinion came down as part of a writ of certiorari regarding the case of Allen v Cooper. A writ of certiorari is basically a review of a lower court’s decision, and in this case, the Supreme Court has upheld the decision by the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, which decided that states are immune from copyright infringement lawsuits.
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500px Updates Terms, Sparks Fresh Outrage Among Photographers
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Quick Tip: Register Your Copyright before Posting Photos to Social Media | PDNPulse
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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
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Getty Images is Going All Royalty Free, and That Sucks for Photographers
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R.I.P. Rights-Managed – Thoughts of a Bohemian
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Adobe Wants to Help Authenticate Your Photos. What Should Photographers Think? – PhotoShelter Blog
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The Changing Landscape of Copyrights: Hope Shifts from Photographers to Users
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Two Photographers Sue NYC Parks for Publicizing ‘Unearthed’ 1978 Photos
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Jill Greenberg Settles Copyright Claim Against Clorox, McGarryBowen | PDNPulse
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