Category: Copyright
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Your personal Facebook Live videos can legally end up on TV
Your personal Facebook Live videos can legally end up on TV One father who live-streamed his partner’s labour on Facebook last May, has found out the hard way: he saw the birth of his son replayed on Good Morning America and numerous other media outlets. This week, he lost a high-profile court battle against the broadcasters
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Image Manipulation & How To Avoid Copyright Infringement | FOLLIO
Image Manipulation & How To Avoid Copyright Infringement This infographic looks at what legalities are involved in image manipulation, focusing on US laws whilst also taking a look at UK laws and other factors from around the world. It’ll discuss what aspects can be involved in image manipulation and how the laws are interpreted by…
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A Lawyer Digs Into Instagram’s Terms of Use
A Lawyer Digs Into Instagram’s Terms of Use Social media have so thoroughly infused our everyday lives that calling them “ubiquitous” seems inadequate. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2016/12/07/lawyer-digs-instagrams-terms-use/ This means Instagram can give this license to anyone they want. Getting nervous yet?
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New Report on Navigating Copyright Law and Eyewitness Media – First Draft News
Download this new report on navigating copyright law and eyewitness media via First Draft: https://firstdraftnews.com/copyright_handbook/ Our latest report aims to clear up confusion around copyright law and highlight pitfalls news organisations should avoid when using eyewitness media.
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Photographer Sues VICE for Unauthorized Use of Expectant Couple | PDNPulse
Photographer Sues VICE for Unauthorized Use of Expectant Couple | PDNPulse Photographer Jana Romanova has sued VICE Media for willful copyright infringement and violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) for publishing a photo from her “Waiting” series without permission. Romanova’s suit, filed in the Eastern Distr via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2016/11/photographer-sues-vice-unauthorized-use-expectant-couple.html alleges that VICE violated…
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German Photographer Sued Facebook for Removing EXIF Data, and He Won
German Photographer Sued Facebook for Removing EXIF Data, and He Won If you’re keeping track today, the score is Big Corporations: 1, Photographers: 1. Because while Carol Highsmith might have all-but-lost her epic lawsuit via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2016/11/22/german-photographer-sued-facebook-removing-exif-data-won/ Steußloff argued that this practice violates German Copyright Law, and therefore Facebook is bound to stop doing it.…
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Court Dismisses $1 Billion Copyright Claim Against Getty | PDNPulse
Court Dismisses $1 Billion Copyright Claim Against Getty | PDNPulse Three weeks after a federal judge gutted Carol M. Highsmith’s $1 billion copyright claim against Getty Images, the case has ended with a whimper. via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2016/11/court-dismisses-1-billion-copyright-claim-getty.html Three weeks after a federal judge gutted photographer Carol Highsmith’s $1 billion copyright claim against Getty Images, the…
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Unfair Editorial Contracts: Condé Nast’s Work-for-Hire Agreement | PDNPulse
Unfair Editorial Contracts: Condé Nast’s Work-for-Hire Agreement | PDNPulse Condé Nast tried to get a photographer to sign a work-for-hire agreement and only sent a rights managed contract when the photographer refused. via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2016/08/unfair-editorial-contracts-conde-nasts-work-hire-agreement.html While the second agreement was more fair to the photographer, it’s notable that Condé Nast tried to get the photographer…
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Getty Images Sued Again, Accused of Stealing 47,000+ Photos
Getty Images Sued Again, Accused of Stealing 47,000+ Photos A week after being slapped with a $1 billion copyright-related lawsuit, Getty Images has been served with another suit. This time it’s by Zuma Press, an via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2016/08/04/getty-images-sued-accused-misusing-47000-photos/ Getty allegedly copied roughly 47,048 of Zuma’s photos and made them available for sale through Getty Images…
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Getty Images Sued Yet Again for Massive Copyright Violations | PDNPulse
Getty Images Sued Yet Again for Massive Copyright Violations | PDNPulse Zuma Press has sued Getty Images for copyright infringement and falsification of copyright information, the second such lawsuit against Getty in a week. via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2016/08/getty-images-sued-yet-copyright-violations.html For the second time in a week, Getty has been hit with a lawsuit claiming misuse of thousands…
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Photog Seeks $1 Billion from Getty for Copyright Infringement | PDNPulse
Photog Seeks $1 Billion from Getty for Copyright Violations (Update) | PDNPulse Carol M. Highsmith accuses the stock photo agency of “unlawfully charging licensing fees” for thousands of her photographs of Americana. via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2016/07/photographer-seeking-1-billion-getty-images-copyright-infringement.html Carol Highsmith filed suit July 25 in federal court in New York, alleging that Getty and its subsidiaries have been…
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Unfair Editorial Photo Contracts: VICE Wants “All of Photographer’s Rights”
Unfair Editorial Photo Contracts: VICE Wants “All of Photographer’s Rights” | PDNPulse Vice, a media company valued at more than $4 billion, sent this contract seeking a full copyright buyout to a photographer, offering only a small fee. via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2016/06/unfair-editorial-photo-contracts-vice-wants-photographers-rights.html Not only did the media company—recently valued at more than $4 billion—want all of…
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Getty Files Copyright Suit over Stolen Photo Scheme on Facebook
Getty Files Copyright Suit over Stolen Photo Scheme on Facebook | PDNPulse Getty Images has filed a copyright claim against an Ohio man who downloaded as many as 3,400 high resolution images for illegal sale on Facebook via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2016/06/getty-files-copyright-lawsuit-scheme-sell-stolen-images-facebook.html Getty says in its claim against Walter A. Kowalczuk, filed June 8 in US District…
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Richard Prince Sued Again (This Time by Photographer Dennis Morris)
Richard Prince Sued Again (This Time by Photographer Dennis Morris) | PDNPulse Photographer Dennis Morris filed a copyright infringement claim last week against appropriation artist Richard Prince in a Los Angeles federal court. The claim is the latest in a growing number of cases filed by photographers accusing Prince of stealing t via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2016/06/richard-prince-sued-time-photographer-dennis-morris.html…
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Music World Bands Together Against YouTube, Seeking Change to Law – The New York Times
Music World Bands Together Against YouTube, Seeking Change to Law The industry has asked the government to modify the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, saying it is outdated and makes removing unauthorized content too difficult. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/01/business/media/music-world-bands-together-against-youtube-seeking-change-to-law.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 In recent months, the music world has been united to a rare degree in a public fight against YouTube,…
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Photographer Keeps Copyright, University Gets Unlimited Use | PhotoShelter Blog
Photographer Keeps Copyright, University Gets Unlimited Use – PhotoShelter Blog This post is a part of our on-going look at pricing photography. The Brief: A photographer recently received a request from a university for a series of photographs for a school publication. The contract that the university sent over indicated that the ph via PhotoShelter…
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The Messy Legal Battle Over Vivian Maier’s Work May Soon Be Over
The Messy Legal Battle Over Vivian Maier’s Work May Soon Be Over The messy legal battle surrounding the life’s work of nanny and amateur street photographer Vivian Maier may finally be coming to a close in less than a via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2016/05/04/messy-vivian-maier-legal-battle-may-soon-come-end/ Fortunately, this long, drawn-out, complicated legal battle seems to finally be coming to…
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The Daily Promo: Pixsy Copyright and Image Protection | A Photo Editor
The Daily Promo: Pixsy Copyright and Image Protection – A Photo Editor Pixsy Founder: Daniel Foster Pixsy is one of the leading reverse image search platforms that helps photographers get compensation for their stolen work. Daniel had reached out to me after I tweeted to a company that used one of my images without my permi via A…
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A Rapper Stole a Photo, and It’s More Complicated Than That | PhotoShelter Blog
A Rapper Stole a Photo, and It’s More Complicated Than That – PhotoShelter Blog Detroit-born rapper Danny Brown recently caused a ruckus when he posted an image taken in Melbourne by Michelle Grace Hunder to Instagram without permission. The photo had been taken at a music festival for Howl & Echoes, a Sydney-based online music…
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National Gallery’s Use of Prince Portrait Infringes Copyright, Photog Claims
National Gallery’s Use of Prince Portrait Infringes Copyright, Photog Claims | PDNPulse Photographer Lynn Goldsmith’s studio says the Smithsonian Institution violated copyright of her 1993 portrait of Prince last week by distributing the image to the media without permission. The musician died April 21, and the following day, the Smithsonian via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2016/04/national-gallerys-use-prince-portrait-infringes-copyright-photog-claims.html Photographer Lynn…