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Cordon Press Acquires Latinstock Spain

Jan 26. 2012
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Cordón Press (www.cordonpress.com), Spain’s number one editorial agency, has just announced the acquisition of Latinstock Spain (www.latinstock.es) for an undisclosed amount.

Latinstock Spain, which was established in Madrid in 1989, distributes major international RM and RF image and footage collections, and it also offers Rights Clearance Services to advertising and corporate clients in Spain.

Founded more than 20 years ago, Cordon Press is Spain’s number one news agency, with particular strength in editorial field. The company has a reputation for quality imagery and leading customer service.

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KIM Keywording 2

Jan 24. 2012
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New tool for photographers and photoagencies: Kursiv just released the second version of their keywording software «KIM Keywording». The software comes as a crossplatform product for Mac and Windows and is specialized on the fast and consistent keywording of huge loads of images.

Among the new features are a multilingual interface (english, dutch, german), a backup-functionality, a simplified data-exchange with external workers – to name a few improvements and enhancements as mentioned by the manufacturer.

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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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PICTAday 2012 in Munich

Sep 27. 2011
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The German Association of Picture Agencies, BVPA, announced venue and date for their annual PICTAday.

The event will be held in Munich on 22 March 2012. The venue is the MVG Museum - a former factory building which is heritage protected today.

Further information is available on the BVPA website and in the attached document:

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CEPIC Congress 2012 London

Aug 30. 2011
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We are pleased to be taking Congress 2012 to The Truman Brewery on Brick Lane in London in May 2012.

London will rock in 2012. The British Queen, Elizabeth II will be celebrating her Jubilee year and the Olympics will also be held in London.

The Opening Reception of Congress will take place on Tuesday 15th May with Congress running from the 16th to the 18th May inclusive with the Annual Industry Party taking place on Friday 18th 2012.

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Creating a CEPIC Community: Announcing the SOFT LAUNCH of CEPIC's new website

Jan 18. 2010
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Klaus Plaumann, CEPIC Vice President

Dear Cepic Members and Friends of our Industry: As the Centre of the Picture Industry, we are happy to announce the soft launch of our new website on January 18th 2010. During the next few weeks there will be more input making the site more user friendly and informative for the membership.

Sincere thanks to Carola and Sylvie for your huge contribution to the communication agency Juno. The Hamburg based agency has created an easy to navigate, up to date, high end site. It features not only industry issues - copyright & IPR, Congress information and other valuable topics but also a blog for ALL OF YOU as contributors!

The new site shows how the new CEPIC commitee is working for our Industry, from still photography to new media, in a time of transition. From now on you will see video clips, many more photographs and more useful information.

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What Asterix And Google Have in Common

Jan 18. 2010
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Byby Sylvie FodorOn 18 December 2009 a French court found Google guilty of "counterfeiting" and violating copyright of French publisher La Martinière by digitizing hundreds of books within their Google Book Search programme.

Google has to pay €300,000 ($430,000) in damages and interest to the plaintiff and stop digitizing and putting the books online. http://www.legipresse.com/newsletter/bandeaux/000001/000084.pdf

The importance of this ruling cannot be overestimated.

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Hannah Hess new Editor-in-Chief of epa european pressphoto agency

Jan 28. 2012
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Hannah Hess, 44, has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the european pressphoto agency epa. This was announced in Frankfurt today by epa’s President and CEO, Jörg Schierenbeck.

Hess, who holds an MA in Political Science and a BA in Business and Economics, joined epa in 1995 when she started as an editor on the news desk. Since then, she held various senior positions in the editorial management, including Deputy Head of Product Quality Enhancement and the Arts, Culture and Entertainment desk, Senior Editor and Supervising Editor. Her experience comprises general news, sports and entertainment; in all categories, Hess organized, supervised and participated in numerous international assignments.

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Entertaining Europe in the Electronic Age

Jan 28. 2012
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Neelie Kroes Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda Creativity for the Creative Sector: Entertaining Europe in the Electronic Age European Parliament Intellectual Property Forum, European Parliament Brussels, 24 January 2012

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BAPLA Meet With The IPO

Jan 25. 2012
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ByJohn BaleanAt the end of last week BAPLA held a very positive meeting at the Wellcome Trust with some of its members and three representatives from the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) ...

... who are leading the Consultation on Copyright in the areas of Orphan Works (OW), Extended Collective Licensing (ECL), and Collecting Societies.

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