There was a “Top 40” song, years ago in the last century, called “Signs”. A Canadian group called The Five Man Electrical Band sang this counter culture classic. The lyrics included: … sign, sign. Everywhere a sign. Blockin’ out the scenery. Breakin’ my mind. Do this. Don’t do that. Can’t you read the sign? There […]
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Sign, Sign Everywhere a Sign
May 22
Or any other time of day or night for that matter. For those that don’t know, our headline was something repeated every night in New York City, before the 10 O’Clock News. Except they asked “Do you know where your children are?” Anyone who reads a newspaper or owns a television knows that there is […]
Not My First Rodeo
May 12
This is hardly the first time this has happened to me. A client wants to use photo of mine in a magazine – sounds great. Client specifies the photo, gives me the file specs, and I send the photo to confirm that we are talking about the same shot, etc. All is good and I’m about to send an invoice when they say: […]
As many of you know, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed in part and remanded in part, the decision made by Judge Batts in the case of Patrick Cariou v. Richard Prince. Many lawyers have commented on the Court’s ruling but unfortunately many laypeople with no legal background, have chimed in to muddy the waters. We […]
Recently Coach (handbags) was awarded 44 million dollars by the Federal Court in Manhattan. The involved counterfeit goods. The story has received huge publicity on both sides of the Atlantic. Judge McMahon wrote an articulate stinging decision granting summary judgment (a win without the need of a trial) to Coach along with an eye popping […]
The 96 Percent Solution
Apr 23
We had great turnouts for our three classes at Photoshop World in Orlando last week. The word is finally out that it is critical that professionals, amateurs and those who fall some where in between must register their work. Of the many people who attended our lectures and were obviously motivated to learn more about […]
It Ain’t Necessarily So
Apr 15
We’ve written and lectured a lot on the subject of factoids. This is one that always sounds great, millions of real dollars coming your way. And it’s not from a long lost relative in Nigeria, but rather a real judge in a real courtroom talking real money. But scratch the surface and you find out, […]
There was a front page article this Sunday in the New York Times that is the same subject we covered last month in this post titled “Ag Gags for Carnivores, Vegetarians, Vegans and Yes, Photographers”. It’s about how several states are making it illegal to take photos on farms and of animal abuse. Very scary […]
The famed bank robber Willie Sutton was asked why he robbed banks? He is oft quoted as answering, “Because that’s where the money is“. Simple enough, but profound enough that in the medical industry it’s known as “Sutton’s Law”. It states that when diagnosing, one should first consider the obvious. Easy enough, but many photographers simply […]
Judge Batts, who ruled in favor of photographer Patrick Cariou in his case against Richard Prince, has just ruled in favor of photographer William Eggleston in his case. Read about it here. Mr. Eggleston was sued by a collector, Jonathan Sobel, who objected to the release of a new edition of Eggleston’s work done digitally […]
