We’ve heard and written about numerous and never ending excuses from infringers. One of the most common responses we heard goes like this: “We made no money” or “We didn’t charge any money”. The following is a current, real life court case that shows that it doesn’t matter that money didn’t change hands. New York […]
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Ed will be speaking at the Association of American Law Schools in New York on January 3, 2014. He will be discussing the “Ag Gag” laws which have restricted photographers’ access to farms, ranches and food processing facilities photographers even when covering health and safety issues from the photographers’ point of view. See our article […]
We ran across this great letter to a producer from a songwriter, NJ White in the UK, as to why he is not willing to give away his work to the producer for free. The link is on Paul Resnikoff’s Digital Music News website. It’s a great read. Read it at this link or the […]
We have often written on and Ed has litigated the sensitive topic of using child models. NY State has just passed a new law with respect to the use of child models. See this article in Crain’s. This new law imposes burdens on models, model agencies, clients, ad agencies and of course, photographers. The NY […]
Andrew Paul Leonard is a photographer and one of Ed’s clients. Mr. Leonard is also an electron micrographer. Shooting through an electron microscope he is one of the precious few professional photographers in the world who can both use scanning electron microscope and then create color images of stem cells. The black and white image […]
According to the good folks at Petapixel.com, the current Miss Universe faces hefty fines and a possible jail sentence for an unsanctioned photo shoot, shot at the Taj Mahal. Read their article here. Looks like they were promoting and/or advertising a shoe brand. Real Estate brokers are fond of stating that, “The first three rules […]
Those of you who attended our recent seminar at PhotoShop World in Las Vegas on Model Releases may recall our example of using a person in an ad or article dealing with AIDS who did not provide written consent for such use. Notwithstanding that we have had similar cases, there were more than a few […]
It Still Ain’t Over
Sep 20
Stay with us here because in the end it’s eventually real important to your wallet. Recall our prior articles on the Cariou v. Prince legal battle, which centered on the issue of “fair use”. You can read our previous article titled “It Ain’t Over Till Its Over and This One Ain’t Over”, here. Recently the […]
Charity Should Start at Home
Sep 17
Yet again, we wouldn’t believe it, other than the fact we do believe it because it has happened before. Once more a photographer who apparently had his work infringed and thinks that having the infringer make a small charitable donation rather than pursue his rights in court is a good idea. Yeah, good (actually great) […]
