A Virginia federal court has made a decision that photographers won’t be happy to hear: the court ruled that finding a photo on the Internet and then using it without permission on a commercial website can be considered fair use.
The Backstory The copyright battle started when photographer Russell Brammer found one of his long-exposure […]. petapixel.com
A court ruled that a television station had the right to fire a cameraman who refused Covid-19 vaccinations.
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A court has ruled that a man's selfie video -- filmed four days before he was killed in a car crash -- does not count as a will. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-12-17 17:40
A German court has ruled against a photographer who sued the AI image dataset company LAION in a case that could have big implications. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-10-01 14:23
A court in Luxembourg has ruled in favor of U.S. photographer Jingna Zhang who accused painter Jeff Dieschburg of making an exact copy of her photograph. The ruling overturns a previous decision in 2022 that favored Dieschburg. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-05-13 16:06
A court has ruled that Harvard University can be sued over a series of photographs that depict enslaved people by a woman who is a descendent of the subjects. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-06-24 19:31
Belarus photographer Anton Motolko received two unpleasant surprises last week. First, he lost a seemingly straightforward copyright suit against a state-run television network; and second, he found out he lost that battle because his photo “has no artistic merit whatsoever” according to an “expert witness. petapixel.com »
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