Category: Copyright

In Copyright Case, Court Rejects Corbis’s Bulk Registration Practices | PDNPulse May 11, 2010 In Copyright Case, Court Rejects Corbis’s Bulk Registration Practices Photographers who have participated over the years in Corbis’s copyright registration program may have less copyright protection than they think—or need. The reason is beca via PDNPulse: http://www.pdnpulse.com/2010/05/in-copyright-case-court-rejects-corbiss-bulk-registration-practices.html Photographers who have participated…

What Color is Your Toolbox? Kenneth Jarecke / Contact Press Images Lens, bodies, laptops, err I suppose Photoshop actions, make up the majority of physical tools we photographers carry around these days. Hardly worth talking about. In fact, once you’ve figured out how you see… via Mostly True: http://kennethjarecke.typepad.com/mostly_true/2010/05/what-color-is-your-toolbox.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MostlyTrue+%28Mostly+True%29 Yep, your claim to ownership is…

At the forum, called “Copyright and the New Economy,” panelists described their concerns about copyright protection, and explained what they thought a re-vamped system should achieve.  Link: PDNPulse: Can Copyright Be Saved?

Kerrang! Bauer loses it’s Mojo…. — duckrabbit Ok…I know that post title makes no sense really, but it looks better than my previous effort, which was something… via duckrabbit: http://duckrabbit.info/blog/2010/04/bauer-still-at-it-yawn-dont-supply-them/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+duckrabbit%2FNrks+%28duckrabbit%29 I was just reading on the Guardian that over 200 writers and photographers have signed a petition to refuse to contribute to Bauer’s music titles…due…

The New York State legislature is once again moving on a right-of-publicity bill for the benefit of Marilyn Monroe’s estate. The state senate could vote on Senate Bill 6790 at any time, but it would still require passage by the New York State Assembly and the governor’s signature to become law. Link: PDNPulse: New York…

Freelance Writers And Photographers In A Standoff With Bauer Publishing – A Photo Editor Bauer, a German-owned publisher which bought music magazines Kerrang!, MOJO and Q in December of 2007 from Emap is trying to impose a new contract on freelancers working for those titles. Over 200 contributors to the three magazines have refused to…

When BAPLA wrote to the Government regarding the controversial Clause 43 of the Digital Economy Bill the association claimed to be speaking on behalf of a united photographic industry. It wasn’t. BAPLA ignored thousands of photographers lobbying to stop the clause. In an open letter to BAPLA, EPUK asks “Why?” Link: Editorial Photographers UK |…

We have no choice but to point out that almost every photographer organisation supported Stop43 despite the signatures of some on the BAPLA letter. The real question is : why BAPLA, Getty, DACS and RPS did not support Stop43 , and why they abandoned the high moral (rights) ground, and with it any claim to…

This week we’ll take a look at a couple of incarnations of the Work for Hire beast and try to play a game of follow-the-bouncing-ball to see where the photographer’s rights go when the song comes to an end. Link: Legal Left, Meet Creative Right –Work for Hire II | Luceo Images

Along with the letter, I enclose an invoice for the use or uses I have discovered. I tell them that I will grant them a “retroactive license’ upon payment of the fee that they would have paid had they contacted me for a license. However, I also clearly state that they must pay the invoice…