Category: Copyright

  • Why I Quit Instagram

    Why I Quit Instagram

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    Why I Quit Instagram I quit Instagram today. Not only that, I nuked my account. It’s gone; deleted. Can’t get it back. No more. via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/12/opinion_instagram-quit-users/ Why did I quit Instagram? It’s the thoughtlessness, stupid.

  • Instagram Clearly Hates You, So Quit

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    Link: Instagram Clearly Hates You, So Quit | Motherboard Be honest with yourself: Even if you’re a power Instagrammer, the social aspect of the network really sucks. (You can’t re-share photos? What the hell is that?) If you’re going to use a third-party photo app just to share onto your other, more powerful networks, you…

  • New Terms for Instagram – Selling Your Photos Against Your Will

    New Terms for Instagram – Selling Your Photos Against Your Will

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    New Terms for Instagram – Selling Your Photos Against Your Will Photographer Chase Jarvis outlines a simple and direct analysis of Instagram’s assault on your creativity and urges you to take a stance against the new Terms of Service. via Chase Jarvis Photography: http://blog.chasejarvis.com/blog/2012/12/new-terms-of-use-for-instagram-selling-your-photos-against-your-will/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ChaseJarvis+%28Chase+Jarvis+Blog%29 Instagram is blowing it hard on both the WHAT (selling your…

  • Why Instagram is Great for Photographers, and Why You Shouldn’t Use It

    Why Instagram is Great for Photographers, and Why You Shouldn’t Use It

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    Why Instagram is Great for Photographers, and Why You Shouldn’t Use It – PhotoShelter Blog Earlier this year, I wrote an article entitled “Why Instagram is Terrible for Photographers, and You Should Use It.” Today, I’d like to fully retract that statement because, screw those guys for ruining something fun. First, no one should be…

  • Unfiltered: Photographers React to Instagram’s New TOS

    Unfiltered: Photographers React to Instagram’s New TOS

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    LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2012/12/18/unfiltered-photographers-react-to-instagrams-new-terms/#1 What they have done is signal the end and failure of what could have been a revolutionary social media platform for visual communication. Now, I must take a step back and reassess my place on Instagram. —Benjamin Lowy

  • Instagram Plans To Sell Your Photos Commercially Without Paying You

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    Instagram Plans To Sell Your Photos Commercially Without Paying You – A Photo Editor Instagram issued a new Terms of Service yesterday (here) that will allow the company to use your photos commercially without any compensation to you: Some or all of the Service may be supported by advertising revenue. To help us deliver interesting…

  • Why You Should Want to Pay for Software, Instagram Edition

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    Link: Why You Should Want to Pay for Software, Instagram Edition – Alexis C. Madrigal – The Atlantic “Note the key parenthetical — ‘(along with any associated metadata)’ — which you could read as ‘location data.’ In essence, if you go to the Palms in Las Vegas and snap a pic… Facebook Instagram may use…

  • How-To Download Your Instagram Photos and Kill Your Account

    How-To Download Your Instagram Photos and Kill Your Account

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    How to Download Your Instagram Photos and Kill Your Account Today Instagram unleashed brand-new terms of service that has rubbed many of its loyal users the wrong way. Instagram can sell your photos to third parties for ads without telling you. via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/12/how-to-download-your-instagram-photos-and-kill-your-account/ Today Instagram unleashed brand-new terms of service that has rubbed many…

  • Europe joins protests against UK’s copyright reforms

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    Link: Europe joins protests against UK’s copyright reforms – British Journal of Photography Organisations representing visual artists and photographers in Europe have written to the UK government to protest proposed changes to the country’s copyright laws, BJP reports

  • You Can Stop Spreading That Facebook Notice Now

    You Can Stop Spreading That Facebook Notice Now

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    You Can Stop Spreading That Facebook Notice Now An odd piece of boilerplate text about copyright that has been making the rounds on Facebook is not grounded in reality. via Pogue’s Posts Blog: http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/26/you-can-stop-spreading-that-facebook-notice-now/ First, no declaration by you, in a Facebook posting, would make any difference to the legal status of your posts. You’re…

  • Proposed UK copyright changes spark worldwide protests

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    Proposed UK copyright changes spark worldwide protests The American Society of Media Photographers, Professional Photographers of America, National Press Photographers Association, Picture Archive Council of America, American Photographic Artists and Graphic Artists Guild have submitted a joint letter to the via British Journal of Photography: http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news/2226121/proposed-uk-copyright-changes-spark-worldwide-protests?WT.rss_f=All+the+latest+articles+from+BJP&WT.rss_a=Proposed+UK+copyright+changes+spark+worldwide+protests “US organisations representing photographers and photo agencies have written…

  • Megaupload Case Has Far-Reaching Implications for Cloud-Data Ownership Rights

    Megaupload Case Has Far-Reaching Implications for Cloud-Data Ownership Rights

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    Megaupload Case Has Far-Reaching Implications for Cloud-Data Ownership Rights There’s more at stake in the Megaupload case than the freedom of Kim Dotcom and his file-sharing associates indicted on criminal copyright infringement and other charges. The privacy and property rights of its users are also in jeopardy. There’s no clear via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/11/megaupload-data-what-to-do/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired27b+%28Wired%3A+Blog+-+Threat+Level%29 The problem…

  • Buzzfeed’s Sponsored Stories Stink in Infringement Smell Test

    Buzzfeed’s Sponsored Stories Stink in Infringement Smell Test

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    Buzzfeed’s Sponsored Stories Stink in Infringement Smell Test Like many online media outlets, Buzzfeed is moving toward the so-called “sponsored stories” advertising model — a blending of advertising and editorial content placed smack dab in the content stream. But 6-year-old Buzzfeed, whose motto is to capture the via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/10/buzzfeed-smell-test/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired27b+%28Wired%3A+Blog+-+Threat+Level%29 Buzzfeed, he said, has image…

  • Coming to America: Six copyright accusations, lose your Internet

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    Coming to America: Six copyright accusations, lose your Internet Hey, America, no need to feel left out! You’re soon to join Britain, France and New Zealand in having a sneaky program to spy on your Internet connection and cut you off on the basis of unpro… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2012/10/18/coming-to-america-six-accusat.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29 At only 22 years old,…

  • Facebook Shuts Down Business Fan Page For Repeated Copyright Infringement

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    Facebook Shuts Down Business Fan Page For Repeated Copyright Infringement – A Photo Editor The Cool Hunter is an influential website that’s been aggregating/curating on the web for a very long time. It’s one of the precursors to Pinterest where the author goes out and collects things found online and reposts them for their audience.…

  • Scanning whole books is fair use

    Scanning whole books is fair use

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    Scanning whole books is fair use A landmark fair use ruling: a judge in the Southern District Court of New York has ruled that Google’s program of scanning books for libraries, and giving them copies to use for full-text sea… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2012/10/11/scanning-whole-books-is-fair-u.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29 A landmark fair use ruling

  • Facebook Copyright Takedown: Justice or Injustice?

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    Facebook Copyright Takedown: Justice or Injustice? | PDNPulse An alleged copyright infringer appears to have gotten his just desserts from Facebook, which has summarily removed his Facebook fan page. But the story highlights the lack of transparency in Facebook’s policy regarding its handling of infringement claims. via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2012/10/facebook-copyright-takedown-justice-or-injustice.html An alleged copyright infringer appears to…

  • Google Gives Up Fair-Use Defense, Settles Book-Scanning Lawsuit With Publishers

    Google Gives Up Fair-Use Defense, Settles Book-Scanning Lawsuit With Publishers

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    Google Gives Up Fair-Use Defense, Settles Book-Scanning Lawsuit With Publishers Google and five publishers said Thursday they are settling a long-running legal flap over the media giant’s scanning of university library books without permission. The deal is a huge concession by Google, which up until now had maintained it had the fair via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/10/book-scanning-google-caves/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired27b+%28Wired%3A+Blog+-+Threat+Level%29…

  • US will introduce Copyright Alert System before end of this year

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    Link: US will introduce Copyright Alert System before end of this year Although the Copyright Alert System seems to be milder than its French counterpart, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights movement, has expressed their discontentment with the proposal. They argue that a lack of transparency concerning the available measures for ISPs, and a…

  • Shepard Fairey Sentenced on Criminal Charge in ‘Hope” Poster Case

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    Shepard Fairey Sentenced on Criminal Charge in ‘Hope” Poster Case | PDNPulse Artist Shepard Fairey was sentenced to 300 hours of community service and fined $25,000 today in a federal courtroom in Manhattan today for destroying documents, falsifying evidence “and other misconduct” in his civil litigation two years ago against the via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2012/09/shepard-fairey-sentenced-on-criminal-charge-in-hope-poster-case.html Artist…