Category: Copyright
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Copyright, companies, individuals and news: the rules of the road
Copyright, companies, individuals and news: the rules of the road | Cory Doctorow Cory Doctorow: Copyright may not be perfect, but when applied with common sense, it’s the best system we’ve got via the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jan/26/copyright-cory-doctorow My latest Guardian column, “Copyright, companies, individuals and news: the rules of the road,” is a start on a…
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Protecting your copyright in a digital world :: Photocritic
When people steal my content on the internet, I get very angry. At some point, I decided to fight back. This post explains why and how. Link: Protecting your copyright in a digital world :: Photocritic photography blog
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Google News stops hosting new Associated Press content
Link: Google News stops hosting new Associated Press content – Jan. 11, 2010
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Demi Moore's lawyers threaten Boing Boing over photo analysis blog post Boing Boing
Demi Moore’s lawyers threaten Boing Boing over photo analysis blog post (Click for large. Two versions of W Magazine cover featuring Demi Moore, one for the US edition, one for Korea. Note the apparent difference in the area around the hip. Comparison here.) Lawyers re… via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2009/12/28/demi-moores-lawyers.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29 Lawyers representing Demi Moore sent a…
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Major record labels rip off 300,000 songs for compilation CDs, may owe $60 billion in damages Boing Boing
Major record labels rip off 300,000 songs for compilation CDs, may owe $60 billion in damages Jazz great Chet Baker’s estate is suing the major record labels for releasing his music on Canadian CDs without paying compensation (a common practice in Canada, where over 300,000 songs have… via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2009/12/07/major-record-labels.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29
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Mostly True: Reader's Digest and an Ugly New Contract
Reader’s Digest and an Ugly New Contract Reader’s Digest Publishing in Australia has a very ugly new contract that they’d like photographers to sign. I’m not sure if they are a franchise of the American Reader’s Digest, with some type of content sharing deal, or if they… via Mostly True: http://kennethjarecke.typepad.com/mostly_true/2009/12/readers-digest-and-an-ugly-new-contract.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MostlyTrue+%28Mostly+True%29 Reader’s Digest Publishing in…
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Associated Press loves fair use (we just wish they'd share) – Boing Boing
Associated Press loves fair use (we just wish they’d share) The Associated Press, a organization with so little respect for fair use that they expect you to pay for a license to quote as little as five words from its articles, describes how it relied on fai… via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/22/associated-press-lov.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29
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PDNPulse: Warning: Facebook and MySpace Strip Photo Copyright Data
A report published this week by the American Society of Media Photographers examines the terms of service (TOS) for Facebook, Photobucket, Flickr, MySpace, YouTube and Twitter. Link: PDNPulse: Warning: Facebook and MySpace Strip Photo Copyright Data
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PDNPulse: Toyota Apologizes For Using Flickr Photos In SUV Ad
Toyota U.S.A. has removed a photo feature from one of its Web sites and apologized to Flickr photographers whose images appeared on the site without their permission. Link: PDNPulse: Toyota Apologizes For Using Flickr Photos In SUV Ad
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PDN: Photographers Denied Participation in Google Settlement
Link: Photographers Denied Participation in Google Settlement
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Secret copyright treaty leaks. It's bad. Very bad. – Boing Boing
Secret copyright treaty leaks. It’s bad. Very bad. The internet chapter of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, a secret copyright treaty whose text Obama’s administration refused to disclose due to “national security” concern… via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/03/secret-copyright-tre.html The internet chapter of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, a secret copyright treaty whose text Obama’s administration refused to disclose…
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Shepard Fairey Admits Lying in Lawsuit
Link: Shepard Fairey Admits Lying in Lawsuit: Fairey’s lawyers intend to quit representing him, the AP’s lawyer says.
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Blow-Up Over Artist’s Giant Copy Of Obama Stipple Drawing
Blow-Up Over Artist’s Blow-Up of Obama Stipple Drawing Pablo Picasso once said, “Good artists copy, great artists steal.” But Wall Street Journal illustrator Noli Novak says Spanish artist Jose Maria Cano engaged in outright plagiarism in producing a large painting that meticulously duplicates Novak‘s stipple via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/10/novak/ Wall Street Journal illustrator Noli Novak says…
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PDNPulse: Magazine: Contacting Photographers is Too Complicated
Link: PDNPulse: Magazine: Contacting Photographers is Too Complicated: London-based pro photographer Ben Roberts recently had one of his images published in GUP, a photo magazine based in The Netherlands.
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An Update on the International Olympic Committee’s Threatening Letter to Flickr User Richard Giles
Link: An Update on the International Olympic Committee’s Threatening Letter to Flickr User Richard Giles | Thomas Hawk Digital Connection: As of tonight, the issue is still not entirely resolved. Although the IOC seems much more diplomatic at this point than they did in the harsh C&D letter that they originally sent Giles, they still…
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Olympic Commitee claims that photographing exterior of venues violates copyrights
Olympic Commitee claims that photographing exterior of venues violates copyrights Jordan sez, “The IOC, believing that it owns the photos in your shoebox, sent a takedown notice to Richard Giles, AWIA member and rather good photographer. I took notice, as we in Vancouver a… via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/07/olympic-commitee-cla.html In Ed Kashi’s new book, THREE, images…
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PDNPulse: A Closer Look at the Annie Leibovitz Lavazza Case
PDNPulse: A Closer Look at the Annie Leibovitz Lavazza Case: How similar are Pizzetti’s location shots to Leibovitz’s final images? We have some animated GIFs below comparing the photographs.
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PDNPulse: Mystery: Who Asked Flickr to Delete the Obama Joker?
PDNPulse: Mystery: Who Asked Flickr to Delete the Obama Joker?: If we rule out Time and DC Comics (both owned by Time Warner), and Platon, who else could have a reasonable copyright claim over Alkhateeb’s image? If someone with no credible case for copyright ownership submitted a takedown request, shouldn’t Flickr have rejected the claim?
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El Che – Obey Giant
CLICK NOTE: It’s almost too much. A Rene Burri rip-off being promoted on Shepard’s site for only $100 per print. I love you Shepard, but this print is basically like someone took the original negative and printed it on high-contrast paper. The money should go to the photographer, Magnum’s Rene Burri. El Che – Obey…
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Flickr v. Free Speech. Where Is Their Courage?
Flickr v. Free Speech. Where Is Their Courage?: One thing I’ve learned over the years is this – screwing over your users while yelling “the lawyers made me do it!” rarely ends well. Particularly when the lawyers are just being lazy, and free speech rights are at stake. Flickr really stepped in it this time.…