• Dealing with Infringers

    Updated: 2010-02-27 01:26:12
    You have lots of options when you find an infringement.  Your choice of action is determined by a variety of factors, including who infringed your photo, the circumstances of the infringement, and what damages you can recover.  My guest post at “A Photo Editor” blog provides more information. Jim Cavanaugh has a great blog entry over at [...]

  • EPUK Issues Digital Economy Bill Briefing Paper & Position Statement

    Updated: 2010-02-25 17:21:26
    Reprinted with permission of the EPUK The problems with the Digital Economy Bill Clause 42 – Licensing of Orphan Works Moral rights need to be implemented in full and made enforceable so that users of images are compelled to identify the creator as per European Library guidelines, helping to prevent creation of new orphan works as is the [...]

  • Important News for Photographers

    Updated: 2010-02-24 00:19:19
    Editorial Photographers UK Ltd. reports via its “The Copyright Action” website has a lengthy analysis on the Digital Economy Bill.  Unless amended, the bill will allow for use of “orphan works” but the terms and related requirements are not defined.  EPUK provides a way to contact your UK representative to protest the bill. [EPUK also reports [...]

  • Selling Off Some Of My Domain Names With Streaming Media and Online Video

    Updated: 2010-02-22 03:10:11
    Over the years I have acquired almost a hundred domains names related to streaming media and online video topics. I really don't need many of them anymore and need to start getting rid of them. Rather than letting one of the domain auction services grab them when they expire and then charging someone way too much for them, I'd rather...

  • Catch Photo Attorney at PMA and Online

    Updated: 2010-02-19 05:34:17
    My posts here have been a bit slow because of my many active copyright infringement matters and cases.  I’m currently in Hawaii for one of those cases but can’t enjoy the beautiful scenery here for long – I’m off to PMA to speak at the Pro Photographer’s Boot Camp on Saturday, February 20, 2010.  Hope [...]

  • Photo Attorney Blog Celebrates FIVE YEARS!

    Updated: 2010-02-11 16:46:24
    The Photo Attorney blog started FIVE YEARS ago today! Thanks for your support! Stay tuned to learn more about protecting your work!

  • Court: Norwegian ISP Won’t Have To Block The Pirate Bay

    Updated: 2010-02-11 01:03:55
    : About Archives Feed Court : Norwegian ISP Won’t Have To Block The Pirate Bay 02 10 2010 05:03 PM Posted by : Janko Roettgers Norway’s largest ISP prevailed in court once again this week , with the country’s High Court court ruling that Telenor won’t have to block access to The Pirate Bay’s website , according to a report from Norway’s . Computerworld The decision comes after record labels and other rights holders had threatened Telenor with a lawsuit last spring if the ISP wouldn’t block the Bay’s site . Telenor refused , and the music rights association TONO sued , only to lose in court in November , and eventually file an appeal in . December Continue reading on . Newteevee.com Tags : norway thepiratebay tpb newteevee Comments meh : wrote way to go http : www.emule-project.net 02 10 19:33:23 Add Comment Your : comment : Name : Website : E-mail Remember Me Sidebar Ads Recent posts Leechpack : Cloud downloading for Rapidshare , Megaupload and torrents Pirating the 2010 Winter Olympics Limewire finally cashes in on browser toolbars Court : Norwegian ISP Won’t Have To Block The Pirate Bay P2P responsible for 19 percent of global mobile data traffic Tools Ads Great web hosting Links

  • Photographer Defends Infringement Lawsuit for Photo of Sculpture

    Updated: 2010-02-03 08:27:32
    The issue as to whether photographs of copyrighted works is a derivative work/infringement has raised its head again, and Mike Hipple probably thinks that it’s ugly. Specifically, as explained by my November 17, 2009, blog, courts have disagreed as to whether photographs of copyrighted works are derivative works.   And for Hipple, the question is complicated by [...]

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