It should come as no surprise to anyone who has followed our columns or attended our lectures, that amateurs have helped to kill off professional photographers, especially photojournalists.  CNN has now joined a laundry list of other publications (yes, TV networks are publishers publishing content) in swapping out the pros for the novices. See this […]

Hard as it is to believe, some artists and/or their agents or representatives have made some pretty crummy business decisions over the years.  Deals that seemed great when the Pacers, Vegas and Mavericks ruled the highways now look about as desirable as those departed cars of the ’70s. The Copyright Act of 1976 can be […]

We often write, lecture, advise and scream about the importance of retaining your rights set forth in the Constitution of The United States, to enforce your copyrights. Our efforts span decades and have been made necessary by Agents and especially, stock agencies who have attempted to obtain those rights from you. They do so because […]

Perhaps lost in the wake of the passing of Steve Jobs was the loss of Goskin Siphhioglu.  Our guess is that his name is known to 1% of maybe 1% of the American public…maybe. A noted photojournalist in his own right, he went on to found Sipa Press.  Sipa was one of a handful of […]

The Follies continue from yesterday: 4.   The ad industry has been particularly hard hit by the economy.  Picking off clients of other agencies while hardly a new sport, has become “more of a blood sport these days” as the “stakes have never been higher”.  Many former execs have opened up their own small/smaller shops and […]

We recently talked (a lot) at Photohop World in Las Vegas, where we gave three seminars.  We covered model release issues, copyright matters and a Vegas style buffet of other photo/legal issues.  PSW was a very well attended blast thanks to in no small measure Scott Kelby and his staff from NAPP. A significant number […]

Thanks to all that came to our 3 seminars at Photoshop World in Vegas this past week. It was a lot of fun, as usual and the feedback from attendees was fantastic. Jack is off to Italy for two weeks and Ed has some high profile cases in the works, so please be patient for […]

Its no secret that this economy has hit photographers, models, illustrators, graphic designers, ad agencies and real estate brokers really hard.  Rarely mentioned is that lawyers have similarly suffered in an economy where there are fewer home sales and business transactions,  consumer/business credit is tight, many people can’t afford to get divorced and if you […]