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 […]
You Gotta Be Kidding Me
Mar 6
It is no secret that being a photojournalist in a war zone is about as dangerous an occupation as there is. These photographers risk life and limb and often receive little to no recognition for the risks they take to get a story. Whether the battle zone are the cities in Syria, the streets of […]
No matter what our individual menu preferences are we think we can all agree that “Everybody’s gotta’ to eat”. People can get sick from tainted food whether it be vegetable, fruit or animal. There are unsanitary dairy farms, cattle ranches, supermarkets, importers and who doesn’t have their own personal restaurant horror story. In the interests of fair disclosure we are […]
I see from our traffic, we have someone adding a link on Reddit to the “Head Fake” article. We actually got a few down votes on it, but the vast majority are up votes. If any Redditors here, feel free to upvote us if you feel the article is worthwhile. And if you don’t, ahhh, […]
Commenting on Comments
Mar 1
Every racetrack, casino, sports book bookie and dog track operates on the very same time tested business model – that people armed with all sorts of data and past history, are rarely able to correctly predict the outcome of future events. These failed efforts come from laypeople as well as experts who have immersed themselves […]
Boom Box Blowup
Feb 18
Jazz singer and Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding’s new album uses a stylized boombox made up of a photographer’s photos. While we don’t know anything about this case other than that which is contained in the NY Post article here, we can tell you that the fact pattern which culminated in this claim are very, very […]
Jack and Ed Talking at B&H
Feb 18
The good news is we’re there for a lecture, not just to shop. Next Tuesday, February 26th, from 4:00 to 6:00 PM. The bad news is it’s already full. They do have a wait list if you’re there 15 to 30 minutes before we start. You can read about it here.
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 […]
We have talked and written about several instances where a seemingly meaningless image became valuable weeks, years or even decades after the photo was taken. Here’s the story of one that was shot at a very conventional wedding. Real names, states and other identifiers have been changed or omitted. The facts are accurate and very uncomplicated. All […]
Attorneys in New York (and most other states) are required to take continuing education classes to keep their licenses to practice law. Recently I took one such class which dealt with copyright issues or more correctly, how best to represent a client accused of copyright infringement. Likely 95% of the attorneys taking the class either […]
