Category: Copyright

  • Is A.I. Art Stealing from Artists? | The New Yorker

    Is A.I. Art Stealing from Artists? | The New Yorker

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    Is A.I. Art Stealing from Artists? According to the lawyer behind a new class-action suit, every image that a generative tool produces “is an infringing, derivative work.” via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/is-ai-art-stealing-from-artists According to the lawyer behind a new class-action suit, every image that a generative tool produces “is an infringing, derivative work.”

  • AI Art Platform Hit With Copyright Lawsuit

    AI Art Platform Hit With Copyright Lawsuit

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    AI Art Platform Hit With Copyright Lawsuit Getty Images says it is suing Stability AI, creator of Stable Diffusion, alleging intellectual property right infringement. via Hyperallergic: https://hyperallergic.com/794294/ai-art-platform-hit-with-copyright-lawsuit-getty-images/ Getty Images says it is suing Stability AI, creator of Stable Diffusion, alleging intellectual property right infringement.

  • Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Warhol Copyright Case

    Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Warhol Copyright Case

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    Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Warhol Copyright Case A lawsuit over how much Andy Warhol “transformed” Lynn Goldsmith’s photographs of Prince may change how courts look at art. via Hyperallergic: https://hyperallergic.com/769275/supreme-court-hears-arguments-in-andy-warhol-copyright-case/ To make the image, Warhol was sent a portrait of Prince made a few years earlier by a photographer named Lynn Goldsmith

  • The Supreme Court’s Self-Conscious Take on Andy Warhol | The New Yorker

    The Supreme Court’s Self-Conscious Take on Andy Warhol | The New Yorker

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    The Supreme Court’s Self-Conscious Take on Andy Warhol In a copyright case, the Justices revealed their own anxieties about interpreting precedents. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-supreme-courts-self-conscious-take-on-andy-warhol Whether the Prince Series is fair use turns on whether Warhol “transformed” the photo on which he relied—and the answer to that turns on what exactly “transformative” means

  • He’s Bigger Than Picasso on AI Platforms, and He Hates It

    He’s Bigger Than Picasso on AI Platforms, and He Hates It

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    He’s Bigger Than Picasso on AI Platforms, and He Hates It  The advent of AI generators has led to an avalanche of rip-off artworks that have used Grzegorz Rutkowski’s name as a prompt. via Hyperallergic: https://hyperallergic.com/766241/hes-bigger-than-picasso-on-ai-platforms-and-he-hates-it/ The advent of AI generators has led to an avalanche of rip-off artworks that have used Grzegorz Rutkowski’s name…

  • AI Image Generators Could Be the Next Frontier of Photo Copyright Theft | PetaPixel

    AI Image Generators Could Be the Next Frontier of Photo Copyright Theft | PetaPixel

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    AI Image Generators Could Be the Next Frontier of Photo Copyright Theft Will you even be able to tell your photo has been used? via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2022/08/19/ai-image-generators-could-be-the-next-frontier-of-photo-copyright-theft/ Now, the companies behind these technologies haven’t said as much, but to train these machines it doesn’t seem likely that millions of copyrighted images weren’t used to inform…

  • Photographers Seek to Revive Lawsuit Against Instagram Over Embedding | PetaPixel

    Photographers Seek to Revive Lawsuit Against Instagram Over Embedding | PetaPixel

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    Photographers Seek to Revive Lawsuit Against Instagram Over Embedding The photographers want to succeed where they’ve failed previously. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2022/06/29/photographers-seek-to-revive-lawsuit-against-instagram-over-embedding/ Hunley and Brauer are asking to overturn a California federal judge’s dismissal of their lawsuit alleging that Meta’s Instagram is liable for secondary infringement when third-party sites use Instagram’s embedding tool to display their…

  • U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Critical ‘Fair Use’ Case Over Warhol Photo | PetaPixel

    U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Critical ‘Fair Use’ Case Over Warhol Photo | PetaPixel

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    U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Critical ‘Fair Use’ Case Over Warhol Photo The ultimate verdict will have major ramifications on fair use in the visual arts. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2022/03/28/u-s-supreme-court-to-hear-critical-fair-use-case-over-warhol-photo/ Lynn Goldsmith is a famed photographer who is also a long-time American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) member. In 1984 Vanity Fair licensed one of Goldsmith’s…

  • Instagram Users Can Now Prevent Others from Embedding Their Photos | PetaPixel

    Instagram Users Can Now Prevent Others from Embedding Their Photos | PetaPixel

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    Instagram Users Can Now Prevent Others from Embedding Their Photos Users finally have control over whether or not their images can be embedded. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2021/12/17/instagram-users-can-now-prevent-others-from-embedding-their-photos/ After a concerted effort by the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP), Instagram has added a new option that will enable users to prevent others from embedding content they…

  • Photo Agency Argues Photojournalists Do Not Have Copyright Protections | PetaPixel

    Photo Agency Argues Photojournalists Do Not Have Copyright Protections | PetaPixel

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    Photo Agency Argues Photojournalists Do Not Have Copyright Protections The agency is arguing that all photojournalism and news falls under public domain. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2021/07/12/photo-agency-argues-photojournalists-do-not-have-copyright-protections/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+petapixel+%28PetaPixel%29 In a report from the Press Gazette, former photographer for AFP Francisco Leong — who started working for AFP in 2005 and left the agency in 2019 — is arguing…

  • Class Action Lawsuit Targets Instagram Photo Embedding | PetaPixel

    Class Action Lawsuit Targets Instagram Photo Embedding | PetaPixel

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    Class Action Lawsuit Targets Instagram Photo Embedding The lawsuit targets copyright infringement tied to Instagram embeds. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2021/05/26/class-action-lawsuit-targets-instagram-photo-embedding/ In a report from Reuters, the complaint alleges that Instagram’s embedding tool allowed publishers to display copyrighted images without obtaining permission from artists or paying a licensing fee. The class-action lawsuit could include “many thousands” of…

  • Photos Deserve the Digital Protections That Are Standard Elsewhere | PetaPixel

    Photos Deserve the Digital Protections That Are Standard Elsewhere | PetaPixel

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    Photos Deserve the Digital Protections That Are Standard Elsewhere Photographers deserve better. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2021/05/07/photos-deserve-the-digital-protections-that-are-standard-elsewhere/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+petapixel+%28PetaPixel%29 The fundamental mechanics of platforms like Instagram exploit and undermine photographers because photographers lack a unified voice with teeth like those that have secured rights for Musicians and Film Producers.

  • Lynn Goldsmith’s Victory Against the Warhol Foundation is Huge for Photographers – PhotoShelter Blog

    Lynn Goldsmith’s Victory Against the Warhol Foundation is Huge for Photographers – PhotoShelter Blog

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    Lynn Goldsmith’s Victory Against the Warhol Foundation is Huge for Photographers – PhotoShelter Blog In 1981, Newsweek hired photographer Lynn Goldsmith to photograph Prince, an up-and-coming musician who was still years away from releasing his seminal “Purple Rain” album. Goldsmith’s portraits never ran, but she did own the copyright.  In 1984, Vanity F via PhotoShelter…

  • Photographer Wins Copyright Battle Over Warhol’s Use of Her Photo

    Photographer Wins Copyright Battle Over Warhol’s Use of Her Photo

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    Photographer Wins Copyright Battle Over Warhol’s Use of Her Photo A U.S. appeals court has ruled in favor of photographer Lynn Goldsmith in her copyright dispute over how Andy Warhol had used her portrait photo of via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2021/03/29/photographer-wins-copyright-battle-over-warhols-use-of-her-photo/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 A U.S. appeals court has ruled in favor of photographer Lynn Goldsmith in her copyright dispute…

  • Photos of Slaves Are Property of Harvard, Not a Descendant, Judge Rules – The New York Times

    Photos of Slaves Are Property of Harvard, Not a Descendant, Judge Rules – The New York Times

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    Images of Slaves Are Property of Harvard, Not a Descendant, Judge Rules The woman who says the enslaved people are her ancestors plans to appeal the decision “about the patriarch of a family, a subject of bedtime stories.” Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/04/us/harvard-slave-photos-renty.html The judge acknowledged that the daguerreotypes had been taken under “horrific circumstances” but said that…

  • Penn State Student Photojournalists at War with University Over ‘Predatory’ Copyright Contract

    Penn State Student Photojournalists at War with University Over ‘Predatory’ Copyright Contract

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    Penn State Student Photojournalists at War with University Over ‘Predatory’ Copyright Contract The staff of the Penn State newspaper The Daily Collegian are currently battling a contract being forced upon them by school leadership, claiming it via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2020/12/29/penn-state-student-photojournalists-at-war-with-university-over-predatory-copyright-contract/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 The staff of the Penn State newspaper The Daily Collegian are currently battling a contract being…

  • Copyright Small Claims Has Arrived: Trump Signs CASE Act Into Law

    Copyright Small Claims Has Arrived: Trump Signs CASE Act Into Law

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    Copyright Small Claims Has Arrived: Trump Signs CASE Act Into Law Heads up, photographers: there has just been a monumental change to the way you can defend your copyrighted photos from infringement. A copyright small via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2020/12/28/copyright-small-claims-has-arrived-trump-signs-case-act-into-law/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 Heads up, photographers: there has just been a monumental change to the way you can defend your…

  • LeBron James Slams Photog with $1M Countersuit in Copyright Fight

    LeBron James Slams Photog with $1M Countersuit in Copyright Fight

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    LeBron James Slams Photog with $1M Countersuit in Copyright Fight In December 2019, Los Angeles Lakers basketball superstar LeBron James posted a photo by courtside photographer Steve Mitchell to his Instagram and via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2020/12/26/lebron-james-slaps-photographer-with-1m-countersuit-in-copyright-fight/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 In December 2019, Los Angeles Lakers basketball superstar LeBron James posted a photo by courtside photographer Steve Mitchell to his…

  • 65 per cent of British creatives have had their work stolen, says Adobe report

    65 per cent of British creatives have had their work stolen, says Adobe report

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    65 per cent of British creatives have had their work stolen, says Adobe report The research, published as part of the brand’s Content Authenticity Initiative, also finds 75 per cent of creatives are concerned that fake images will cause people to believe misleading information. Link: https://www.itsnicethat.com/news/adobe-content-authenticity-initiative-report-creative-industry-091220?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+itsnicethat%2FSlXC+%28It%27s+Nice+That%29 The research, published as part of the brand’s Content…

  • Facebook is Testing a ‘Rights Manager’ Tool to Fight Photo Theft on Instagram

    Facebook is Testing a ‘Rights Manager’ Tool to Fight Photo Theft on Instagram

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    Facebook is Testing a ‘Rights Manager’ Tool to Fight Photo Theft on Instagram Facebook has announced an update to its ‘Rights Manager’ tool that will enable photographers to claim ownership over their most popular images, identify via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2020/09/21/facebook-is-testing-a-rights-manager-tool-to-fight-image-theft-on-instagram/ “Today, we are introducing Rights Manager for Images, a new version of Rights Manager that uses…