During 2009, 71% of freelance respondents said they had been asked to give copyright to their clients, and 62% said they were pressured to give clients a more extensive licence for no increase in the fee.
Category: Copyright
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Editorial Photographers UK | Industry survey: Freelance photographers who keep copyright earn 33% more
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Judge Rules DMCA Protects YouTube in Viacom Lawsuit | Threat Level
Google Wins Viacom Copyright Lawsuit
Google-owned YouTube won a major victory Wednesday when a federal judge ruled the video-sharing site was protected under U.S. copyright law. Viacom, which vowed an appeal, was seeking $1 billion in damages in a case testing the depths of copyright-infring
In short, Wednesday’s decision says internet companies, even if they know they are hosting infringing material, are immune from copyright liability if they promptly remove works at a rights-holder’s request — under what is known as a takedown notice.
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Two Tales of Rip-Offs
Meet Toby Gregory — duckrabbit
Meet Toby Gregory: He wanted the photographer Yasuyoshi Chiba to give him some photos from the Rugby Sevens in Kenya…
via duckrabbit: http://duckrabbit.info/blog/2010/06/toby-gregory/
(Toby Gregory) wanted the photographer Yasuyoshi Chiba to give him some photos from the Rugby Sevens in Kenya yesterday. For some reason he thought that Chiba should give them to him for free! When he refused he attacked Chiba and stole one of his compact flash cards.
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Judge Urges Resolution in Use of Obama Photo – ArtsBeat
Judge Urges Resolution in Use of Obama Photo
Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein said in a hearing that “whether it’s sooner or later, The Associated Press is going to win” the case.
via ArtsBeat: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/28/judge-urges-resolution-in-use-of-obama-photo/?partner=rss&emc=rss
On Friday, Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York said in a hearing that “whether it’s sooner or later, The Associated Press is going to win” the case.
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PDNPulse: In Copyright Case, Court Rejects Corbis's Bulk Registration Practices
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 over the years in Corbis’s copyright registration program may have less copyright protection than they think—or need. The reason is because the bulk copyright registration forms that Corbis filed starting in the mid 1990s are missing a crucial piece of information: the names of most of the photographers.
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Mostly True: What Color is Your Toolbox?
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…
Yep, your claim to ownership is there the moment you make the image. Now, if you really want to have the power to enforce that claim, you need to register that image, but that’s a different post. The only point I’m making is this, you own that image.
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PDNPulse: Insult to Injury: AFP Suing Photographer It Stole Photos From
That, of course, raises the question: what is copyright really worth anymore if technology has turned it into something that benefits only those with the resources to enforce and defend it at every turn?
Link: PDNPulse: Insult to Injury: AFP Suing Photographer It Stole Photos From
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A Photo Editor – AFP Steals Photographers Haiti Images Then Sues Him
AFP Steals Photographers Haiti Images Then Sues Him – A Photo Editor
Ok, this one is strange but follow me for a moment because this could be a big case for photographers. Haitian Photographer Daniel Morel was in Port au Prince when the earthquake struck and captured some of the first images of the destruction that he then
via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2010/04/27/afp-steals-photographers-haiti-images-then-sues-him/
Haitian Photographer Daniel Morel was in Port au Prince when the earthquake struck and captured some of the first images of the destruction that he then transmitted out. An amazing effort was made by Daniel to get the images out under the circumstances and he used Twitter to do it.
APF (Agence France Presse) found the images after another twitter user stole them from Daniel’s account. APF download the images and distributed them with that other users name in the credit. The images appeared on newspapers world-wide.
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Daniel Morel Sued by AFP for Aggressive Assertion of Rights | 100Eyes
Haitian Photographer sued by Agence France Presse (AFP) for “antagonistic assertion of rights” Award winning Haitian born photojournalist, Daniel Morel, has filed an answer and counterclaim to the French international wire service Agence France Presse’s lawsuit filed on March 26, 2010 in Manhattan federal district court. The French international wire service which distributes to approximately 110 countries, which provides text, photographs, videos and graphics to customers on a worldwide basis, asserts that Mr. Morel “has made demands that amount to an antagonistic assertion of rights in his photographs of the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010 at 4:54 p.m. taken in the hour immediately following the quake.
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PDNPulse: Can Copyright Be Saved?
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.
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Bauer still at it…yawn….don't supply them. contracts. copyright. | duckrabbit
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…
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 to their greedy contract which wants all rights, and also makes anyone who signs it liable for all damages and costs in the event of legal action.
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This means war: Big Content's war on democracy – Boing Boing
This means war: Big Content’s war on democracy
My latest Guardian column, “Digital Economy Act: This means war,” explains how the latest round of dirty tricks from the entertainment industry — perverting British law, proposing…
My latest Guardian column, “Digital Economy Act: This means war,” explains how the latest round of dirty tricks from the entertainment industry — perverting British law, proposing an American police state, building an oppressive global treaty behind closed doors — changes the game. We’re no longer merely arguing about the future of control over culture: now it’s about the fundamentals of a just and free society
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PDNPulse: New York Again Considering Law to Benefit Marilyn Monroe's Estate
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 Again Considering Law to Benefit Marilyn Monroe’s Estate
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A Photo Editor – Freelance Writers And Photographers In A Standoff With Bauer Publishing
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 sign t
via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2010/04/13/freelance-writers-and-photographers-in-a-standoff-with-bauer-publishing/
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 sign the new contract which contains clauses that “provide Bauer with an unlimited lifetime financial indemnity in the event of legal action arising from their work” and “to acquire licenses from their subjects for the company to use their image for its own profit as and when it wishes.”
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Editorial Photographers UK | Eight Questions BAPLA Must Answer
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 | Eight Questions BAPLA Must Answer
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Burning Man Rethinks Its Legal Ownership of Your Photos | Threat Level
Burning Man Rethinks Its Legal Ownership of Your Photos
With the annual Burning Man celebration of art and self-expression four months away, its organizers are taking a second look at their Draconian photo and video policies. As it is now, the Burning Man Organization requires ticket purchasers to assign to th
As it is now, the Burning Man Organization requires ticket purchasers to assign to the group the legal rights of photos and video taken at the festival.
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Editorial Photographers UK | The short unhappy life of photographic industry unity
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 speak for us?
Link: Editorial Photographers UK | The short unhappy life of photographic industry unity
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Visual Artists to Sue Google Over Library Project – NYTimes.com
Visual Artists to Sue Google Over Vast Library Project
The class action lawsuit asserts that a planned digital library amounts to large-scale copyright infringement.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/technology/07google.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
On Wednesday, the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) and other groups representing visual artists plan to file a class-action lawsuit against Google, asserting that the company’s efforts to digitize millions of books from libraries amount to large-scale infringement of their copyrights.
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Legal Left, Meet Creative Right –Work for Hire II | Luceo Images
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