Our most recent article on the hazards of electing arbitration as a method of dispute resolution has resulted in a flood of questions. While we have been beating the drum against arbitration for many years, myths die hard on those rare occasions when they in fact, do perish. Here is a sample of some of […]
Archive for category Copyright
Arbitration- Part 2
Jul 4
Happy 4th of July to all! Letting bygones be bygones, here’s a great article, Stolen Photos, What to Do?, from our photography cousins across the pond at Editorial Photographers of the United Kingdom and Ireland. While their copyright laws are slightly different than ours here in the Colonies, there’s some great advise here. Like on […]
It is a commonly held myth that arbitration as a method of dispute resolution is faster and cheaper than litigation. Entertainment companies, publishers and ad agencies who financially benefit by screwing photographers and illustrators, frequently insert an arbitration clause in their agreements requiring that any disputes (often including claims of copyright infringement) be arbitrated via […]
Ed and Jack in a free live webinar this Thursday at 5pm EST, 2pm PST, sponsored by NIK. We’ll be covering a bunch of topics, from current things in the news, an overview of Copyright, and model release factoids. We’ll also have time for questions and hopefully answers to those questions. It’s free, but you […]
Rodney King died last week. His death was in all the papers. In all the news outlets. He was of course the famous victim of what has been termed “The Most Famous Beatdown in History”. The initial trial of the LAPD officers was front page in Southern California and in nearly all other publications both […]
Jack will be doing his popular Photo Essentials: Light and Visual Perception lecture this Monday, June 18th for the Churchville Photography Club in Churchville, PA. Sponsored by Canon. Held at the Churchville Nature Center, 501 Churchville Lane, Churchville, PA 18966 This will be very informative and entertaining, good photo info, but it will not be […]
It is a falsehood, an abject lie, disingenuous and flat out wrong to assume that stock agencies always seeks the highest licensing fees and “best available deals”. It is not true of any agency nor any business in any industry that has repeat customers or clients. Suppliers, sellers and vendors of goods or services will […]
We are have both worked for decades on making it easier for creatives to use the Federal Courts to get money from infringers – especially the big corporate ones. See this blog article from APA. Keep fingers crossed and keep writing to your federal elected officials because crossing your fingers won’t get the job done. […]
Some Rep/Agent Advice
May 22
Ed recently posted a reply to an article on the aphotoeditor.com blog. The answer was so brilliant (who knew?) that I thought it would be a good idea to bring it to the forefront here, instead of being buried in a comments section somewhere else. I think the advice given is critically important to any photographer […]
To get to the free milk, of course. We wonder why buy milk, when the cow will milk itself, bottle the milk, and just hand it over to you? Sound silly, but that seems to be the photographer & agent/rep relationship when it comes to money owed to you the photographer, when you find your […]
