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ASMP Submits Comments On Copyright Small Claims

Jan 21. 2012
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The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) has submitted its comments on “Remedies for Copyright Small Claims” to the U.S. Copyright Office.

The Office asked for comments related to a study it is undertaking at the request of Congress to assess whether and how the current legal system hinders or prevents copyright owners from pursuing copyright infringement claims that have a relatively small economic value. The Office also asked for potential alternatives to improve the settlement of these claims.

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Copyright Protection in the Age of Digital Piracy

Jan 16. 2010
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Ted VanCleave, ImageRights International

ByTed VanCleaveThere are various ways of affording some form of protection to your images. As a professional photographer, I depend significantly upon my website to sell my images.

This is part for the course for many photographers and artists. But there's a dark side to free distribution: piracy is rampant. Unfortunately, it's easy for anyone with a computer to steal content-- but not so easy for the copyright owner to monitor unauthorized usage and recover lost income.

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Intellectual Property is a Human Right in Europe

Jan 14. 2010
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Prof Dr Christian Donle, attorney at Preu Bohlig & Partner, Berlin

Byby Prof Dr Christian DonleOn December 1st, 2009 the Treaty of Lisbon became valid as the basic EU set of rules. Remarkably, the Treaty of Lisbon contains a Charter of Human Rights compulsory for all Member States of the European Union and all national or European Courts.

Among this Charter of Human Rights Art. 17 protects the right to property. Everyone has the right, to own, use and dispose of his or her possessions. No one maybe deprived of his or her possessions except in the public interest.

According to Art. 17 (2) “intellectual property shall be protected.”
This is the first time in the European history, that intellectual property is explicitly protected by a human rights charter.

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WIPO Seminar Series on "The Economics of Intellectual Property"

Jan 24. 2012
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The next session of the WIPO Seminar Series on "The Economics of Intellectual Property", which will be held in Geneva, at the headquarters of WIPO, on February 15, 2012, from 1.30 to 3 p.m., in Room NB 1 and 2 (WIPO New Building). The working language will be English.

For this Seminar, a speaker has been secured on the topic "Private Copying and Fair Compensation: An Empirical Study of Copyright Levies in Europe":

  • Professor Martin Kretschmer, Professor of Information Jurisprudence and Director, Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management, University of Bournemouth, United Kingdom.

The program for the Seminar, the paper and other material can be found here.

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Similar Photographs and Copyright Infringement

Jan 23. 2012
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ByCharles SwanTemple Island Collections v New English Teas. Can the copyright in a photograph be infringed by shooting a similar photograph?

The answer to this question has generally been thought to be yes. In the first UK judgment directly on this point the Patents County Court has confirmed this.

His Honour Judge Birss QC decided that a photograph of a red London bus against a black and white background of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, with a blank sky, was similar enough to another photograph of the same subject matter to infringe copyright.

The two photographs are reproduced in the judgment and can also be seen here.

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Looking Forward in 2012

Jan 19. 2012
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BySylvie FodorCrucial developments are taking place in Europe and around the world. A look back at 2011 will help us to look foward in 2012.

The Internet is a great tool. It has however become increasingly difficult for creators to live from their creation in the Digital Age. This is particularly true for photographers. Boosted by new technologies, Microstock pursues its growth while traditional agents are merging, selling, closing. Legislation is adapting at high speed too. A number of legislative proposals at European and national level will affect the framework in which business is done: if not well-framed, they have the potential of further restricting the revenues of libraries and of their photographers.

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Copyright in Portrait Photographs

Dec 06. 2011
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ByCharles SwanThe European Court of Justice delivered a judgment in the important case PAINER v STANDARD VERLAGS GmbH

The European Court of Justice last week delivered its judgment in this important case for photographers, largely upholding the Advocate General’s Opinion reported in detail in our April 2011 bulletin.

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WIPO Seminar Series on "The Economics of Intellectual Property"

Nov 03. 2011
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This is a reminder concerning the next session of the WIPO Seminar Series on “The Economics of Intellectual Property”, with Mr. Richard Gilbert, Professor of Economics, University of California at Berkeley, United States of America.

Please register here by November 7, 2011. Participants who have already registered themselves do not need to fill in the form once again.

The meeting will be held at WIPO, on November 8, 2011, from 1.30 to 3 p.m., in Room B. The agenda can be found here.

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Introduction of Protect IP Act

Nov 02. 2011
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The much anticipated version of the U.S. House of Representatives rogue websites bill was introduced two weeks ago.

It has been introduced by the following Congressional Representatives:
* House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas)
* Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.)
* IP Subcommittee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.)
* Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) ay

The following Representatives cosponsored the bill:
* Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)
* Rep. Mary Bono-Mack (R-Calif.)
* Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Ohio)

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Literary Property Rights Suit Against HathiTrust and Five U.S. Universities

Oct 11. 2011
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U.K. Society Representing 50,000 Book Authors, Along With Canadian, Norwegian, and Swedish Writers' Unions, Joins Literary Property Rights Suit Against HathiTrust and Five U.S. Universities

  • This is a press release from PRNewswire published on October 7th 2011