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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

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SAB presents new price recommendations 2012

Oct 04. 2011
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The Swiss National Association of Picture Agencies (SAB) presents a revised edition of their former publication of new price recommendations.

The brochure is available in French and in German and can be downloaded as a pdf-version for 20 Euros at: http://www.sab-photo.ch/

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Finding the image author - A lost cause?

Sep 28. 2011
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On 12th October, CEPIC and EVA will be at the Frankfurt Bookfair to address the issue of Orphan Works.

Cultural heritage institutions scan and digitize their collections to give access to the public. A growing number of images is concerned. Prior authorization is needed but not all rights holders can be tracked. The legal back ground will be explained and the picture agencies’ and authors’ perspective. The ARROW tool, a network supporting the search, will be demonstrated.

  • It is a short presentation in English that will be held from 17:30 to 18:00 at the Frankfurt Bookfair, Hall 4.2 P457, Hot Spot Professional & Scientific Information

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Conference on Copyright Documentation and Infrastructure

Sep 09. 2011
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In the framework of its Development Agenda the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is organizing a Conference on Copyright Documentation and Infrastructure.

The two‑day event which will take place on October 13 and 14, 2011 at the WIPO headquarters in Geneva, will bring together representatives of governments, national and international public institutions, academics and other stakeholders involved in the copyright industries to address the increasing importance of copyright documentation and infrastructure.

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British Government says YES to copyright changes

Aug 19. 2011
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BySimon CliffeHow you run your business in the next few years is very likely to change - and potentially for the worse if BAPLA can't finish the job it's started in finding solutions to evolve our industry.

If you haven't heard, David Cameron's coalition government has announced that it's broadly accepting all the recommendations put forward in the recently published Independent Review of IP and Growth. The full response is here but in short, IP rules will change most notably with orphan works legislation coming in and the idea of a new centralised one-stop-shop licensing system.

But what does it all mean for us?

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Orphan Works: Proposal for a directive

Aug 16. 2011
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On Tuesday 24 May, the European Commission has adopted a Proposal for a Directive on certain permitted uses of orphan works with a view to establishing common rules on the digitisation and online display of so-called orphan works.

Orphan works are works like books, newspaper and magazine articles, and films that are still protected by copyright but whose authors are not known or cannot be located or contacted to obtain copyright permissions. Orphan works are part of the collections held by European libraries that might remain untouched if no common rules are developed to make their digitisation and online display legally possible. Common rules on how to deal with such works are therefore necessary in order to proceed with large-scale digitisation projects, such as the Commission’s Europeana portal.

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