We got a link today from Katrin Eismann, pointing us to David Walker’s article in PDN regarding a second photographer finding an infringement and allowing the infringing company to make a $10,000 charitable donation. Oh, this sounds warm and fuzzy, and feel good, but as photographers we’re being made fools of. This could be […]
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You Gotta Be Kidding Me
Mar 6
Orphan Works Proposal
Feb 5
Once again, orphan works is being discussed in Congress. We knew it’s not going away. Ed, along with APA (American Photographic Artists) has submitted a plan for congressional consideration to compensate and photographers whose works have been “appropriated” under the banner of “orphan works”. Read the entire PDF proposal at this link. We feel this […]
Again relying solely on a story appearing in The NY Post. Click here to read. It is claimed that “Famed Photographer David LaChapelle Sues his Ex-manager for 2.8 million dollars”. We don’t know if there is any validity to the claims. We do know that reps, agents, managers, gallery owners and agencies which sell or […]
The blogosphere is abuzz today with news that Instagram has updated and changed it’s Terms of Service (TOS) today. You can read it here. Basically, skip down to the rights section and you can read what we call a blatant rights grab by Instagram. They can use your images or even a photo of you […]
This video from CollegeHumor.com is soooo perfect in explaining the issues with the recent Facebook privacy notice hoax. We think it’s perfect and on mark because it’s done in the same tone as we use at our lectures. Presenting this type of information can be so dry it makes your hair hurt. Or it can […]
To follow up on our Flickr piece, there is a lot of buzz today on protecting yourself on Facebook by placing a “Facebook Privacy Notice” on your Facebook Timeline. So tons of people are doing that. After all, they read it on the Internet, so it must be true. It’s a complete hoax. Here is […]
Toiling in Anonymity
Nov 21
We are fond of saying that “Mr. Getty” and “Ms. Corbis” are the world’s most prolific photographers. After all they seem to be in hundreds of places at the same time taking newsworthy pictures and taking credit for them. Agencies are loath to post the names of actual photographers and give them credit for various […]
Another One Bites the Dust
Nov 20
As reported in Mashable.com, like Flickr yesterday, the photo site 500px is adding an option to tag your images with a Creative Commons (or as we like to call it, Creative Confusion) license. We again will say we find this a terrible option for photographers. That is unless you have a large trust fund or […]
Effective November 7th, 2012, Canada made sweeping changes via their Copyright Modernization Act. There are many changes, but the major one for photographers is that now photographers own their own copyright rather than the commissioning party. Previously, if you hired a photographer, you owned the copyright and photographers had to transfer the copyright to themselves […]
Here’s a topic that invariably comes up at our lectures, usually because a photographer had done a “good deed” for a charity and got “punished. Basically it’s understanding that “not for profit” (NFP) is a tax designation, not necessarily a business philosophy. Many “not for profits” and charities actually make a lot of money for […]
