Photographers seem to leave their brains in their gadget bags when it comes to reading ads and solicitations from companies – both foreign and domestic – that claim to search for copyright infringements on behalf of photographers. Visions of receiving wads of cash from the infringers with no lawyers, no aggravation and “no effort at all […]
Fool’s Gold – Part 1
May 14
Here we go again! Once again we’re at B&H to do a copyright/releases/legal Q&A free streaming session. Wednesday May 16th at 4:00 to 6:00PM ET. It’s getting to be a regular gig for us. There is so much bad info or simple misunderstanding of what a photographer’s rights and options are when it comes to […]
Here’s an example of why even Ed is not a fan of lawyers in general. You’ll never find him having a beer with an adversary either. In a copyright infringement case brought in the Federal Court in Manhattan – formally The United States District Court for The Southern District of New York, entitled Matthew McDermott […]
Sorry for mixing bad idioms in the title, but we’re over the moon with a final decision on Andrew Paul Leonard’s lawsuit. We have done three articles on his 1.6 million dollar award for actual damages (only) in a copyright infringement case. The links are at the end of this article if you wish to review […]
Check out our guest blog today on Scott Kelby’s blog. Check it out here. Going over a bunch of current issues in our piece. Thanks for use of the hall Scott!
We just read an article by fine art photographer Kalliope Amorphous on her blog titled “A Warning To Photographers And Artists Regarding Image Rights International” It’s a first person account regarding her experience with Image Rights. As we keep saying, read the Terms of Service (TOS) of the various search firms that have been popping […]
Jumping the gun and jumping the shark at the same time. We’ve heard from several people that the 750 image limit is already in place, in spite of the official announcement in the National Register stating it would be effective February 20th. We’ve also heard that eCo will be down anyway, from today February 15th, […]
