Category: Copyright

In Bankruptcy, Photo Archive Cuts Deal with Marilyn Monroe Estate | PDNPulse

Sinking under legal bills, the Shaw Family Archives [SFA] has tentatively agreed to a 5-year, $3 million licensing deal with its arch-enemy–the estate of Marilyn Monroe–to pull itself out of bankruptcy. The deal would give the Monroe estate control over c

via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2012/01/in-bankruptcy-photo-archive-cuts-deal-with-marilyn-monroe-estate.html

Link: British Journal of Photography

Getty Images stands accused of intellectual property right infringement after it was successfully sued in a French court by the heiresses of iconic furniture designers

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The initiative has been launched by the International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) in London, the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4A’s), and the Association of National Advertisers (ANA), with the support of trade organisations representing visual arts and photography agencies. It aims to establish the practice of applying descriptions and the copyright status of the content as metadata, and to embed it permanently during the electronic exchange of digital photo, text, audio or video files.

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With src-img, a javascript bookmarklet that you drag to your browser’s bookmarks bar, all images on a page are overlaid with a ?¿ link, as in the screenshot at the top of this post. Clicking the ?¿ opens up a Google Image Search on the image (here’s an example from the image above, with a copyright violation I’ve just now found…). It streamlines the whole process.

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Publishing house Archant has been accused of rights-grabbing after it introduced a new contract for photographers working on its local newspapers

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Bob Dylan Looking Like a Copyright Infringer. Now What? | PDNPulse

Is Bob Dylan–that champion of the poor, the tired, the oppressed–a brazen rip-off artist and infringer of photographers’ copyrights? And if so, who’s going to stop him? Reports (here and here) about the exhibit of Dylan’s new paintings called “The Asia Se

via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/09/bob-dylan-looking-like-a-copyright-infringer-now-what.html

The Greatest Gift You Have As A Still Photographer – A Photo Editor

In the early 1950′s, LIFE Magazine decided that the pictures that were shot for them by many wonderful photographers were their property and therefore, they had the right to re-license them. The photographer’s thought otherwise, and insisted that the phot

via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2011/09/27/the-greatest-gift-you-have-as-a-still-photographer/

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All this is very bad news for photo thieves. For years they’ve heisted images with impunity: the chances of being caught were low, and if caught the default defence was “I found it on Google and didn’t know who the owner was”. But that excuse disappears with the now easily viewable metadata, and the chance of being caught has moved from remote to likely, going on inevitable.

You Decide: Does a National Portrait Gallery Contest Trample Artists’ Rights? | PDNPulse

The National Portrait Gallery has announced a portrait competition that has stirred the outrage of at least one photographer (who told us about it) because of the rights transfer terms of the contest rules. Rights transfers in photography contests are oft

via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/09/you-decide-does-a-national-portrait-gallery-contest-trample-artists-rights.html

Orphan Works Rears Its Ugly Head Again – A Photo Editor

Uh oh, looks like orphan works is going to be one of those perennials until something is figured out. To Recap, there are books, movies, music and photography in the possession of archives and libraries where the author is unknown or cannot be found. Thes

via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2011/09/13/orphan-works-rears-its-ugly-head-again/