While it’s not officially required, the U.S. Copyright Office is telling some copyright registration filers to include a list of titles of the works when registering a group of unpublished works. For example, one photographer was told by a Copyright Office staff member: Very briefly, individual titles of works in a collection are not currently [...]
[Note: Had a great time recently photographing wild horses with Mark Terrell of Wild Horses of Nevada Photography] After you file your copyright infringement lawsuit with a federal district court, you then need to “serve” (give) a copy of the complaint and a summons on the defendant. You’ve probably have seen the process in movies where [...]
Now that the Third Circuit and other courts (and here) are awarding damages when infringers remove photographers’ copyright management information (“CMI”) (which can be your name, your contact information – such as your website or phone number – or a copyright notice), it’s important for photographers to place your CMI on your photos via a [...]
Photographers love to shoot. Some enjoy processing and printing their images. Unfortunately, most don’t enjoy the tedious process and filing fee required to register their copyrights for their photos with the U.S. Copyright Office. But it’s worth it. The odds are that your photos will be infringed. And when they are infringed, you will be [...]
As reported by the Hollywood Reporter, a California district court has granted summary judgment to Glen E. Friedman for his copyright infringement case against Thierry Guetta for creating, reproducing, displaying, and selling products incorporating Plaintiff’sphotograph of the hip hop music group Run-DMC. Friedman’s original photograph as shown in the Complaint is: Friedman alleged in the Complaint that Guetta sold [...]