A Stock Agency is Actually Raising Its Royalty Rates. Why?
London-based stock photo distributor Image Source has announced that it will pay a higher royalty rate–60 percent, compared to its usual 40 or 50 percent–for all images it accepts from its US...
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Stalked for Protecting Copyright, Author Gets Restraining Order
Extortionletterinfo.com founder Matthew Chan An author who was stalked and bullied online for her efforts to enforce her copyrights has won a permanent protective order against the perpetrator, Matthew...
View ArticleTrunk Archive Buys Bernstein & Andriulli, Gallery Stock
Image licensing agency Trunk Archive has acquired Bernstein & Andriulli (B&A), the photographers’ rep firm, and its sister company Gallery Stock, Bernstein & Andriulli announced today....
View ArticleGetty’s Craig Peters on Why Free Images Are Good for Photographers, And for...
Following the announcement by Getty Images that the agency would be allowing non-commercial uses of its images free of charge, we interviewed Craig Peters, Senior Vice President of Business...
View ArticleModel Release Lawsuit Survives Getty’s Challenge
A New York state judge has cleared the way for a lawsuit by a model who is accusing Getty Images of commercial use of her likeness without a model release. State supreme court judge Ancil C. Singh...
View ArticleAppeals Court Says Streamlined Photo Copyright Registration Procedures Are Legal
A federal appeals court has re-instated stock photo agency Alaska Stock’s copyright infringement claim against textbook publisher Houghton Mifflin, reversing a lower court decision to dismiss the case...
View ArticleHas a Textbook Publisher Trampled Your Copyrights? There’s a Solution for That.
Photographers and stock photo agencies have filed dozens of lawsuits against textbook publishers in recent years, alleging reproductions of photos the far exceed the limits of usage licenses. Courts...
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Cowboy Lifestyle Photographer David Stoecklein Dies, 65
Photographer David Stoecklein, who built a small publishing empire on his photographs of cowboys, horses, and western lifestyle and landscapes, died November 10 at the age of 65, according to a report...
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Can Software Judge the Esthetic Merits of a Photograph?
The past year has seen a big spike in automatic photo-tagging, with Lightroom, Flickr and EyeFi all rolling out software that scans images and applies tags based on the image’s contents. Even though...
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Model Wins Defamation Claim over HIV Awareness Ad
The model whose likeness appeared in the ad has won her defamation suit. © NY State Division of Human Rights A model who was falsely identified as being infected with HIV in a 2013 public service...
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