District Court of New York rejects Google Book Settlement
- Mar 25. 2011
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ByChristian DonleSeveral US copyright associations sued Google for the mass digitisation of books. In Europe, national governments like Germany regarded the Settlement as a violation of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.
Thereupon, the District Court of New York asked the litigants to negotiate a modified Settlement version. The latest version however could not be approved by the court since it could still lead to Google's monopoly position in search engines and the online book search.
The District Court made no announcement as to whether a newly modified version could be approved. This is why Google might try to negotiate a new version within the next couple of months.
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Why it is important that website owners demand greater search transparency
- Mar 07. 2011
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ByMarc Pinter-KrainerOne of the challenges for ICOMP member One News Page’s “Have I Been Penalized” campaign, which seeks to raise awareness of search engine penalties, is that so many website owners assume that dramatic collapses in visitor traffic are normally triggered by the regular reshufflings of Google’s index.
As you know, Google is overwhelmingly dominant in search, commanding around 70% of the global internet search market and an even higher market share across Europe.
When Google reshuffles its web index, which is known colloquially as the “Google Dance” and which occurs roughly once every three months, it can lead to changes in a site’s Google rankings.
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How an aquatic photojournalist fights against global warming
- Feb 24. 2011
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Hiroshi Takano, Aqua Image, singing on his images
ByHiroshi TakanoCircumstances of water have dramatically changed. Global warming and climate change have accelerated this change. As an aquatic photojournalist, I kept on informing people of the importance of water ... blessings.
Traditional audio-visual tools can be combined and meet the demands of the latest IT technology to get a powerful message out. I did this with audio-visual presentations.
There are many ways to reach a goal. IT innovations allow us to reach this goal in new way.
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Google Images' new layout - how this impacts photographers and webmasters
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When does freedom of speech trump copyright?
Copyright is a property right and therefore a human right protected under Article 1 of the First Protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights. Is the right to property a more or less important card in the human rights pack than the Article 10 right to freedom of expression? Read more
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Mass Digitization Agreement in the Netherlands
- Dec 19. 2010
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BySylvie FodorEuropeana obliges National Libraries to mass digitize their archives. In the wait of a European Directive on Orphan Works, solutions emerge through self-regulation. As the latest agreement signed in the Netherlands shows, collecting societies are often behind these solutions.
On 30 November 2010, the "Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB/ Dutch National Library) and two Dutch collecting societies, LIRA (text) and Pictoright (visual autors) stroke an agreement which makes three millions of newspapers pages until 1995 available to the public on-line.
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Frictionless licensing - dream or reality?
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Google Images' new layout - how this impacts photographers and webmasters
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When does freedom of speech trump copyright?
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EC Announces Formal Antitrust Investigation Into Google
- Dec 09. 2010
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ByDavid WoodThe European Commission announced that it will launch a formal antitrust investigation following three complaints that were filed against Google by Foundem, ejustice.fr and Ciao, which is owned by the Microsoft search engine, Bing.
We welcome this decision, which acknowledges some of the issues stemming from online marketplace dominance on which ICOMP, its members and supporters have been voicing their concern for several years. A thorough investigation is necessary to determine the workings of Google’s black box.
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Frictionless licensing - dream or reality?
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Images search engines have rolled out changes in image display. New features infringe copyright in some countries and dramatically affect website traffic and image sales everywhere. In Germany, trade body Freelens has been successful in forcing Yahoo Images to revert to its former display. Read more
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Google Images' new layout - how this impacts photographers and webmasters
Let me preface this blog post by saying that Google has been a very important Internet player, and that the Internet wouldn't be the same without their efforts and innovations. Read more
When does freedom of speech trump copyright?
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Free Unlimited Rights For iPad Apps
- Oct 24. 2010
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BySylvie FodorRichard Levine of Condé Nast made a very interresting presentation at the PACA conference in New York. The presentation highlighted a glamorous iPad magazine with great potential but also the bleak situation of content providers required to provide unlimited free rights.
As vice president of editorial operations at Condé Nast, Richard Levine, has worked on the development of websites and internet editions of the print magazine as well as on the iPad version of WIRED.
Condé Nast produces 18 print magazines and developed early websites versions of the magazines. However, advertising revenues are much lower than in print. "Some people think advertising CPM tend towards zero", said Levine who contended that magazines have made the mistake to go online for free.
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Frictionless licensing - dream or reality?
The IPTC Spring Conference in Amsterdam Machine Readable Rights and the News Industry: Opportunities, Standards and Challenges showed that all media sectors in are looking at changes and improvements in the way they do business. People from news, publishing, photo and image libraries attended. Read more
When it’s time to say No
Images search engines have rolled out changes in image display. New features infringe copyright in some countries and dramatically affect website traffic and image sales everywhere. In Germany, trade body Freelens has been successful in forcing Yahoo Images to revert to its former display. Read more
Barcelona, Such a Beautiful Horizon
We asked Julieanne Eason - age fotostock Content Manager - to tell us a bit about Barcelona. She is a New Zealand national, who has been living in Barcelona for the past 8 years. Who better to give us an insight into Barcelona – the destination for the CEPIC Congress 2013? Read more
Google Images' new layout - how this impacts photographers and webmasters
Let me preface this blog post by saying that Google has been a very important Internet player, and that the Internet wouldn't be the same without their efforts and innovations. Read more
When does freedom of speech trump copyright?
Copyright is a property right and therefore a human right protected under Article 1 of the First Protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights. Is the right to property a more or less important card in the human rights pack than the Article 10 right to freedom of expression? Read more
Registration for CEPIC Congress 2013 Has Started!
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France: An Orphan Work Bill For Still Images
- Sep 10. 2010
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Screenshot of the UPP website: "Oui à la proposition 441"
BySylvie FodorOn Wednesday 1 September 2010, within the framework of visa pour l’image in Perpignan, the French ministry of Culture organized a round table on the issue of orphan works for still images.
A bill has been presented on 12 May 2010 to the Senate in France: the so-called “proposition 441”.
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Licences for Europe
There were many passionate and insightful comments made at the second round of "Licenses For Europe" stakeholder meetings held in Brussels on 7th March 2013. Read more
Frictionless licensing - dream or reality?
The IPTC Spring Conference in Amsterdam Machine Readable Rights and the News Industry: Opportunities, Standards and Challenges showed that all media sectors in are looking at changes and improvements in the way they do business. People from news, publishing, photo and image libraries attended. Read more
When it’s time to say No
Images search engines have rolled out changes in image display. New features infringe copyright in some countries and dramatically affect website traffic and image sales everywhere. In Germany, trade body Freelens has been successful in forcing Yahoo Images to revert to its former display. Read more
Barcelona, Such a Beautiful Horizon
We asked Julieanne Eason - age fotostock Content Manager - to tell us a bit about Barcelona. She is a New Zealand national, who has been living in Barcelona for the past 8 years. Who better to give us an insight into Barcelona – the destination for the CEPIC Congress 2013? Read more
Google Images' new layout - how this impacts photographers and webmasters
Let me preface this blog post by saying that Google has been a very important Internet player, and that the Internet wouldn't be the same without their efforts and innovations. Read more
When does freedom of speech trump copyright?
Copyright is a property right and therefore a human right protected under Article 1 of the First Protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights. Is the right to property a more or less important card in the human rights pack than the Article 10 right to freedom of expression? Read more
Registration for CEPIC Congress 2013 Has Started!
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Open Consultation On Cultural Heritage, Digital Libraries & Digital Preservation
- Sep 10. 2010
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The Reflection Group (Comité des Sages) on Bringing Europe's cultural heritage online has been set up by the European Commission to provide recommendations on how best to speed up the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material.
You will find the terms of reference of the Reflection Group at the following site: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/digital_libraries/doc...
The Comité des Sages has launched a consultation process to feed its reflection and subsequent recommendations. The consultation covers key issues such as the sources of funding for digitisation, the exploitation models of content digitised with public funding as well as the conditions governing public-private partnerships for digitisation.
CEPIC announces impressive Speaker list for its International Conference in Barcelona, June 11.-14.
The annual CEPIC Congress is the largest global gathering of the international photo community and extends CEPIC’s network on all five continents. Read more
CEPIC on PhotoArchiveNews
PhotoArchiveNews is now a media partner of CEPIC Congress 2013 Read more
CEPIC goes 20!
CEPIC was established in May 1993. Read more
Five Tables Released
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Topfoto: Joanna Smith 1938 – 2013
Joanna Smith passes away Read more
Conferences at CEPIC
All conferences are included in the general Congress fee. There is the possibility to register just for the Photocentric Day on Tuesday 11 June or for the IPTC conference on Thursday 13 June! Read more
Jed Root is now a member of CEPIC
Please welcome Jed Root from Paris! Read more
Global Report Part III
The Heidelberger Global Stock Image Market Research Group (GSIM) published their third and last report of their global study on the stock image market 2012. Read more
Please welcome Universal Images Group as a new CEPIC affiliate
Universal Images Group are based in London (UK) Read more
Licenses for Europe's website
The European Commission has initiated a "structured dialogue" between main stakeholders of creative content industries and Internet economy around the issues of copyright, internet and consumers' access. Chairs' conclusions and presentations are available on-line. Read more
Creative Content Pivotal to Conversations at PACA's 15th Annual International Conference
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Picture Archive Council of America (PACA) brings some key topics to the table for insightful discussions on the impact of photographic imagery in the future of content creation.
The 15th Annual PACA International Conference features a program highlighted by a keynote presentation on "The Impact of the iPad and the Future Use of Content". Every portion of PACA’s menu focuses on how technology changes content consumption, which greatly impacts the present and future of Stock Photography. This year the conference returns to the stylish, historic New York Downtown Marriott from October 15-17, 2010.
Eye on history
The Granger Collection Features the Evolution of Print and More. Read more
Spain and private copy levies
GESAC is lodging a complaint against Spanish law on private copying for not complying with EU law. Read more
Bridgeman representing Mary Fedden and Julian Trevelyan for Copyright Licensing
The Bridgeman Art Library is delighted to be appointed by the Estate of Mary Fedden, OBE and Julian Trevelyan, RA to administer and license the copyright in the artwork of both artists. Read more
epa european pressphoto agency celebrates ten years of global coverage
On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of epa european pressphoto agency b.v. beginning its global operation, a collection of the most outstanding epa images spanning the past decade has been compiled as a slide show, also available as an e-book, the agency announced in Frankfurt today. Read more
Picturing the Great War
Mary Evans Picture Library launches a First World War blog. Read more
Government gives £150,000 funding to kick-start copyright hub
Lord Younger announces £150,000 of funding for new web site designed to make it easier for consumers to obtain information about copyright. Read more
LCC: New rights model to improve legal access to online content
Unique industry collaboration launches new rights model to improve legal access to online content Read more
Universal Images Group acquires new distribution rights
Universal Images Group acquires international distribution rights from JTB Media Creation picture library in Japan Read more
New stock photo agency for the creative industry launched by Zoomy Images
Zoomy Images LLC, an on-line image and audio provider for the creative industry, has launched its service today through its web site, www.zoomyimages.com. Zoomy Images is a Los Angeles-based, on-line stock photo agency serving the creative market's demand for stock imagery and audio files. Read more
Commission seeks feedback on Google's commitments to address competition concerns
Antitrust: The European Commission invites comments from interested parties on commitments offered by Google in relation to online search and search advertising. Read more
GOOGLE and CEPIC
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ByTom MorganAt last someone has come up with a way of monetizing content on the web.
Google, as ever, has found a way forward, their ubiquitous search engine delivering billions of pair of eyeballs, daily, matching user behavior to content-type. The problem is that the content which Google is monetizing does not belong to Google.
Google displays images in a grid on their Image Search pages. In order to do so, they have to remove the images from their originally published context. They are also selling advertising on these pages (quite clearly commercial activity). This all raises a number of interesting questions, not least around the legal issues that:
Licenses for Europe
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The photography industry landscape
The photography industry has gone through a revolution over the past 5-10 years as the introduction of digital cameras, smartphones, social media platforms, and the cloud have created massive opportunities and disruptions in the industry. Read more
fotofringe London 2013 – ‘the best yet’ – full event pictures and roundup
890 picture buyers registered in advance. 700 visitors throughout the day. Will Carleton from PhotoArchiveNews has given us permission to publish this impression about fotofringe London 2013. Read more
Licences for Europe
There were many passionate and insightful comments made at the second round of "Licenses For Europe" stakeholder meetings held in Brussels on 7th March 2013. Read more
Frictionless licensing - dream or reality?
The IPTC Spring Conference in Amsterdam Machine Readable Rights and the News Industry: Opportunities, Standards and Challenges showed that all media sectors in are looking at changes and improvements in the way they do business. People from news, publishing, photo and image libraries attended. Read more
When it’s time to say No
Images search engines have rolled out changes in image display. New features infringe copyright in some countries and dramatically affect website traffic and image sales everywhere. In Germany, trade body Freelens has been successful in forcing Yahoo Images to revert to its former display. Read more
Barcelona, Such a Beautiful Horizon
We asked Julieanne Eason - age fotostock Content Manager - to tell us a bit about Barcelona. She is a New Zealand national, who has been living in Barcelona for the past 8 years. Who better to give us an insight into Barcelona – the destination for the CEPIC Congress 2013? Read more
Google Images' new layout - how this impacts photographers and webmasters
Let me preface this blog post by saying that Google has been a very important Internet player, and that the Internet wouldn't be the same without their efforts and innovations. Read more
When does freedom of speech trump copyright?
Copyright is a property right and therefore a human right protected under Article 1 of the First Protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights. Is the right to property a more or less important card in the human rights pack than the Article 10 right to freedom of expression? Read more
Registration for CEPIC Congress 2013 Has Started!
We are delighted to confirm that Registration is now open for Congress 2013 which will take place in the wonderful city of Barcelona, the capital city of Catalonia, one of the most vibrant regions of Spain, from the 11th – 14th June. Read more
