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: 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 [...]
Posted by: Veronica Lynne on: 27 January 2009
Phosita explains this very succintly and very clearly. Considering how complex intellectual property law can be, it is understandable that many people – including authors, journalists, biz and tech bloggers, tweeple, etc. – confuse the terms and oftentimes speak/write of “patenting a book” or “copywriting a new gadget”. I also receive a large number of [...]
Posted by: Veronica Lynne on: 24 July 2008
You’re a photographer, not a lawyer, why should you care about Copyright? If you’ve ever taken a picture in your life, you own a copyright! Every time you snap the shutter on your camera, you create a photograph (called a “work” by the Copyright Act) which is immediately protected by copyright. It doesn’t matter if [...]
Posted by: Veronica Lynne on: 9 July 2008
Copyrights, model releases and shooting in public. These topics have all been in the news of late and is it any wonder why? Since 911 and the advent of Homeland Security photographers are facing the need to jump through more and more hoops to get their jobs accomplished. Recently Scott Kelby had the good pleasure [...]
