Photographers commonly deal with photos being used without permission these days, but oftentimes infringements can be resolved in a friendly and agreeable way. Concert photographer Adrienne Row-Smith recently experienced the opposite: after asking nicely that her misused photos be taken down, Row-Smith received some angry words for a music label. The incident began after Row-Smith […]
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An amended lawsuit against Meta alleges that the company's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, approved training Meta's Llama AI models using copyrighted content. [Read More]
In case photography isn't expensive enough, professionals in the San Francisco area are hiring security for their shoots thanks to the city's camera theft epidemic. [Read More]
As you know, there has sadly been a raft of camera thefts in San Francisco of late, putting a spotlight on places you might want to think twice about hauling expensive camera gear with you the next time you visit. [Read More]
This may be the modern-day equivalent of a stagecoach robbery: a pair of photographers were just brazenly robbed while they were sitting in traffic in San Francisco. Robbers smashed their rear window and stole a bag filled with $7,000 in gear, and it was all caught on camera.
If you’re feeling down and need a smile, check out this 1-minute video of a fox stealing a phone from a human and running away with it. The video was shared yesterday by Mikayla Raines, founder of SaveAFox Rescue, a Minnesota-based non-profit that’s decided to saving foxes from sickness, injury, abandonment, and fur farms. Raines […]
“American Chopper” star Paul Teutul has lost a copyright infringement lawsuit and is being ordered by a judge to pay the photographer over a quarter of a million dollars for using photos without permission.
A California man was testing the new camera he received on Christmas Day when a robber snatched the camera, jumped into his car. The victim tried to hold onto the car in an attempt to get the camera back and suffered a major head injury in the incident. NBC4 Palm Springs reports that 29-year-old Robbie […]