Category: Copyright
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Court Rejects Rentmeester’s Infringement Claim Over Nike “Jumpman” Logo
Court Rejects Rentmeester’s Infringement Claim Over Nike “Jumpman” Logo | PDNPulse A federal court in Portland, Oregon has dismissed photographer Jacobus “Co” Rentmeester’s copyright infringement claim against Nike for the same reason so many “copycat” infringement claims fail: Copyright law doesn’t protect ideas, only the expression of via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2015/06/court-rejects-rentmeesters-infringement-claim-over-nike-jumpman-logo.html “Mr. Rentmeester has failed to…
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10 Helpful Websites for Protecting Your Photography Copyrights
10 Helpful Websites for Protecting Your Photography Copyrights Being a photographer in the digital age presents a number of excellent advantages along with a collection of new concerns. Sharing your images with the via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/06/17/10-helpful-websites-for-protecting-your-photography-copyrights/ With the competition among many new platforms comes a bit of confusion about how the sites differ from one…
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Daniel Morel and the High Cost of Copyright Infringement Claims
Daniel Morel and the High Cost of Copyright Infringement Claims The law firm largely responsible for helping photographer Daniel Morel win a $1.2 million jury award for copyright infringement—the maximum amount allowed by law—spent more than twice that amount to prosecute Morel’s case. And now, that law firm has to write off its costs as…
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Photographer Suing Pinterest in Federal Court Over Repeated Copyright Infringement
Photographer Suing Pinterest in Federal Court Over Repeated Copyright Infringement A Seattle-based fine art photographer is suing Pinterest for infringing upon his copyrights and other intellectual property rights. Christopher Boffoli via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/05/27/photographer-suing-pinterest-in-federal-court-over-repeated-copyright-infringement/ Christopher Boffoli claims that his photographs have been posted over 5,000 times on the public site, and that Pinterest isn’t doing enough…
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Richard Prince is a Jerk | PhotoShelter Blog
Richard Prince is a Jerk – PhotoShelter Blog There are many people who have studied and understand the art world better than me. But there is one thing that I’m sure of: Richard Prince is a jerk. I say this for two reasons. First, I haven’t read anything that suggests he has the self-awareness and…
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Please Reply #yes to Give Us Unlimited Rights to Your Photo
Please Reply #yes to Give Us Unlimited Rights to Your Photo Yesterday we shared how one photographer was surprised when a casual request to “share” her Facebook photo turned out to be a request to use it in a via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/05/15/please-reply-yes-to-give-us-unlimited-rights-to-your-photo/ Photographer Tony German tells us that Samsung UK recently left a comment on…
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Interview: Jeffrey Goldstein On Why He’s Suing Vivian Maier’s Estate
Interview: Jeffrey Goldstein On Why He’s Suing Vivian Maier’s Estate The Vivian Maier story has taken another ironic turn as Jeffrey Goldstein (who once owned the second largest collection of Vivian Maier negatives) has via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/05/17/interview-jeffrey-goldstein-on-why-hes-suing-vivian-maiers-estate/ The Vivian Maier story has taken another ironic turn as Jeffrey Goldstein (who once owned the second largest…
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Facebook Rep Claims Uploaded Photos Become the Company’s Property
Facebook Rep Claims Uploaded Photos Become the Company’s Property once something is posted or uploaded onto Facebook it becomes Facebook’s property. So if the original photographer uploaded the photo first onto Facebook and then others have taken it from there and uploaded it to their pages or profiles, this is legal and within policy, there’s…
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Media must pay for South Carolina police shooting video | Poynter.
Media must pay for South Carolina police shooting video The letter from Markson Sparks demands media outlets pay $10,000 to run the video that has gathered millions of page views on multiple YouTube web pages.
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Pat Pope Says He Regrets Open Letter to Band, Urges Creators To “Stop Working for Free”
Pat Pope Says He Regrets Open Letter to Band, Urges Creators To “Stop Working for Free” | PDNPulse Pope says he regrets his public criticism of the alt rock band Garbage, but is sticking to his position that photographers shouldn’t give their work away via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2015/04/pat-pope-says-he-regrets-open-letter-to-band-urges-creators-to-stop-working-for-free.html However, Pope doesn’t back down from the principles…
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Revenues for Thomas Franklin’s 9/11 Image Top $1 Million
Revenues for Thomas Franklin’s 9/11 Image Top $1 Million | PDNPulse Thomas Franklin’s iconic 9/11 photograph has generated $1 million in revenues to date, according to court papers recently filed in connection with a copyright infringement claim over the photograph. It is unclear whether Franklin has benefited financially via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2015/04/revenues-for-thomas-franklins-911-image-top-1-million.html Neither Franklin nor Jennifer…
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EliteDaily Sued by Photographer for Sharing Photos in Blog Post Without Permission
EliteDaily Sued by Photographer for Sharing Photos in Blog Post Without Permission In an age in which pageviews are supreme, blogs and other online publications often ignore copyright laws, publishing viral photographs without permission via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/03/19/elitedaily-sued-by-photographer-for-sharing-photos-in-blog-post-without-permission/ photojournalist Peter Menzel has filed a lawsuit against the blog EliteDaily for sharing his photos in a viral…
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Five Things You Can Do to Protect Your Online Images – by Carolyn E. Wright | The Photo Brigade
Five Things You Can Do to Protect Your Online Images – by Carolyn E. Wright – The Photo Brigade Photographer and full-time attorney Carolyn E. Wright, aka the Photo Attorney, writes about different ways you can protect your online images. via The Photo Brigade: http://thephotobrigade.com/2015/03/five-things-you-can-do-to-protect-your-online-images-by-carolyn-e-wright/ It’s almost a must now for photographers to post their…
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My Year Ripping Off the Web with the Daily Mail Online
My Year Ripping Off the Web with the Daily Mail Online the Mail’s editorial model depends on little more than dishonesty, theft of copyrighted material, and sensationalism so absurd that it crosses into fabrication
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When Photo Thieves Get Caught, Photo Thieves Get Mad — REALLY Mad.
When Photo Thieves Get Caught, Photo Thieves Get Mad — REALLY Mad. I created Photo Stealers as not only a way for photographers to protect their copyrighted works and their clients’ rights but also to protect consumers from these photographers whom are misrepresenting their body of work.
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A pirate’s treasure map | duckrabbit
A pirate’s treasure map — duckrabbit Ordnance Survey are running a photographic ‘competition’. Hoorah! No wait, calm down don’t get too excited……. Of course it’s not… via duckrabbit: http://www.duckrabbit.info/2015/02/a-pirates-treasure-map/ Ordnance Survey are running a photographic ‘competition’. Hoorah! No wait, calm down don’t get too excited……. Of course it’s not a proper competition, it’s a rights…
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B: Thoughts on MPD
Thoughts on MPD It’s been three days since MPDROLET was abruptly deleted from Tumblr. The basic facts have been discussed elsewhere online so no need to g… Link: http://blakeandrews.blogspot.com/2015/01/thoughts-on-mpd.html It’s been three days since MPDROLET was abruptly deleted from Tumblr. The basic facts have been discussed elsewhere online so no need to go into detail.…
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Why Unsplash is Hurting Photographers
Why Unsplash is Hurting Photographers Launched back in 2013, Unsplash is a site which posts ten handpicked photos every ten days and these photos are absolutely free. By “free” I don’t mean via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/01/08/unsplash-hurting-photographers/ hundreds of sites using them, including ecommerce. I’ve also seen them used in magazines, on T-shirts, in books and as…
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Amazon Sells iPhone Accessories Infringing Copyrighted News Images of War, Death
Amazon Sells iPhone Accessories Infringing Copyrighted News Images of War, Death | PDNPulse Dealers of cellphone and iPad cases featuring copyrighted news images are using Amazon to sell their wares without permission from photographers. via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2014/12/amazon-sells-iphone-accessories-infringing-copyrighted-news-images-war-death.html All the images had been featured by TIME magazine on its “Picks of the Top 10 Photos of…
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Nat Geo Photog Says Amazon Won’t Stop Selling His Stolen Photograph
Nat Geo Photog Says Amazon Won’t Stop Selling His Stolen Photograph Earlier this month, National Geographic photographer Tomas van Houtryve had one of his photographs selected by TIME magazine as one of the Top 10 Photos via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/12/23/nat-geo-photog-says-amazon-wont-stop-selling-stolen-photograph-products/ All Amazon products mentioned in this post were still available on the Amazon website at the…