Category: Copyright

Watch out for rights grabs – National Geographic My Montana contest and TurnHere

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National Geographic’s My Montana contest features a pretty standard rights grab. It’s particularly sad to see National Geographic taking advantage of photographers in this way, especially since the organization has been so supportive of photography and photographers since the beginning of the craft

January 10, 2020
Telegraph’s picture editor caught in copyright infringement blunder

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A deputy picture editor for The Daily Telegraph’s website has been caught arguing that editorial staff is not required to gain clearance for the use of images online due to the nature of the industry, BJP can report.

January 10, 2020
Don’t Like Me

Don’t Like Me

Lots of chatter online about how photographers should embrace sharing their work and stop complaining about copyright. All started by this post (here) by the king of HDR (Trey Ratcliff) who says: A…

via A Photo Editor: https://aphotoeditor.com/2012/02/14/dont-like-me/

I can’t blame them for their rapture, because they and many others have discovered a perfectly legitimate business model for making a living with a camera: Selling Something Besides Photographs.

January 10, 2020
Another photographer fights and wins against Shepard Fairey

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photographer Dina Douglas has come forward with some details regarding her dispute, and eventual settlement, with Shepard Fairey over Fairey’s usage of her image of a cancer survivor

January 10, 2020
Pinterest’s Broken Business Model

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As concerns grew it became clear that for many people Pinterest’s real crime wasn’t just that they had created a system designed to encourage easy copyright infringement, but that they attempt to shift the blame for the ensuing infringements onto their users:

January 10, 2020
NY Post scolded by photographer

Jim Romenesko

via Jim Romenesko: http://jimromenesko.com/2012/03/16/ny-post-scolded-by-photographer/

The New York Post declared this week that “Pinterest is the new Facebook,” and used the photo on the right to illustrate its story. The credit line said, “Courtesy Tory Burch via Pinterest.”

Actually, the photo was taken by Leela Cyd, and here’s an excerpt of the letter she’s sent to the tabloid

January 10, 2020
AP pulls falling bear photo after copyright dispute between student photographer, newspaper

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On Saturday the Associated Press issued a “photo elimination” of Andy Duann’s falling bear pictures, advising its members to “eliminate from your systems and archives” AP’s “Campus bear” photos shot by Andy Duann and credited to the CU Independent, the student publication of the University of Colorado Boulder, where Duann is a student

January 10, 2020
University of Colorado will no longer demand copyright from students

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“I’ve personally apologized to [student photographer] Andy Duann for the mistaken assumption that the CU Independent owned the copyright to the falling bear photo, and the resulting controversy that ensued. At Andy’s suggestion, we’re working on a new policy that will assign use of content to the CU Independent but allow content producers to retain the copyrights to their material.”

January 10, 2020
Agence France Presse vs Morel: “AFP Got Caught With A Hand In The Cookie Jar And Will Have To Pay”

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It’s unlikely anyone will ever step forward to claim the credit for that particular piece of ingenious public relations, for it’s clear that AFP and Getty are already bracing themselves for a crushing defeat. Buried deep in their memorandum is a plea to the court that should it find in Morel’s favour, damages should be limited to a maximum of $240,000. That’s a far cry from previous ringing declarations that “in the end, we shall prevail”.

January 10, 2020
All your images are belong to us

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In a nutshell, it works like this. Social media platform ( think Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter) install an API on their site that allows to automatically recognize if an image posted belongs to a photo agency (Getty Images only for now). Upon recognition, the usage is either approved or denied. If approve, a license fee is charged.

January 10, 2020
A notice doesn’t help: Facebook still gets rights to your pictures

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“You only have 3 ways out of this agreement with facebook: 1. Don’t have a facebook account, 2. Negotiate a special agreement with facebook (good luck!), or 3., Delete your facebook account”

January 10, 2020
Instagram changes terms of service, but will pro photographers flee anyway?

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Instagram says it’s going to delete language from its new terms of service that caused widespreading out-freaking across the Internet.

January 10, 2020
Snapshots of the Instagram Debate, Through the Lens of Professionals

Snapshots of the Instagram Debate, Through the Lens of Professionals

Many bold-name photographers are reflecting on their use of Instagram after the company announced a controversial change in its usage policy.

via The 6th Floor Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/20/snapshots-of-the-instagram-debate-through-the-lens-of-professionals/

“there is ‘less of a barrier’ when it comes to taking pictures with an iPhone, as opposed to a large camera with a long lens. ‘You shoot with both eyes. That’s unusual in the photo world.’”

January 10, 2020
Study exposes social media sites that delete photographs’ metadata

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Facebook and Twitter consistently remove the metadata from images, a new study by the International Press Telecommunications Council has revealed. Google+, meanwhile, comes out on top

January 10, 2020
Stalked for Protecting Copyright, Author Gets Restraining Order

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Victims of ELI’s attacks–including stock photo agencies and attorneys who help them enforce copyright– are cheering, but doing so quietly, for fear of fueling renewed attacks if they speak up. Chan and his attorney say he is being denied his rights of free speech, and that he is the victim of judicial overreach and error.

January 10, 2020
AFP v Morel case to be judged in September

AFP v Morel case to be judged in September – 1854 Photography

Three years after Daniel Morel entered litigation against Agence France-Presse and Getty Images over the unauthorised distribution of some of his images, a trial date has been set. On 16 September, a jury will be asked to rule on some of the outstanding claims in what could become a landmark case for photographers. [bjp_ad_slot] The…

via 1854 Photography: https://www.1854.photography/2013/03/afp-v-morel-case-to-be-judged-in-september/

The long-awaited trial by jury in the Agence France-Presse v Daniel Morel copyright case will start in September

January 10, 2020
Why Can’t We Take Pictures in Art Museums?

Why Can’t We Take Pictures in Art Museums?

In an attempt to balance copyright restrictions and ever-present camera phones, some museums are loosening their ‘no photography’ policies

via ARTnews.com: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/photography-in-art-museums-2222/

“You are fighting an uphill battle if you restrict,” says Nina Simon, director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History and author of The Participatory Museum. “Even in the most locked-down spaces, people will still take pictures and you’ll still find a million of these images online. So why not support it in an open way that’s constructive and embraces the public?”

January 10, 2020
$1 billion worth of stolen content

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While Tumblr always had a policy of abiding to the DMCA and would take down any flagged images not properly licensed, it is however a fact that out of the 107.8 million blogs and 50.6 billion posts, the majority are made of images stolen from other sources.

January 10, 2020
» Tumblr restores ‘If iPhoneographers Replaced Photojournalists’ post JIMROMENESKO.COM

Jim Romenesko

via Jim Romenesko: http://jimromenesko.com/2013/08/23/tumblr-restores-if-iphoneographers-replaced-photojournalists-post/

Fujifilm Japan’s recently-announced Instax Mini 90 is an instant film camera that wears the same retro styling seen in some of the company’s other cameras like the X-M1. It uses Instax film, Fuji’s instant film that measures 2.13 x 3.4 inches — about the size of a credit card.

January 10, 2020
My content is your content

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This quick edit of images from Syria below was done in a few minutes using a free web app called Storify. All I had to do was type in keywords into a search that covers Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Flickr, G+ and many more, select the images I liked and publish it on my blog. Done.
No worries about credit, image ownership, licensing rights or any of the gates that protect copyrighted images.

January 10, 2020