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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
Council overturns schoolgirl photography ban following public backlash
Argyll and Bute Council has been forced to overturn a photography ban it imposed on a nine-year-old student, following intense media coverage of her school meals photography blog
Rights 15 Jun 2012
Olympic Games committee sets restrictions on camera gear
The London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games has announced that "large photographic and broadcast equipment over 30cm in length" will not be allowed in the venues during the July and August sport...
Rights 01 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
Olympics' security guards "trained to deter people from taking photographs"
A manager for G4S, a security firm, has said that security guards working to protect the Olympic site in London are trained to deter people from taking photographs, it has been claimed
Street Rights 23 Apr 2012
French organisation launches controversial ad campaign for photographers' rights
A French organisation representing professional photographers has launched a new campaign against the abusive use of photographs, often without proper remuneration, by editors and marketers
Rights 06 Apr 2012
Social website Pinterest runs into photography copyright issues
Pinterest, the new social networking site that lets people "pin" images found online, has been accused of encouraging the copyright infringement of photographs. But, BJP finds, photographers can easily...
Copyright 22 Mar 2012
Culture Minister to address photographic industry at Sony World Photography Awards
Ed Vaizey, the UK's Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, will address the photographic industry at the upcoming Sony World Photography Awards ceremony in London, says the Stop43...
Rights 21 Mar 2012
Shepard Fairey pleads guilty to contempt charge
Shepard Fairey, the artist who created the Barack Obama Hope poster, has pled guilty to one count of criminal contempt, a year after he settled his copyright infringement case with The Associated Press...
Copyright 24 Feb 2012
Telegraph's picture editor caught in copyright infringement blunder [update]
A deputy picture editor for The Daily Telegraph's website has been caught arguing that editorial staff is not required to gain clearance for the use of images online due to the nature of the industry,...
Rights 10 Feb 2012
Photographer wins copyright infringement case
Photographer David Hoffman has won a symbolic judgement against a government-affiliated charity - Drug Abuse Resistance Education - and the Department of Health after it used 19 images without permission...
Copyright 26 Jan 2012
Getty Images fights copyright infringement ruling in French court
Getty Images stands accused of intellectual property right infringement after it was successfully sued in a French court by the heiresses of iconic furniture designers
Stock Agencies 23 Jan 2012
AFP v. Morel: Both parties moving for summary judgment
Freelance photographer Daniel Morel, Agence France-Presse and Getty Images are now moving for a summary judgment in the two-year-old case
Rights 18 Jan 2012
London Underground apologises for DSLR ban blunder
London Underground is considering opening Aldwych station to professional photographers after facing a storm of protests for banning DSLR cameras at the historical underground station, BJP can reveal
Street Rights 10 Jan 2012
"Tight schedule" forced ban on DSLRs, says London Transport Museum [update]
A ban on digital SLRs at Aldwych Underground Station was imposed after London Transport Museum feared that the use of professional equipment "could delay the tours" of the station
Street Rights 06 Dec 2011
Press photographers slam Leveson Inquiry's "one-way traffic"
The British Press Photographers' Association has asked to appear in front of the Leveson Inquiry into the culture, practice and ethics of the press after a number of high-profile witnesses criticised photographers...
Rights 01 Dec 2011
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