Category: Copyright
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Getty Images sues Microsoft over new online photo tool | Reuters
Getty Images sues Microsoft over new online photo tool A new Microsoft Corp product that allows website publishers to embed digital pho… via U.S.: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/04/us-getty-images-microsoft-lawsuit-idUSKBN0GZ2B720140904 The “Bing Image Widget,” released on Aug. 22, gives publishers the ability to create a panel on their websites that displays digital images supplied by Microsoft’s Bing search engine, according…
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U.S. Copyright Office says it won’t register works by animals, plants or supernatural beings – Boing Boing
U.S. Copyright Office says it won’t register works by animals, plants or supernatural beings The draft of its official practices, third edition contains a requirement of human authorship: The U.S. Copyright Office will register an original work of authorship, provided that the work was cre… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2014/08/21/u-s-copyright-office-photos.html • A mural painted by an…
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Monkey Selfie Not Eligible for Copyright Registration Under New Rules
Monkey Selfie Not Eligible for Copyright Registration Under New Rules | PDNPulse The US Copyright Office has issued a report stating that it will not register works produced by “nature, animals, or plants,” effectively undermining photographer David Slater’s claim that he owns copyright to a selfie made by a monkey with one of his cam…
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Judge Upholds $1.2 Million Verdict in Morel v. AFP Copyright Case
Judge Upholds $1.2 Million Verdict in Morel v. AFP Copyright Case | PDNPulse A federal judge has upheld a $1.2 million jury award in favor of photographer Daniel Morel, after determining that there was sufficient evidence presented at the trial last year to support the verdict. Morel won $1.2 million in damages after a federal…
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Monkey Selfie Lands Photographer in Legal Quagmire – LightBox
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2014/08/06/monkey-selfie/#1 The image was an instant Internet phenomenon, guaranteeing financial success for the British photographer. That is until editors at Wikipedia deemed the image belonged in the public domain and could be used, at no cost, by anyone online. “This [image] is in…
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Wikimedia Stands Up for Monkey Photographer Rights, Refuses to Take Down Monkey Selfie
Wikimedia Stands Up for Monkey Photographer Rights, Refuses to Take Down Monkey Selfie The controversy surrounding the monkey selfies above, which were taken by an endangered crested black macaque using photographer David Slater’s equipment, via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/08/06/wikimedia-stands-monkey-photographers-rights-refuses-take-monkey-selfie/ claiming that it is the monkey who owns the copyright
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Flow Chart Tries to Educate the Public on the Rules of Using a Photo They Found Online
Flow Chart Tries to Educate the Public on the Rules of Using a Photo They Found Online When people are browsing around online for photographs to use, be them for an article, a project or something else, it’s vital to know whether or not via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/08/05/flow-chart-tries-to-educate-the-public-on-the-rules-of-using-a-photo-they-found-online/ Here to help those with any image in…
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PDNPulse » Photographer Wins $2,501 for Infringement in Anti-Gay Attack Ad Case
Photographer Wins $2,501 for Infringement in Anti-Gay Attack Ad Case | PDNPulse Photographer Kristina Hill has won a $2,501 judgment for copyright infringement against Public Advocate of the United States, ending a federal case in Colorado over unauthorized political attack ads. The judgment was entered June 4 in the US District Co via PDNPulse:…
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Court finds full-book scanning is fair use – Boing Boing
Court finds full-book scanning is fair use The Hathi Trust has won another important victory in its court battles against the Authors Guild over the right of academic libraries to scan books under the banner of fair use. Hathi creates full-… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2014/06/14/court-finds-full-book-scanning.html the court wrote, “the creation of a full‐text searchable database…
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Appeals Court Upholds Copyright Infringement Damages Award to Louis Psihoyos
Appeals Court Upholds Copyright Infringement Damages Award to Louis Psihoyos | PDNPulse A federal appeals court in New York has refused a textbook publisher’s request to reduce a $130,750 award that a jury granted to photographer Louis Psihoyos last year for copyright infringement. Psihoyos sued publisher John Wiley & Sons in 2011 for infrin via…
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In Copyright Infringement Case, A Defendant Ends Up Owning Disputed Photo
In Copyright Infringement Case, A Defendant Ends Up Owning Disputed Photo | PDNPulse Former football star Desmond Howard, the subject of a well-known photograph and a defendant in a copyright claim over the use of that same image, will end up owning the copyright to the image as part of a settlement with the photographer…
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Court Reminds Michael Kenna: Copyright Protects Expression, Not Ideas
Court Reminds Michael Kenna: Copyright Protects Expression, Not Ideas | PDNPulse A ruling in a copyright infringement case involving photographer Michael Kenna has affirmed the principle that copyright does not protect ideas (or choice of subject matter). It protects only the expression of an idea. That’s true under copyright law in t via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2014/03/court-reminds-michael-kenna-copyright-protects-expression-ideas.html…
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Defamation, Girls, and pictures through a window: recent legal news affecting photography and copyright
Link: Defamation, Girls, and pictures through a window: recent legal news affecting photography and copyright | dvafoto There’ve been a bunch of legal developments in the world of photography and copyright in the past couple weeks. Here are a few things that have been on my radar that all have relevance to freelance and staff…
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Dispute over ‘Heisman pose’ photo goes to court
Dispute over ‘Heisman pose’ photo goes to court Brian Masck, who took the 1991 photo, says his photo has been unlawfully copied for years. via USA TODAY: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/03/11/heisman-pose-photo-flap-court/1977099/ Brian Masck also went to great lengths to prove his work was being stolen, the lawsuit states, noting in 2011, he tweaked the original photo in two…
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Business Software Alliance accused of pirating the photo they used in their snitch-on-pirates ad
Business Software Alliance accused of pirating the photo they used in their snitch-on-pirates ad The Business Software Alliance — a proprietary software industry group — has pulled a controversial ad that promised cash to people who snitched on friends and employers who used pirate… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2014/03/23/business-software-alliance-acc.html The ad used a photo of a…
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TimeOut NY’s Awful, Horrible, Insulting Photo Contest
TimeOut NY’s Awful, Horrible, Insulting Photo Contest – PhotoShelter Blog Our annual Photographer’s Guide to Photo Contests ranks a number of well-known contests with a letter grade from A-F based on entry fees, prizes, and exposure. Most of the contests we review are aimed at the professional or aspiring professional photograp via PhotoShelter Blog: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2014/03/timeout-nys-awful-horrible-insulting-photo-contest/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoshelterBlog+%28PhotoShelter+Blog%29…
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As Facebook Pics of Malaysia Air Passengers Land on Buzzfeed … Hijacked Twice?
As Facebook Pics of Malaysia Air Passengers Land on Buzzfeed … Hijacked Twice? – Reading The Pictures What are the ethics of of high traffic news and infotainment websites using a person’s Facebook image if that person was on an erased airliner? Is it just a case of, “well, you should have thought of that…
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Getty gives away 35 million photos and people don’t like it
Link: Getty gives away 35 million photos and people don’t like it | dvafoto
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Monetizing Getty’s 35M Image Archive via FREE Editorial Uses
Monetizing Getty’s 35M Image Archive via FREE Editorial Uses Much has been said about the decision by Getty Images to make available to editorial online outlets, over 35,000,000 images, for free. Well,… Link: http://photobusinessforum.blogspot.com/2014/03/monetizing-gettys-35m-image-archive-via.html?m=1 Getty has made clear that their current contributor contracts allow for this, and that no compensation is due the rights holders…
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GettyMart and Their 35 Million Free Images
Link: GettyMart and Their 35 Million Free Images | Todd Bigelow Photography So why doesn’t Walmart just follow GettyMart’s example? Why not make 35 million products available for free like GettyMart has? Won’t that solve their shoplifting problem? After all, if you listen to the official word out of GettyMart, they see no other way…