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Artist Annoyed At Madonna Using His Work With No Credit Under ‘Fair Use’
Dec 19, 2015
Udi Tirosh
As artists, we find the ‘Fair Use’ doctrine to sometimes be beneficial, but sometimes to be extremely disturbing. I guess illustrator Danny Quirk subscribes to the latter…
Register Your Photos With The US Copyright Office Directly From Lightroom With Imagerights Plugin
Nov 16, 2015
Udi Tirosh
If you’ve been infringed (and frankly, who wasn’t) there is a big difference on what you can do to the offending party, depending on your…
The Copyright Battle Between PETA and Viral Monkey Photographer Just Got Weirder
Nov 12, 2015
Liron Samuels
Just when you thought a copyright battle about a monkey’s selfie couldn’t get any more bizarre, Photographer David Slater responded to PETA’s lawsuit with yet…
Photographer files lawsuit claiming Universal used photo without permission in new Steve Jobs biopic
Nov 10, 2015
Gannon Burgett
In 1994, diver and photographer Carl Roessler captured ‘Maddened Attack’, an image of a shark taken off the southern coast of Australia. Four years later…
Could YouTube Style “Matched Content” Be The Solution For Licensing Journalism and Photography?
Oct 31, 2015
JP Danko
Nobody likes having their creative content stolen, and everybody wants to be paid for their work. While file sharing has altered the power dynamic of…
Janet Jackson’s concert photography contract is worse than Taylor Swift’s
Oct 21, 2015
Liron Samuels
Remember the massive outcry when Taylor Swift’s terrible concert photography contracts were published? Apparently Janet Jackson doesn’t, or she just really doesn’t care. Earlier today…
500Px Pulls The Switch On Chinese Sister Site
Oct 18, 2015
Udi Tirosh
Photo sharing site 500px started a Chinese sister site and the service users were not happy. What started as a small snowball has evolved into…
500Px In Hot Water For Creating A Chinese Sister Site
Oct 15, 2015
Udi Tirosh
Users of the (recently rebranded) photo sharing site 500px, are gathering to protest that Chinese now have access to all of their photos on 500px in…
Argentina Talks Extending The Lifespan On Copyrights By Average Of 120 Years; Artist Advocacy Groups Say No Way
Oct 3, 2015
Tiffany Mueller
Argentinian lawmakers are reviewing a possible new law which would extend the copyright on photographs and films from the current 20 years after date of publication,…
CC’s “No Rights Reserved” Mark Looks Dangerously Similar To Behance’s “All Rights Reserved” Mark
Oct 2, 2015
Tiffany Mueller
Jim Wehtje discovered an apparent oversight that could potentially cause a lot of headaches for photographers and creators in general). It appears the symbol Adobe’s Behance website…