Photographer Nic Coury decided to shoot a recent Aerosmith concert only with his iPhone in protest to the restrictive photo contract he was forced to sign in order to cover for the Monterey County Weekly.
I made several nice photos of Perry in that moment, but the Monterey County Weekly won’t be publishing them or any other concert photos of the band playing, because of a greedy contract required—and strictly enforced—by the band’s management allowing them to use any of photographer’s images however they want without compensation.
Destin Sandlin is a missile flight test engineer from Alabama who moonlights as a YouTube star. His science-y YouTube channel, SmarterEveryDay, boasts…
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
“Mr. Rentmeester has failed to show that he can satisfy the requisite objective test for copyright infringement,” US District Judge Michael W. Mosman wrote in his decision last week to dismiss the case. Rentmeester has filed papers announcing his intent to appeal the decision to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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
With the competition among many new platforms comes a bit of confusion about how the sites differ from one another, and what audiences they serve. And there are questions about their actual value: How much are photographers really benefiting? By self-publishing, do photographers attract clients and opportunities? Or are they just providing free content to platform owners, who will reap most of the revenue benefits if and when the owners figure out how to monetize the sites?
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 a loss.
A Seattle-based fine art photographer is suing Pinterest for infringing upon his copyrights and other intellectual property rights. Christopher Boffoli
Christopher Boffoli claims that his photographs have been posted over 5,000 times on the public site, and that Pinterest isn’t doing enough to “protect photographers and their work”.
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 i
If Prince wants to sample, then he should pay for the source material like everyone else, and stop hiding behind some false veil of “genius” and “fair use.”
Photographer Tony German tells us that Samsung UK recently left a comment on an Instagram photo that was taken with the Samsung Galaxy S3, asking to use it to show what the company’s products look like.
The Vivian Maier story has taken another ironic turn as Jeffrey Goldstein (who once owned the second largest collection of Vivian Maier negatives) has filed suit against the Vivian Maier Estate.
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 nothing I can do about it unfortunately even if they are taking credit for the photos
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.
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
However, Pope doesn’t back down from the principles that inspired the letter, and he replies to some of the statements the band made in their response to his letter
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
Neither Franklin nor Jennifer Borg, corporate counsel for NJMG, would comment about how much of the licensing revenue, if any, NJMG has shared with the photographer. “That would be a private personnel issue,” Borg said in a phone message.
In an age in which pageviews are supreme, blogs and other online publications often ignore copyright laws, publishing viral photographs without permission
It’s almost a must now for photographers to post their images online. With the advantages of a broader and more accessible market, the Internet also has the disadvantage that it’s much easier for others to steal your work. But there are things you can do to protect your photos.
the Mail’s editorial model depends on little more than dishonesty, theft of copyrighted material, and sensationalism so absurd that it crosses into fabrication
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.
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. He sourced photos without permission. Someone (Apparently this guy’s identity-stealing doppelgänger. More on that in a future post.) didn’t want his photo sourced. He filed a DMCA takedown request. Tumblr gave MPD a few warnings, then pulled the plug.
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
hundreds of sites using them, including ecommerce. I’ve also seen them used in magazines, on T-shirts, in books and as prints. People are now earning money from unattributed Unsplash photos — everyone, it seems, but the photographers who took them.
