copyright
BuzzFeed forbids crediting photographers in their Harry Potter themed Facebook group
Aug 28, 2018
Dunja Đuđić
I believe that you have heard of BuzzFeed, a news and entertainment company based on digital content. They also run a few Facebook groups on…
Copyright vs. Conscience: why legal action isn’t always the right move
Aug 22, 2018
Blair Bunting
A few days ago, I awoke to a text message from a friend who lives halfway around the world telling me that he had unexpectedly…
The case against the watermark
Aug 21, 2018
Michael Reynolds
Inevitably a time comes around in when a budding photographer decides to start “taking this seriously”, “discouraging image theft”, and my personal favorite, “gaining exposure”….
You can’t republish a photo even if it’s freely accessible online, EU court rules
Aug 8, 2018
Dunja Đuđić
If you see a photo freely available online and want to reuse it – you have to ask the photographer for the permission. Some would…
Nvidia trains AI to remove noise and watermarks by looking only at corrupted photos
Jul 10, 2018
Dunja Đuđić
There are different ways to remove or reduce noise, and there are also ways of removing watermarks from images. But Nvidia has recently introduced a…
U.S. Post must pay $3.5 million for using wrong Lady Liberty photo on a stamp
Jul 6, 2018
Dunja Đuđić
The U.S. Postal Service has recently been ordered to pay $3.5M for a pretty strange case of copyright infringement. They have mistakenly used a photo…
Virginia court rules that stealing photographs for commercial websites is “fair use”
Jul 2, 2018
John Aldred
Well, this one has some potentially scary consequences for photographers rights, as well as other copyright holders. The case involves an image created by photographer…
Starting today, 500px no longer have a Creative Commons license option
Jul 1, 2018
Udi Tirosh
Remember that a month ago image sharing platform 500px announced that they will shut their marketplace down? A closer look at the announcement by Redditor Ricky_Lee_Hasselhoff…
Singapore photographer busted for sharing stock photos as his own
Jun 21, 2018
Dunja Đuđić
Singapore photographer and Sony Ambassador Daryl Aiden Yow was recently busted for sharing stock photos and other people’s work as his own. Yow is particularly…
Man files $3 million lawsuit against Pornhub for using his selfie in an ad
Jun 12, 2018
Dunja Đuđić
In the era of the internet, it’s not at all uncommon to find your photos used by someone else without your permission. This happened to…