A photographer settles a legal fight against an animal rights group over a “monkey selfie” photograph.
via BBC News: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-41235131
A photographer has won a two-year legal fight against an animal rights group over a “monkey selfie” photograph.
After a rough day in court last month, PETA is now in discussions to settle a monkey’s copyright claim against photographer David Slater.
via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2017/08/peta-conceding-monkey-selfie-copyright-claim.html
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and photographer David Slater have told a federal court in San Francisco that they are on the verge of settling PETA’s copyright infringement claim over the infamous monkey selfie.
China is the country that ranks highest in the world for copyright infringement of digital photos. That’s according to a new study by image theft
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/07/28/china-biggest-photo-copyright-abusing-country-study-finds/
China is the country that ranks highest in the world for copyright infringement of digital photos. That’s according to a new study by image theft detection platform Copytrack. France and the United States follow in second and third place, respectively.
Photographer Max Dubler struck a nerve with an article documenting the theft of one of his downhill skateboarding images. After finding a skateboard brand using one of his photos without authorization, he did as he always does – he contacted the offending
via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2017/07/now-youre-outraged-register-damn-copyright/
In the US, a photographer does own the copyright the moment he/she presses the shutter. But damages for willful infringement are generally capped at the market value. Presumably $25 in Dubler’s case since that is the precedent he set. But when you register your image with the US Copyright Office, you can be awarded up to $150,000 per image for a willful infringement plus legal costs.
Remember David Slater, the photographer whose camera was hijacked by a monkey and used for a series of selfies that went viral on the Internet? The
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/07/14/photographer-broke-due-copyright-lawsuit-monkey/
The Guardian reports that the 52-year-old photographer has run out of funds and is now considering coaching tennis and walking dogs as ways to earn a living.
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The viral media company, known for repackaging the content of others, has accused its rival 22 Words of “digital piracy and plagiarism” in a lawsuit.
“It’s just a bit rich for Distractify to be claiming 22 Words is ripping off its content when we know at least some of its content is the work of others that they’ve essentially ripped off,” he said.
The Verge published a piece about This is Not Porn, a website run by a Swedish designer Patrik Karlsson that features historical photos of celebrities in non-celebrity contexts. What started as a personal blog has grown over the past 7 years into a websit
via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2017/06/not-porn-illegal/
The Verge published a piece about This is Not Porn, a website run by a Swedish designer Patrik Karlsson that features historical photos of celebrities in non-celebrity contexts. What started as a personal blog has grown over the past 7 years into a website with a social media presence on Twitter (28k followers) – successful enough to garner mainstream press coverage, and for Karlsson to solicit donations of $350 to pay for website hosting and “a beer or two.”
Noted music photographer Danny Clinch, who took photos of Tupac for Rolling Stone, is suing Forever 21 and Urban Outfitters for copyright infringement
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/06/07/photog-sues-forever-21-urban-outfitters-using-photos-tupac/
Neither Forever 21 nor Urban Outfitters are strangers to copyright infringement lawsuits, both having been accused many times of stealing work from other artists. And it’s not just photos, back in 2015, we covered a lawsuit from Adobe against Forever 21, who were accused of pirating copies of Photoshop.
The schism between those driving cultural conversations online and those profiting from them has us questioning ownership in the digital age.
For now, representatives for Issa Rae have told Vanity Fair that the Twitter users who came up with the concept will be credited in some way, and judging by their tweets, they seem to be satisfied with that recognition as adequate payment. Meanwhile, we can expect everyone else associated with the film to actually be paid
Urban Outfitters, Forever 21 allegedly sold more than $500,000 worth of T-shirts featuring unlicensed photos of the legendary rap star.
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2017/06/17544.html
Clinch, a noted music photographer, names five defendants, including an agent for Shakur’s estate, two merchandise manufacturers, and retailers Urban Outfitters and Forever 21, which allegedly sold the T-shirts in stores and online. Clinch is seeking statutory as well as actual damages, which he alleges to be in excess of $600,000, according to the lawsuit.
The intellectual property rights on photographs are protected in different jurisdictions by the laws governing copyright and moral rights. In some cases photography may be restricted by civil or criminal law. Publishing certain photographs can be restricted by privacy or other laws. Photography of certain subject matter can be generally restricted in the interests of public morality and the protection of children.
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A plant retailer won the verdict against a competitor for theft of photos from the plaintiff’s corporate image library.
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2017/05/jury-awards-1-2-million-marketing-photo-copyright-case.html
“This was a huge win for artists, photographer, and creators,” White said in the statement. “These photograph were the result of countless hours of time, attention, planning and preparation.”
Is it copyright infringement if someone embeds your tweeted photo into a news article? One UK photographer says “yes,” and he’s taking news company Sky
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/05/01/uk-photographer-sues-sky-news-embedding-photo-tweet-article/
Is it copyright infringement if someone embeds your tweeted photo into a news article? One UK photographer says “yes,” and he’s taking news company Sky News to court over it in a case photographers should be watching closely.
If you’re posting your images online with any sort of regularity, they’re probably being stolen from time to time—it’s an unfortunate reality of the
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/05/01/3-ways-find-stolen-photos-web/
If you’re posting your images online with any sort of regularity, they’re probably being stolen from time to time—it’s an unfortunate reality of the digital age. And so, photographer Anthony Morganti decided to create this video and share 3 basic ways to search for and find your stolen photos online.
The US House of Representatives has voted to give the Register of Copyrights more autonomy to modernize the copyright registration system.
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2017/04/house-votes-make-register-copyrights-independent-library-congress.html
Photo trade groups are applauding the House vote on H.R. 1695. ASMP praised the vote on its web site, and has said in the past that the bill would “help ensure that the Register of Copyrights has the voice and resources needed to implement policy, manage its operations, and organize its information technology in a way that brings the Copyright Office into the 21st century.”
The Estate of Vivian Maier has finally sued collector Jeffrey Goldstein for copying and distributing Maier’s images without the estate’s consent.
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2017/04/vivian-maier-estate-sues-jeffrey-goldstein-copyright-trademark-infringement.html
“This complaint is to seek redress against [Goldstein and his company, Vivian Maier Prints Inc.] for their large-scale copyright infringement operations and deceptive acts that have misappropriate the Estate’s copyrighted works, trademark, and intellectual property,” the estate says in its filing.
Yesterday I found out that one of my photos was misused, stolen if you ask me, by a major international company. Sadly this type of thing is so common
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/04/21/copyright-censorship-instagram-marie-claire-stole-photo/
I’m talking about money or something of real value. Exposure is worthless. Remember, you can’t buy food with exposure and you can’t save your exposure to buy a house.
Google’s new “similar items” feature poses a real threat to the stock photo industry and independent photographers.
via Thoughts of a Bohemian: http://blog.melchersystem.com/4066-2/
Google is about to help sell the content of images found in Google Image Search without sharing a penny with anyone. Here is how it works:
For the second time in two months, Jana Romanova is suing VICE Media for the unauthorized use of a photo from her series “Waiting.” In a lawsuit filed March 13 in the Eastern District of New York, Romanova alleges that VICE infringed her copyright when it
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2017/03/photog-jana-romanova-sues-vice-copyright-infringement.html
Liebowitz believes that a judge evaluating the latest lawsuit will consider previous cases of infringement by the defendant. “As a result of the second infringement, the damages should be significantly higher,” he says.