Category: Copyright
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Legal setbacks cast doubt on Righthaven’s copyright lawsuit business model
Copyright Troll Righthaven Goes on Life Support The great experiment in copyright trolling that is Righthaven appears to be nearing an end. Righthaven, which was founded more than a year ago to monetize print news content through copyright infringement lawsuits, has suffered a myriad of courtroom setba via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/09/righthaven-on-life-support/all/1 The great experiment in copyright…
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Photographers…fight for your moral rights. That means you.
Photographers…fight for your moral rights. That means you. — duckrabbit As the snippet on the EPUK news bulletin put it: “Hargreaves ignored our proposals re moral rights, denying us basic… via duckrabbit: http://duckrabbit.info/blog/2011/09/photographers-fight-for-your-moral-rights-that-means-you/ “Hargreaves ignored our proposals re moral rights, denying us basic protection against our work being orphaned. It’s as if there was a…
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Daily Mail lifts photos from The Batavian – again
Poynter: Why is that @mailonline folks think that the theft of copyrighted material is ethical and acceptable?” he tweeted.
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Free Ride – How Technology Companies Are Killing The Culture Business
Free Ride – How Technology Companies Are Killing The Culture Business – A Photo Editor This new book titled Free Ride by Robert Levine a former features editor for Wired looks to be a must read for content creators. The book is currently available in the UK and goes on sale in the US onOctober…
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Judge Dismisses Copyright Suit Against Ryan McGinley as “Wasteful”
Judge Dismisses Copyright Suit Against Ryan McGinley as “Wasteful” | PDNPulse A federal district court judge has dismissed photographer Janine Gordon’s suit against photographer Ryan McGinley, and also offered a useful refresher course on the basics of copyright law. In June, Gordon sued McGinley and his galleries, alleging that th via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/08/judge-dismisses-copyright-suit-against-ryan-mcginley-as-“wasteful”.html Gordon’s “apparent…
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Google Street View and Authorship
Conscientious: The relationship between photographic authorship and Google Street View authorship could probably be compared to the relationship between musicians who compose and record music and artists who remix already recorded music.
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BBC's Twitter statement is "unacceptable", says NUJ
The National Union of Journalists’ freelance organiser has attacked BBC’s justifications for usin
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Copyright troll handed ass (again), tries saddest trick ever to get out of paying its victim’s legal bills
Copyright troll handed ass (again), tries saddest trick ever to get out of paying its victim’s legal bills Everyone’s favorite copyright troll Righthaven has once again had its ass handed to it. The company, which was spun out of a Nevada newspaper, sublicenses the right to sue people from copyrig… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2011/08/16/copyright-troll-handed-ass-again-tries-saddest-trick-ever-to-get-out-of-paying-its-victims-legal-bills.html Righthaven…
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BBC caught in Twitter copyright row
BJP: Bloggers and photographers are calling on the BBC to rethink its use of Twitter images during its news broadcasts after failing to credit copyright owners
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Dismay at Government proposals to introduce IP reform, including orphan works legislation
BJP: The Government’s proposed reforms of intellectual property are criticised by the British Photographic Council, which says creators should have an unwaivable right to be identified as author of their works.
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Outdoor Photo Expo: Understanding Copyright Protection
Outdoor Photo Expo: Understanding Copyright Protection | PDNPulse At the seminar “Copyright: Know It or Blow It” conducted at the Outdoor Photo Expo, held August 4-5 in Salt Lake City, agent Debra Weiss and photographer and former stock agent Patrick Donehue offered advice on how photographers can protect the copyright via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/08/outdoor-photo-expo-understanding-copyright-protection.html At the…
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Interview: SIGGRAPH 2011 keynote speaker Cory Doctorow on copyright reform | Vancouver, Canada | Straight.com
Interview: SIGGRAPH 2011 keynote speaker Cory Doctorow on copyright reform As a vocal advocate of copyright reform, he’s got clear ideas about how copyright could work to the benefit of creators and publishers. via The Georgia Straight: http://www.straight.com/article-415146/vancouver/interview-siggraph-2011-keynote-speaker-cory-doctorow-copyright-reform Ironically, the one thing that none of these proposals that we’re working on will do is pay…
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PLUS licensing registry needs photographers' support
Some call PLUS “the largest evolutionary step for the imaging industry since the internet arrived”, while others remain wary of yet another system designed to simplify image licensing. David Hoffman, a moderator on the Editorial Photographers UK and Ireland website and an advocate for the system in the UK, explains why he thinks it is…
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If a Monkey Steals Your Camera, Who Owns the Photos?
If a Monkey Steals Your Camera, Who Owns the Photos? You can't forget those adorable self-portraits taken by a group of vain monkeys on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The shots are amazing, so amazing that a controversy is brewing over their copyright. via Gizmodo: http://gizmodo.com/5820714/if-a-monkey-steals-your-camera-who-owns-the-photos So who in this chain owns the rights to…
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Can Copyright Be Bad For Photography?
When Is Too Much Copyright Bad For Photography? – A Photo Editor I don’t want to get on a jag about copyright infringement here, but a lawsuit filed this week against Ryan McGinley illustrates how copyright can potentially impinge artist’s creative expression if taken too far. Rachel Corbett of ArtNet.com writes: Artis via A Photo…
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What would Jesus say about copyright infringment?
Janine Gordon has filed a lawsuit against Ryan McGinley for copyright infringement, “arguing that
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Jay Maisel Defends His Copyright And Is Attacked For It Online
A few weeks ago there was news that Jay Maisel had successfully defended his copyri
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ISPs to Disrupt Internet Access of Copyright Scofflaws
ISPs to Disrupt Internet Access of Copyright Scofflaws The nation’s major internet service providers, at the urging of Hollywood and the major record labels, have agreed to disrupt internet access for online copyright scofflaws. The deal, almost three years in the making, was announced early Thursday, and inc via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/07/disrupting-internet-access/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+wired27b The nation’s major internet…
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NPPA: Advocacy: Using the DMCA Takedown Notice
Finding an unauthorized use of your photograph on the web is upsetting. But what can you do about it? You can contact an attorney for assistance. But if you haven’t registered your photo in advance of the infringement, then you won’t be eligible for statutory damages. Attorneys will take such cases on contingency only under…
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Jay Maisel's building tagged with "Kind of Bloop" cover art
Jay Maisel’s building tagged with “Kind of Bloop” cover art According to this Hyperallergic blog post citing an anonymous source, someone in New York City paid someone else to plaster the building where photographer Jay Maisel lives with posters featuring a… via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2011/06/30/jay-maisels-building.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+boingboing/iBag Over a pixelated reworking of the photo, the text, “All…