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Are Patents Like The Three This Photographer Holds Harmful Or Ultimately Helpful For Our Industry?
Aug 23, 2014
Tiffany Mueller
A California based company, PhotoCrazy (owned by Peter Wolf), is suing a South Carolina event photography business, Capstone, for violating three of PhotoCrazy’s patents. The patents, 6,985,875;…
US Copyright Office: Photos Taken by Animals Have No Copyright. Nor Do Photos Taken by God.
Aug 22, 2014
Maaz Khan
Two weeks ago, the story of the selfie-taking monkey gave me what I had thought was the best article title I was ever going to…
The Ins and Outs of Using On-Line Photos
Aug 8, 2014
Jeff Guyer
A few months ago, a friend of mine was scrolling through a photography website when he saw something that made him jump out of his…
Wikimedia: Because the Monkey Pressed the Shutter, It Owns the Picture
Aug 6, 2014
Maaz Khan
The two pictures above were taken by British nature photographer David Slater in 2011, when a black macaque walked over to him and hijacked his…
Can I Use That Picture? This Flowchart Helps You Demystify Copyright Law
Aug 6, 2014
Tiffany Mueller
UPDATE: the chart was wrong in in more than one way, we took it down. You can still see the original link in the article,…
Flickr Surprises Everyone, Announces New Licensing Opportunities
Jul 30, 2014
Tiffany Mueller
As the stock photography market continues to expand at dizzying speeds, photo hosting conglomerate, Flickr, made an unexpected announcement this morning saying that they will…
Canon and Microsoft Announce Patent Cross-Licensing Agreement: Future Windows Phone Camera Plans Ahead?
Jul 3, 2014
Maaz Khan
Yesterday, Microsoft and Canon announced a new broad patent cross-licensing agreement, which will essentially grant the two giant companies licenses to each others patent portfolios….
The Business of Photography: Why It’s Important to Know What We’re Talking About
Jun 27, 2014
Jeff Guyer
In photography, as in life in general, it’s important to know what you’re talking about. You and I could get together for beers and spend…
Protect Your Photos From Rights Grabbing
May 27, 2014
Peter Bower
Over the weekend, the team at VOTogs posted an article revealing a government organization potentially taking advantage of photographers via rather sneaky means. The Vivid…
Walmart’s Latest Classless Move: Suing a Photographer’s Widowed Wife
May 21, 2014
Maaz Khan
It’s amazing how perfect the narrative of this story is; Americans love suing, and who not better to be the plaintiff than one of our…