Copyright
Controversial copyright framework receives Royal Assent [Update: 01 May]
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, which contains new controversial and wide-ranging copyright propositions that will affect photographers in the UK and abroad, has received Royal Assent
Copyright 29 Apr 2013
AFP v Morel case to be judged in September
The long-awaited trial by jury in the Agence France-Presse v Daniel Morel copyright case will start in September, BJP has been told
Copyright 21 Mar 2013
Ex-Gamma photographer faces legal woes over ownership of her images
When photographer Marie-Laure de Decker asked her former agency to return 770 of her images, little did she know that she would be fined €10,000 for wasting the agency's time. Olivier Laurent speaks...
Copyright 21 Mar 2013
Shared history: The Commons initiative celebrates its fifth anniversary
The Commons, launched by the Library of Congress and Flickr to open up archives of long-forgotten images, is celebrating its fifth anniversary. The results of this social experiment are overwhelming,...
Copyright 20 Mar 2013
Study exposes social media sites that delete photographs' metadata
Facebook and Twitter consistently remove the metadata from images, a new study by the International Press Telecommunications Council has revealed. Google+, meanwhile, comes out on top
Copyright 13 Mar 2013
Photographers find support in House of Lords in copyright fight
Photographers have received the support of an outspoken House of Lords member as the government continues to push through its controversial copyright reforms
Copyright 02 Feb 2013
Evening Standard's "heat of the moment" decision could constitutes copyright infringement
A "heat of the moment" decision by the Evening Standard to publish an image of a helicopter crash sourced from Twitter could constitute copyright infringement, says an expert on media law
Copyright 21 Jan 2013
Agence France-Presse infringed on photographer's copyright in landmark Twitter case [UPDATE 2]
A judge has found in favour of freelance photographer Daniel Morel, who argued that Agence France-Presse, as well as The Washington Post, had infringed on his copyright by distributing images he had uploaded...
Copyright 15 Jan 2013
News agencies go on the offensive, call for judicial review of copyright changes
A consortium of news agencies that include Associated Press, Getty Images, Reuters, British Pathé, Press Association and the Federation of Commercial and Audiovisual Libraries has threatened to launch...
Copyright 15 Jan 2013
Photography industry shows mass opposition to government copyright changes [UPDATE]
More than 70 organisations representing photographers, agencies and picture libraries – from Associated Press, Getty Images, Magnum Photos to the Press Association and Reuters – have joined forces,...
Copyright 11 Jan 2013
Europe joins protests against UK's copyright reforms
Organisations representing visual artists and photographers in Europe have written to the UK government to protest proposed changes to the country's copyright laws, BJP reports
Copyright 28 Nov 2012
Proposed UK copyright changes spark worldwide protests
US organisations representing photographers and photo agencies have written to the UK government to oppose proposed changes to the country's copyright laws making it legal to use "foreign works without...
Copyright 20 Nov 2012
Advertising Standards Authority bans two Channel 4 'gypsy' ads
The ASA has banned two Channel 4 ads used to promote its hit show, My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding. BJP speaks to the author of the photographs featured in the ads
Copyright 05 Oct 2012
Two-year probation for Shepard Fairey in image infringement case
Artist Shepard Fairey, who illegally used an Associated Press image to create the Obama "Hope" poster, receives two years of probation following conviction for criminal contempt
Copyright 07 Sep 2012
Photographers protest Stone Roses concert rules
Press photographers, backed by the National Union of Journalists, are calling for a boycott of the Stone Roses reunion concerts in protest of rights-grabbing photography rules
Rights 28 Jun 2012
More than $120,000,000 at stake in AFP v. Morel case
"[Agence France-Presse] got caught with a hand in the cookie jar and will have to pay." This statement, written in 2010 by an AFP photo desk editor, could become reality if a judge finds in favour of freelance...
Copyright 01 May 2012
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