Archive for category Copyright

Our NIK Webinar Now Up for Viewing

For those that missed our terrific (if we say so ourselves) live NIK webinar a few weeks ago, the recorded version is now up on the NIK website here. We’ll be doing more of these with different photography website and will post any additional ones here. So stay tuned.

Fairey Fairly Fortunate For Fibbing

The seemingly endless Shepard Fairey legal saga continued this past week in Federal Court in New York. Mr. Fairey, an illustrator and the creator of the “Obama Hope” poster, had been involved in a copyright infringement matter where – very long story, short – claims were made that his poster was a rip off of copyright registered […]

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No Release = No Glory & No Money

We often like to start and finish our real life tales from the photosphere by saying, “Ya’ never know”. We always suggest that photographers of all persuasions, specialties, hobbyists and professionals alike always try to obtain model releases on the spot, all of the time, no matter what.  In stereo we implore our listeners and […]

If Not Now, When?

As many of you know, under the auspices of APA, Ed created with Prof. Nimmer, a proposed system by which the Federal Courts could hear “smaller” copyright infringement cases on an economical and expedited basis.  After seeing so many straightforward smaller infringement cases becoming protracted legal cases where attorneys increased their fees by stalling, Ed […]

Great News! $27,000 Payday

We seem to be posting a lot of hard stories and it’s great to post an uplifting story today.  It’s about a photographer who negotiated and got a $27,000 payday for one of his wedding photos.  It was first reported to be $18,000, but photographer/blogger John Mireles who first broke this story (read here) later […]

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People Shot, Civilians Shoot, Vultures Swarm

There was a terrible workplace shooting today in New York City, near the iconic Empire State building. Within minutes, people who were nearby and witnessing some of the carnage immediately posted images and videos shot on their ever-present smart phones. Within minutes of the images being uploaded, various new organizations were contacting the people who […]

Where Do Your Stock Photos Live When You Die?

Jack here. Ed just posted to wonderful comments on a great industry blog, A Photo Editor, regarding the recent sale of Getty Images for $3.3 Billion dollars. I thought it would be good to post and share it here, along with any comments our readers might have. Below are Ed’s comments and I quote and […]

Chicken Soup for Photographers- Couldn’t Hurt

According to an article on PDN.com, photographers can use the “FBI Copyright Warning”. You know the one that appears before every movie you rent. Copy this photo and the FBI will hunt you down like the dog that you are. Well, not really. The FBI will not really come after you. Your best protection is […]

Bloggers Beware: You CAN Get Sued For Using Pics on Your Blog – My Story

Here’s a post from a blogger, writer Roni Loren, who thought taking any photo on the Internet was OK as long as you took it down when someone complained. Really good post explaining why she was sooo wrong about that and other “fair use” assumptions. It’s a great read. One you should pass on to […]

Free Webinar August 15th

We’re at it again. We’re doing an encore free one hour webinar with our friends at NIK software on August 15th. It’s free again, but you do have to pre-register. Last time we didn’t have enough time to answer questions, so this time we’re asking for questions beforehand and will devote half the webinar to […]

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