Posted by: Veronica Lynne on: 8 May 2010
I just caught an interesting piece over on Photo Editor. It’s about a photographer who has encountered some legal difficulties while photographing graffiti. I found it interesting because a few years back I had played with the idea of photographing graffiti. The main difference is I was planning on photographing just the “art” and not [...]
Posted by: Veronica Lynne on: 14 April 2009
Some answers to some very good questions about copyright. What is copyright? Despite numerous articles spread across the internet, discussion in books, on TV and in magazines some people still do not seem to understand copyright. So in a non-legalistic jargon free way I am going to explain it again – because judging by how [...]
Posted by: Veronica Lynne on: 6 April 2009
Sure they can when it’s a mug shot. But what about when you’re out and about in public spaces? Two years ago, a Pennsylvania man was thrown in jail for 160 days for refusing to allow police to take his picture. A federal judge last week, however, ruled against local police and in favor of [...]
Posted by: Veronica Lynne on: 5 April 2009
Last week in New York City, a fan of trains was arrested for photographing a train. It might be funny if it didn’t keep happening. Robert S. Taylor of Brooklyn was taking photos for fun last Thursday in a subway station. Police saw him and cited him for unauthorized photography, disorderly conduct/unreasonable voice and impeding [...]
Posted by: Veronica Lynne on: 9 February 2009
The Associated Press says it believes the photo that inspired artist Shepard Fairey’s celebrated “Hope” poster of Barack Obama is AP property, and Fairey is guilty of infringement. The AP is in talks with Fairey’s attorney. “The Associated Press has determined that the photograph used in the poster is an AP photo and that its [...]
