Category: Access & Censorship
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Mute Witnesses: Pentagon Releases Detainee Abuse Photographs – Disphotic
Mute Witnesses: Pentagon Releases Detainee Abuse Photographs After over a decade of legal wrangling the United States Department of Defense has finally released a tranche of nearly 200 photographs documenting the abuse of detainees during the Bush administra… via Disphotic: http://www.disphotic.com/mute-evidence-pentagon-releases-detainee-abuse-photographs/ what’s most noticeable about these photographs is the mute banality of so many of…
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Famous Tiananmen Square Photographs Cause Controversy After Corbis Sale | TIME
Sale of Famous Tiananmen Square Photographs Leads to Controversy “These photographs will not disappear.” via Time: http://time.com/4193862/tiananmen-square-corbis-getty/ Observers have expressed fears that the new ownership deal would mean the photographs would suddenly become much less widely available. But, say insiders, those fears are overblown
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Why Muslim Woman’s Suit Against AP for Hijab Photo Will Probably Fail
Why Muslim Woman’s Suit Against AP for Hijab Photo Will Probably Fail | PDNPulse A Muslim woman has sued Associated Press (AP) and photographer Mark Lennihan for unspecified damages over the unauthorized use her likeness, claiming violation of her civil rights. The case is a legal long shot, but if she wins, wire services and…
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With Corbis Sale, Tiananmen Protest Images Go to Chinese Media Company – The New York Times
With Corbis Sale, Tiananmen Protest Images Go to Chinese Media Company Visual China Group’s purchase means the company will control famous images of Marilyn Monroe, Rosa Parks and — troubling to watchdogs — the 1989 crackdown. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/28/business/media/with-corbis-sale-tiananmen-protest-images-go-to-chinese-media-company.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 Xiao Qiang, the founder of China Digital Times, which tracks Chinese media censorship, said the worry was…
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These Photos Got a Photographer Banned from North Korea
These Photos Got a Photographer Banned from North Korea Photographer Éric Lafforgue has spent years traveling the world to shoot documentary photos for well-known publications. He was even given rare access to via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2016/01/25/these-photos-got-a-photographer-banned-from-north-korea/ Photographer Éric Lafforgue has spent years traveling the world to shoot documentary photos for well-known publications. He was even given…
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Photojournalist Mugged by Refugees He Was Trying to Help
Photojournalist Mugged by Refugees He Was Trying to Help Dutch photojournalist Teun Voeten and videographer Maaike Engels were shooting a documentary at a migrant camp in Calais, France, earlier this month when via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2016/01/25/photojournalist-mugged-by-refugees-he-was-trying-to-help/ Dutch photojournalist Teun Voeten and videographer Maaike Engels were shooting a documentary at a migrant camp in Calais, France
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Vibrant Lives of Afghan TV Crew, Erased in a Taliban Bombing – The New York Times
Vibrant Lives of Afghan TV Crew, Erased in a Taliban Bombing When a Taliban suicide bomber blew up a bus in Kabul this week, it ended the lives of seven employees of Tolo TV — the intended target. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/22/world/asia/afghanistan-tolo-tv-bombing.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 The Taliban had been saying for months that Tolo TV was a “military target” because…
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Anywhere but Medium
Anywhere but Medium Last night I posted a tweet: “Next time you want to post an essay to Medium, do the open web a favor and post it elsewhere. Anywhere. Tumblr. WordPress.com.” If I had more space I would have added Pastebin or Blogger. Really anywhere but Medium.  via Scripting News: http://scripting.com/liveblog/users/davewiner/2016/01/20/0900.html Is it necessary that…
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The Price of Secularism in Bangladesh – The New York Times
The Imperiled Bloggers of Bangladesh In support of gender equality, human rights and civil liberties, a group of bloggers is doing battle with Islamists online — and paying dearly for it. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/03/magazine/the-price-of-secularism-in-bangladesh.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 In support of gender equality, human rights and civil liberties, a group of bloggers is doing battle with Islamists online — and…
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Syrian Journalist Who Documented ISIS Atrocities Is Killed in Turkey – The New York Times
Syrian Journalist Who Documented ISIS Atrocities Is Killed in Turkey The death of the journalist, Naji Jerf, on Sunday, came a day before he and his family were to fly to France, where they were seeking asylum. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/29/world/europe/naji-jerf-documented-isis-killed-in-turkey.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 The killing of the journalist, Naji Jerf, in Gaziantep, Turkey, happened Sunday, one day before he…
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Photojournalists condemn reactions against veteran photographer
Photojournalists condemn reactions against veteran photographer The Turkish Photojournalists’ Association (TFMD) released a written statement on Monday saying veteran photographer Ara Güler shouldn’t be criticized for taking photographs of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his family in Erdoğan’s mansion in İstanbul’s Kısıklı neighborhood on Saturday.
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Bahrain jails photojournalist for 10 years – Your Middle East
Bahrain jails photojournalist for 10 years A Bahraini court has jailed for 10 years a freelance photographer who covered demonstrations and revoked his citizenship after convicting him of “terrorism”, Reporters Without Borders said
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As celebrities impose photography restrictions, news organizations push back | Poynter.
As celebrities impose photography restrictions, news organizations push back Photos and videos have never been treated as a subject’s intellectual property under U.S. Copyright law. They are always owned by the photographer or his/her employer. Demands for full or partial ownership equate to the taking of our members’ work in exchange for a glimpse of…
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When Photographs Become Evidence – The New York Times
When Photographs Become Evidence The decision to drop charges against Robert Stolarik for interfering with an arrest he had been photographing in the Bronx in 2012 and instead to prosecute an arresting officer came after prosecutors scrutinized the physical evidence: Mr. Stolarik’s digital images.
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NPPA Sues Wyoming for Threatening Photographers’ Rights with Recent Law
NPPA Sues Wyoming for Threatening Photographers’ Rights with Recent Law The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) announced this week that it has joined in on a new lawsuit filed against the state of Wyoming over via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/10/03/nppa-sues-wyoming-for-threatening-photographers-rights-with-recent-law/ The laws make it a crime for people to “collect resource data” (e.g. a photo) from “open…
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Donald Trump Calls Photojournalist ‘A F***ing Thief’ Over Photo of Empty Chairs
Donald Trump Calls Photojournalist ‘A F***ing Thief’ Over Photo of Empty Chairs Donald Trump is lashing out at an Associated Press photographer over photos of empty chairs at a Trump speech in South Carolina. The presidential via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/09/25/donald-trump-calls-photojournalist-a-fing-thief-over-photo-of-empty-chairs/ “The photographer [Mic Smith] is a f***ing thief,” Trump said in an interview with The Daily…
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KARMA POLICE: GCHQ’s plan to track every Web user in the world / Boing Boing
KARMA POLICE: GCHQ’s plan to track every Web user in the world The KARMA POLICE program is detailed in newly released Snowden docs published on The Intercept; it began as a project to identify every listener to every Internet radio station (to find people list… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2015/09/25/karma-police-gchqs-plan-to.html The KARMA POLICE program is detailed…
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What Happened to Austin Tice?
The Road to Damascus In 2012 Austin Tice answered a calling: to become a war photographer and tell the world what was happening in Syria. But then he went missing. via Texas Monthly: http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-road-to-damascus/ IN 2012 HOUSTON NATIVE AUSTIN TICE HEEDED A CALLING TO BECOME A JOURNALIST IN WAR-RAVAGED SYRIA. HIS PHOTOGRAPHS, STORIES, AND TWEETS…
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Know Your Rights: Photographers | A Photo Editor
Know Your Rights: Photographers – A Photo Editor Taking photographs of things that are plainly visible from public spaces is a constitutional right – and that includes federal buildings, transportation facilities, and police and other government officials carrying out their duties. Unfortunately, there via A Photo Editor: http://aphotoeditor.com/2015/09/02/know-your-rights-photographers-2/ Taking photographs of things that are plainly…
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How some publications are dealing with WDBJ shooting footage | Poynter.
How some publications are dealing with WDBJ shooting footage Earlier this morning, CNN announced that it would show the video once every hour. The news organization published it online with a warning. The New York Times has not shared the video but did link to a YouTube version of it in the main story.