Photographer Wins Copyright Lawsuit After Website Used His Creative Commons Image
A photographer has emerged victorious after suing a website for using his Creative Commons image without the proper credit.
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A photographer has emerged victorious after suing a website for using his Creative Commons image without the proper credit.
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petapixel.com »Artist Richard Prince has agreed to pay at least $650,000 to two photographers in a pair of long-running copyright lawsuits against him for using their images in his controversial Instagram-sourced New Portraits series. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D scored a resounding victory in the copyright infringement trial over her unlicensed use of a photograph of Miles Davis for a tattoo she inked on a client. [Read More] petapixel.com »
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The U.S. Copyright Office has rejected an artist's bid to register an artificial intelligence (AI) generated artwork based on his original photograph and Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night. [Read More] petapixel.com »
An architecture photographer in California has been awarded $6.3 million after a jury found that a retirement community provider used 43 of his pictures without a license. [Read More] petapixel.com »
A copyright management company has teamed up with photo editing app Capture One to create a plugin that will allow photographers to quickly and easily register their works. [Read More] petapixel.com »
A photographer is suing Guns ‘N’ Roses for copyright infringement and their management for sexual harassment.
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As part of OpenAI's DevDay, the company that makes ChatGPT and DALL-E announced that it will protect customers from legal claims surrounding copyright infringement. [Read More] petapixel.com »
A judge in California has largely dismissed copyright claims brought by three artists against AI image generators Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, and DeviantArt. [Read More] petapixel.com »
The world's leading photo agencies and photographer associations have co-signed an open letter calling for legal protections against artificial intelligence (AI). [Read More] petapixel.com »
In 2022, an AI-generated work of art won the Colorado State Fair’s art competition. The artist, Jason Allen, had used Midjourney – a generative AI system trained on art scraped from the internet – to create the piece. petapixel.com »
The United States Supreme Court has released its opinion on The Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith case, finding in favor of Lynn Goldsmith and stating that Warhol's use of her photo was not fair use. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Two professional photographers have scored early victories in a pair of long-running copyright lawsuits against artist Richard Prince for his controversial Instagram-sourced New Portraits series. [Read More] petapixel.com »
The U.S. Copyright Office has warned that an image generated solely from a text prompt does not qualify for human authorship in fresh guidance released yesterday. [Read More] petapixel.com »
The Copyright Claims Board (CCB) has made its first final decision with a photographer awarded $1,000 for a copyright infringement. [Read More] petapixel.com »
In one of the first intellectual property cases brought to federal court that deals with non-fungible tokens (NFTs), fashion brand Hermes has won a copyright lawsuit against an artist who created NFT versions of its Birkin bags. [Read More] petapixel.com »
The U.S. Copyright Office has told a federal judge that artificial intelligence (AI) artwork can't be protected.
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petapixel.com »A photographer is suing Gannett Media for as much as $34 million in damages after hundreds of its news publications allegedly used her image without permission. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Artificial intelligence-powered image generators have exploded into the mainstream. Thanks to support from major stock sites, they are also an approachable route to making money. petapixel.com »
Miley Cyrus has settled a copyright infringement lawsuit a month after she was sued for posting an image of herself on Instagram without the photographer's permission. [Read More] petapixel.com »
The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments for the Warhol v. Goldsmith copyright case, the ramifications of which will have a dramatic effect on photographers. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Text-to-image generators are a new and messy technology and this week another major step was taken that some argue is damaging to your copyrighted photographs. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Artificial intelligence-powered (AI) image generators have exploded in popularity and apps like DALL-E, Midjourney, and more recently Stable Diffusion are exciting and tantalizing technology enthusiasts. [Read More] petapixel.com »
The United States Copyright Office has submitted an opinion to the Supreme Court that argues Andy Warhol's use of Lynn Goldsmith's photo of Prince was not fair use, sharing sentiments with opinions sent by the NPPA and ASMP. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Photo stock agency Dreamstime is tackling copyright infringement by attempting to "educate" violators in the hope they will become legitimate customers. [Read More] petapixel.com »
A photographer has sued Google for copyright infringement alleging that YouTube failed to remove his unauthorized images from the website. [Read More] petapixel.com »
A few months ago, the US Copyright Office rejected Steven Thaler's request to copyright a picture on behalf of an algorithm he dubbed the Creativity Machine. [Read More] petapixel.com »
After claiming paparazzi "weaponize" the copyright act, actress Lisa Rinna has settled her $1.2 million lawsuit with a photo agency after posting images of herself on her Instagram account without prior permission. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Chi Modu took some of the most iconic images of legendary rapper Notorious B.I.G standing in front of the World Trade Center in 1996 when Biggie was at the height of his fame. [Read More] petapixel.com »
A student website received a letter demanding thousands of dollars for a copyright infringement after using a Creative Commons image. [Read More] petapixel.com »
A federal judge has ruled in favor of Pinterest in a lawsuit by a photographer who claimed the company infringed over fifty of his copyrighted works by displaying them alongside advertisements in the form of "promoted pins." [Read More] petapixel.com »
There are grey areas and some common misconceptions about NFTs and copyright in the cryptocurrency/crypto art space that are worth clarifying going forward. The post Copyright: What you need to know as an NFT creator and collector appeared first on 500px. iso.500px.com »
Rights management is vital to photographers and other creatives who want to zealously protect the copyright of the images they capture. How long a person can legally prevent anyone from profiting from their intellectual property can be confusing, as the provisions of copyright have changed many times over the years. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Senator Josh Hawley has introduced a bill that would cap copyright on intellectual property to a maximum of 56 years, with no extensions. If passed, the bill would also retroactively apply to existing copyrights. [Read More] petapixel.com »
Artificial intelligence has gotten better and better at creating "art" in recent years -- algorithms are now capable of creating convincing "photos" of people and places that do not actually exist. petapixel.com »
Actress Lisa Rinna has found herself in legal trouble after posting paparazzi images of herself on her Instagram account without compensating the photographer. The representing agency has now filed a lawsuit but the star is not willing to pay up. petapixel.com »
Renowned nature photographer and Sony Artisan Paul Nicklen has won a copyright lawsuit against the Sinclair Broadcast Group, which embedded a video from Nicklen’s Instagram on its website and featured a screenshot from it without seeking permission. petapixel.com »
Do photographers own the rights to their images? This is the question at the center of a legal battle between photographer Francisco Leong and his former employer, Agence France-Press (AFP). dpreview.com »
Although professional photographers may deal with copyright and licensing regularly, it is not right to assume that clients are just as versed. For that reason, an architecture photographer has put together a simplified explanation to help business owners better educate their clients on who owns the produced photos and how they can be used. Questions […] petapixel.com »
A U.S. appeals court has ruled in favor of photographer Lynn Goldsmith in her copyright dispute over how Andy Warhol had used her portrait photo of Prince. The New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Prince Series of artwork created by Warhol is not transformative, and therefore it violates Goldsmith’s copyright. […] petapixel.com »
It seems that there’s a new dangerous email making the rounds that is masquerading as a copyright infringement takedown request sent by an angry photographer. Fall for it, and your computer could become infected with some kind of malware. petapixel.com »
Photographers and other creative individuals in the United States now have a more accessible means of pursuing copyright claims against those using images and works without permission. In a recent round of new laws passed as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021, a new Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act (CASE) has been passed after a decade of campaigning by copyright pressure groups. dpreview.com »
Heads up, photographers: there has just been a monumental change to the way you can defend your copyrighted photos from infringement. A copyright small claims system has arrived in the United States to help you collect compensation from those who misuse your work. petapixel.com »
In December 2019, Los Angeles Lakers basketball superstar LeBron James posted a photo by courtside photographer Steve Mitchell to his Instagram and Facebook accounts without permission. That post has become the center of a raging copyright infringement legal battle. petapixel.com »
Heads up, photographers (and content publishers): scammers are apparently now changing the copyright ownership data on Wikipedia photographs in order to trick people who use the photos legally. Photographer Kyle Cassidy took to Twitter yesterday to share how the scam works after being contacted by writer Eric San Juan about his photo. Eric had used […] petapixel.com »
As just about everyone knows, you can enter your custom copyright info in your Canon ILC and it will appear in the EXIF data. If Read more... canonrumors.com »
Leslie Burns, Esq. tells us what today’s photographers need to know about their rights, responsibilities, and options for protecting their work. The post The photographer’s guide to copyright law appeared first on 500px. iso.500px.com »
The gun-toting couple made who made headlines for waving guns at protesters marching near their home has sued the photojournalist who captured one of the famous photos of them. St. Louis lawyers Mark and Patricia McCloskey gained notoriety back in June after United Press International (UPI) photographer Bill Greenblatt and a group of other photojournalists […] petapixel.com »