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500px & Google Chromecast Partnership – Exclusive Interview With 500px

Oct 1, 2015 JP Danko

500px and Google recently announced an agreement that will see a curated selection of the 500px photography collection available to Google Chromecast users for display…



PETA lawsuit claims famous monkey owns the selfie copyright

Sep 23, 2015 Liron Samuels

Remember the macaque monkey who snapped a few selfies that went wildly viral back in 2011? While photographer David Slater and Wikipedia argued about whether…



Social Media Networks Don’t Give a Flying Fudge-Nugget About Your Copyright!

Sep 10, 2015 JP Danko

I have been working on ways to automate some of my social media and blogging activity over the last little while and one of the…



Photographer Loses Copyright Suit Against Mapmaker Because of Licensing Technicality

Aug 21, 2015 Allen Mowery

Creative commons licensing is great, especially for online content creators.   It can also be a tremendous tool for gaining recognition through use of your work…



Photographing Food Can Be Considered Copyright Infringement In Germany (And, Why I Agree)

Aug 17, 2015 Tiffany Mueller

Earlier this year, we talked about how many restaurants are embracing social media as a means of free advertising. Some American restaurants even changed their…



So You Got An Invoice From My Lawyer Asking To Pay Up For The Photo You Stole…

Jul 31, 2015 Tiffany Mueller

Dear Asshole Friend, You’re probably wondering why I haven’t responded back to your emails asking me to call off my lawyers. You are, after all,…



GoPro Announces New Premium Content Licensing Portal

Jul 22, 2015 Tiffany Mueller

In an announcement made on the camera maker’s website, GoPro shared it’s latest venture content licensing portal. GoPro says the service is geared towards “high…



Retweeters Of A Copyrighted Photo Just got Sued

Jul 9, 2015 Udi Tirosh

By now we should all know that taking someone’s photo and uploading it to social media is not cool (and not legal either). But what…



Portland Photographer Sues City After They Accuse Him of Trademark Violation

Jul 2, 2015 Allen Mowery

As a kid, I always loved receiving mail.  It was exciting and made one little narcissist-in-training feel important.  As an adult, I loath mail.  What isn’t…



New EU Proposal Could Make It Impossible To Take Photos In Public

Jul 1, 2015 Allen Mowery

Will public photography soon be impossible in Europe?  A new proposal being submitted in the European Union parliament may mean almost that. “Freedom of Panorama” is…