The US Copyright Office for months have been working behind the scenes to codify new rules for group registrations of photographs, and they were released last week. In short, they are bad news for photographers, with very little good news. For almost a decade, we have been registering, monthly, several thousand of our images in … Read more
One of the many reservations photographers have to putting up any sort of official objection – that is, to file a lawsuit in court – is the cost and time associated with doing so. Further, their objections include the cost of hiring an attorney, and then paying them again, and again, and again. Then, there’s … Read more
For many a professional photographer, the Professional Photographers of America is a trusted resource for education, support, and representation on all matters that matter to photographers. There are several trade associations, among them the NPPA, ASMP, and APA, and the PP of A stands shoulder to shoulder with them in working hard to affect change around the … Read more
There are plenty of ways to gag and bind your time, creativity, and intellectual property. The latest one, Binded (a rebranding of a company called Blockai) is a startup offering up worthless “certificates” – selling snake oil to the creative masses. On their website they proffer “we give you a copyright certificate as proof which … Read more
A common refrain by photographers who make excuses for not registering their work with the copyright office is that they’re not that valuable, or that no one would want to steal them. On May 11th, in Baltimore Maryland, a jury awarded the copyright owner $900,000 in actual damages and $300,000 in statutory damages for 133 … Read more
Conde Nast has taken a page out of the Time Magazine playbook and their new contract outlines that you can pay a fee to be paid faster, according to the Fashionista blog here, who reports they have a copy of the latest contract. In 2009, Photo Business News reported here about how Time Warner was doing … Read more
One of the problems with the internet is that a Ph.D. in science can post a researched report online, only to be critisized in the comments section of that same online posting by anyone with a different opinion or an agenda, or a lack of experience. This is why so many online outlets have either ended … Read more
While some are celebrating an $8.3 million dollar judgement against Zillow affirming they infringed on the copyrights of VHT, this really isn’t all that good for rights holders, nor the photographers that produced the images – they will not see a dime. There were a total of 28,125 images that were alleged to have been … Read more
In 10 minutes, you get a remarkable insight into all the hard work that goes into covering the Olympics as a professional photographer. Produced by the International Olympic Committee, this video reveals just what goes into covering the Olympics – all the advance work, multiple cameras both hand-held and remotes, and logistics. The video is … Read more
The Nikon KeyMission 360 holds great promise as a tool to create immersive visual experiences. In putting the camera through its’ paces, I found that the limitation of the battery, at 1 hour and 10 minutes, created limitations when I needed to place the camera in a remote location where I could not trigger it … Read more
