As many of you know, under the auspices of APA, Ed created with Prof. Nimmer, a proposed system by which the Federal Courts could hear “smaller” copyright infringement cases on an economical and expedited basis. After seeing so many straightforward smaller infringement cases becoming protracted legal cases where attorneys increased their fees by stalling, Ed […]
If Not Now, When?
Aug 27
Great News! $27,000 Payday
Aug 27
We seem to be posting a lot of hard stories and it’s great to post an uplifting story today. It’s about a photographer who negotiated and got a $27,000 payday for one of his wedding photos. It was first reported to be $18,000, but photographer/blogger John Mireles who first broke this story (read here) later […]
There was a terrible workplace shooting today in New York City, near the iconic Empire State building. Within minutes, people who were nearby and witnessing some of the carnage immediately posted images and videos shot on their ever-present smart phones. Within minutes of the images being uploaded, various new organizations were contacting the people who […]
Jack here. Ed just posted to wonderful comments on a great industry blog, A Photo Editor, regarding the recent sale of Getty Images for $3.3 Billion dollars. I thought it would be good to post and share it here, along with any comments our readers might have. Below are Ed’s comments and I quote and […]
According to an article on PDN.com, photographers can use the “FBI Copyright Warning”. You know the one that appears before every movie you rent. Copy this photo and the FBI will hunt you down like the dog that you are. Well, not really. The FBI will not really come after you. Your best protection is […]
For those of you who would do anything to avoid hiring a lawyer, we suggest that you pick up the September 2012 issue of Consumer Reports. CU rated three well-known DIY legal sites and found them to be no match for a pro even at the most simple tasks. Photographers, illustrators and artists require the […]
Something to enjoy this weekend. Macduff Everton is a fantastic photographer, a good friend, a really great guy, and one of Ed’s client’s to boot. We thought we’d share this interview from the Huffington Post we thought you’d enjoy. If you want to see “knock your socks off” travel images from one of National Geographic’s […]
Here’s a post from a blogger, writer Roni Loren, who thought taking any photo on the Internet was OK as long as you took it down when someone complained. Really good post explaining why she was sooo wrong about that and other “fair use” assumptions. It’s a great read. One you should pass on to […]
Free Webinar August 15th
Jul 26
We’re at it again. We’re doing an encore free one hour webinar with our friends at NIK software on August 15th. It’s free again, but you do have to pre-register. Last time we didn’t have enough time to answer questions, so this time we’re asking for questions beforehand and will devote half the webinar to […]
The Third Eye
Jul 19
On many prior occasions we have weighed in on the perils of lay people drafting their own contracts to “save legal fees” or to “avoid dealing with a lawyer”. Many of these crudely drawn DIY (do it yourself) agreements result from cutting and pasting clauses from other unrelated forms or agreements and sticking them together […]
