Fairsearch.org a group of businesses and organizations united to promote economic growth, innovation and choice across the Internet ecosystem by fostering and defending competition in online and mobile search has updated their website.

Open Internet Project (OIP), formal complainant in the Android investigation since March 2017, welcomes the decision taken today by the European Commission against Alphabet/Google, prohibiting Google’s abusive practices regarding its mobile operating system Android.

The web is a Wild West environment for images, with unauthorised uses on a massive scale, and a perception by many users that copyright is no longer relevant. So what is a Smart Photo in this environment?

On 05 July 2018 the European Parliament voted against the negotiation proposed by the Legal Affairs Committee, adopted on 20 June 2018, for the EU Copyright Directive proposal. CEPIC regrets this rejection following four years of tireless work with EU institutions but will continue to work towards a balanced solution for a fair online marketplace for the creative sector and against online piracy.

ARDITO no longer a project, but a service! We are happy to announce that the “ARDITO: Upgrading the Internet” conference on 19 June was a success! Thanks to everyone who contributed and participated, and especially to our guest and keynote speaker MEP Henna Virkkunen.

CALL TO HONOURABLE MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Getty Images will distribute over a century’s worth of definitive moments from dpa Picture-Alliance’s coverage of German politics, sports, entertainment and more

Getty Images, along with CEPIC and others in our industry, firmly supports the proposed new Copyright Directive because we believe that without compensation, creativity and commerce cannot thrive.

before getting wild with the retweet fearing the Internet is about die - let’s look how this new proposal could save photographers and other creators, and how all this scaremongering is misconceived.

Plans to update of EU copyright rules for today’s online world and ensure fair pay for artists and journalists were backed bv the Legal Affairs Committee on Wednesday.

Meetings with Google on 31 May 2018 on the Google Image Search

This article summarizes the recent positive developments in Google Image Search.

CONFIDENTIAL - Meeting between the Board of CEPIC and Google in May 2018.

Associations of commercial broadcasters across Europe (ACT, ABBRO, AKTV, ARCA, and the commercial broadcasters associated in CRTV) express their concerns regarding the Council negotiation mandate and the legal uncertainty that will result from it.

Only a few weeks are left before the European Parliament votes on the "Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market". More than 29,000 creators from all over Europe have signed the petition already, calling on their elected officials to do the right thing.

This October will mark the 15th year of our Annual garment District Arts Festival, and to celebrate, we're calling for submissions to create a high altitude gallery, right here in midtown Manhattan.

On May 15th 2018, the Open Internet Project held a conference “In the aftermath of the Google Search (Comparison Shopping) decision: Fair and equal treatment of digital businesses” in Brussels, with the participation of MEPs Dr. Andreas Schwab, EPP Coordinator in the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee and Mr. Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Liberal ECON coordinator, member of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee.

Belga and Isopix both have a strong local and international photo production that is supplemented daily with hundreds of new images from various sectors such as Belgian current affairs, sports, people, portraits, stock photography and images from numerous niche sectors.

On the 15th of May CEPIC took part in the Open Internet Project (OIP) conference on the seminar “In the aftermath of the Google Search decision: fair and equal treatment for digital business”

Estelle Blaschke, together with her colleagues, and the Armin Linke Studio team, are seeking to attend the CEPIC Congress in aid of documenting this important and devoting turning point in a historical moment of new possibilities and technologies of distribution of photography and visual content.

As part of its annual Congress on 31.05.2018, CEPIC is partnering with Google and IPTC to host two sessions, both of which are open to the public, focusing on how visual authors can leverage Google Images.

As of tomorrow, 25 May, new data protection rules will apply across the EU.

Bridgeman is proud and excited to announce the acquisition of Lebrecht Photo Library, the world’s largest image bank for classical music and related arts, with a collection of over 400,000 specialist images.

Open Letter: Latest Bulgarian Presidency proposal on copyright leaves authors and rights holders worse-off.

In this post, you will find the main documents for the Annual General Meeting 2018.

A new study by IMATAG reveals some staggering facts and will grab the attention of anyone who publishes photographs on the web.

Following the Council Conclusions of 31 May 2016 on the role of Europeana for the digital access, visibility and use of European cultural heritage, the European Commission launched an independent evaluation of Europeana.

Following the launch of their new web that simplifies their business in three primary business areas, Press, Creative and Economic imagery, what has always been a creative stock photography agency, now appoints Yolanda Sandoval for their office in Madrid to handle the business development of a crucial business area that they have recently branched into.

Press and news images, creative photographs and a mountain of other visual content that goes from cheap to very cheap, defined as Microstock, although if we want to go lower on pricing, we can also find masses of free pictures from unknown, if not desperate authors, produced to generate internet traffic.

The public consultation on measures to further improve the effectiveness of the fight against illegal content online will run until June 25.

On 25 April 2018, the Advocate General of the CJEU delivered his Opinion on whether a (visual) work first copied from a freely accessible website to a home server and then uploaded to another website constitutes a “communication to the public“.

On Thurday, 31 May 2018, at CEPIC Congress, Google will present the latest developments on Google Images "to strike a balance between serving user needs and publisher concerns" and how tools can be best used to search, find and make searchable images online.

The DSM Directive was published in September 2016. How far is the consultation process and has the Directive any chance of going through? Lobbying in Brussels Explained

The Copyright Hub is looking for a CEO to shape and drive its vision for the future of online licensing.

The European Parliament, Council and Commission have reached a preliminary political agreement on the main elements of revised rules to apply to audiovisual media across Europe.

The International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) has named Brendan Quinn as its new managing director.Quinn joins the IPTC with two decades of experience in managing technology for media companies

That’s all folks! Entries for the CEPIC Stock Photography Awards are officially closed! It was another fantastic year with over 9,500 entries! Here are the final figures for the entries...

The National Portrait Gallery has enhanced the keywording feature on its licensing website so the Collection can now be searched using one or more key words. The Gallery holds the most extensive collection of portraits in the world.

CEPIC joins open letter that highlights concerns with the new Council Presidency proposals. Below is the letter that was sent to Deputy Permanent Representatives, copyright experts of the working group as well as key people from DG CNNCT (C. Bury, G. Abbamonte, M. Giorello), Cabinets (Jorgen Gren, Eric Peters and Manuel Mateo) and Pauline Rouch from the EC Secretariat General. It highlights the main causes of concerns, in hopes that the ambassador we recognize them and alters them to create a balanced market for creators.

On the 15th of May CEPIC will be in Brussels taking part in the Open Internet Project (OIP) conference. We will be talking on the seminar “In the aftermath of the Google Search decision: fair and equal treatment for digital business”.

The Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT) welcomes the Commission’s Communication on tackling online disinformation. The Communication is a welcome first step towards addressing the major challenges disinformation raises and its root causes.

Creativity Works! calls on Member States to refrain from restricting rightholders’ exclusive rights in favour of certain online platforms; discussions on Copyright Directive must continue to resolve fundamental issues.

Former President of CEPIC and Vice President of DMLA, she is this year a Patron for Vote100, celebrating 100 years since Women got the vote in the UK. She is aiming to channel these experiences and energy to reinvigorate Image Source as well as share her experience of Start-Ups and Growth Businesses as a Speaker at the CEPIC Innovation day in Berlin on 30th May.

Footage shot by our (video) journalists: sports, politics, entertainment,...

Anyone who knows anything about photography will know all too well about David Yarrow and the success he has had in his career to date. Having published three photographic books including “Nowhere” “Encounters” and “Wild Encounters,” his impactful imagery of wildlife and alien cultures triggers powerful emotional responses in people – often awe and wonder.

The last descendant of Keystone co-founder Bert Garai Agnes Garai passed away on the 5th of April from a heart attack (AMI) while swimming. A private funeral and cremation took place on the 6th of April 2018, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Westend61 offer an easy-to-use service for anyone looking for images with a wide-range selection of images for every purpose. Here’s what Westend 61 had to say to Copytrack about their agency and experiences chasing image theft with Copytrack.

Please do not book any accommmodation through TravelEra as they have no business relation with CEPIC or the Maritim proArte hotel.

The World Press Photo of the Year honors the photographer whose visual creativity and skills made a picture that captures or represents an event or issue of great journalistic importance in the last year.

CEPIC along with over 50 other cultural orignisations have joined the campaign to ask for better funding for the EU cultural industry. After concerns that the culture budget was minimal in comparison to the impact and jobs the field created.

CEPIC will be attending this year's PIXDAY on April 12th, in Paris!

It is with immense sadness that Agencia Keystone & Grupo Keystone Brazil announces the passing of its Director, of over 50 years, Agnes Garai.

Copytrack plan their first cooperation for their blockchain based Global Copyright Register. As part of this cooperation, Photochain.io will be the first use case to untilize the service ran by the global market leader for handling online image rights.

SmartFrame have just released the news that they have sold their platform Pixelrights saying “This move allows us to focus our full resource on our unique SmartFrame technology and the delivering of our mission to Redefine the Digital Image Standard.”

Dreamstime, leader in stock photography, announced that it filed a lawsuit in the federal district court in San Jose, California against Internet online search advertising giant Google.

Photographer, Jonas Lemberg, accused the painter, Markus Andersson, of abusing his copyright after the oil painter recreated his portrait of the famed Christer Pettersson with the brush adding only a goat to the background. The verdict now questions the understandings of the copyright law.

CEPIC is pleased to announce that we will be attending this year's London Fotofringe! This is a great opportunity for us to meet and greet those in the image industry and introduce our work to those that it affects.

Google keeps users to itself, and no longer plays the role of an intermediary to direct users to the vast wealth of Internet websites. It captures them and directly offers content produced by others, depriving them of their intellectual property rights.

We're very happy to announce that Pyramide Europe has joined the battle against framing. Alongside CEPIC, EFJ, and EVA, Pyramide Europe are working to protect creators by highlighting and bringing an end to image framing/embedding.

The IPTC Spring Meeting takes place in April aiming to discuss and develop their ideas to support the rapid innovation of the media and the news industry in particular.

ImageRights President and CEO Joe Naylor has been appointed Chairperson of Digital Media Licensing Association (DMLA) Technology Committee. The announcement was made by DMLA President Geoff Cannon.

CEPIC, the European Federation of Journalists and EVA for visual authors have signed a common open letter to the members of the European Parliament to attract their attention on the issue of Framing/ Embedding of Pictures. The jurisprudence set by the Court of Justice of the European Union on the use of framing/embedding technology must urgently be corrected by the European legislator.

In its Communication of September 2017 on tackling illegal content online, the European Commission promised to monitor progress in tackling illegal content online and assess whether additional measures are needed to ensure the swift and proactive detection and removal of illegal content online, including possible legislative measures to complement the existing regulatory framework.

Copyright “safe harbour” rules, drawn up a quarter of a century ago to help nurture early online commerce, are today distorting the digital market, profiting tech giants and leading to significant underpayment of copyright owners, a new US economic study says.

A view on Blockchain v. Copyright Registration in the USA.

Alfonso Gutierrez, Sylvie Fodor, Marisol Muniz meeting with Manuel Mateo and Sarah Jacquier, February 2018

CEPIC has received with interest the news about a cooperation agreement which has been reached between Getty Images and Google Inc., two leaders in their respective field.

Getty Images, a world leader in visual communication, and Google today announced an agreement that includes a multi-year global licensing partnership, enabling Google to use Getty Images' content within its various products and services.

The company has also redesigned its blog to help designers unlock the full potential of their work and get noticed

Letter to the Bulgarian Presidency of the European Union

KODAKOne platform and KODAKCoin cryptocurrency give photographers a new revenue stream and a secure platform for protecting their work.

picturemaxx, software specialist for visual content and the creator of the picturemaxx Media Network, now operates worldwide exclusively.

Copytrack, the blockchain powered copyright registry and enforcement platform is preparing the enter the second round of the crowdsale as the highly successful token presale comes to an end. The Copytrack ICO is set to go live on January 10, 2018.

CEPIC has a new member from Finland: The Picture Collections of the National Board of Antiquities

It is with immense sadness that Heritage Image Partnership announces the passing of its Chief Executive and Chairman, Sheldon Marshall.

The link to the decision of the European Commission on the Google Shopping Case is posted here.

The CEPIC office will be closed from 20 December. We will be back on Thursday 4 January 2018.

Werner Forman Archive has a wide collection of Native American images covering aspects of these vibrant and unique people and their lifestyle.

CONFIDENTIAL - On Thurday 14 December, there was a meeting between Google France and a number of press publishers in France (notably Le Figaro Benchmark and Amaury groups) , representatives of the press picture agencies (notably the lawyer of the Agence France Presse) and representatives of press photo agency associations and stock photo associations.

On 11.12.2017, the German group - BVPA led Google Images intiative - had a video conference with Google.

Protect Your Images on Social Media: a US guide from CEPIC member ImageRights

For companies wishing to hold formal, private meetings away from the bustle of the rest of the congress, we had a limited number of Business Rooms available to rent.

The Table Area is the largest networking area at the CEPIC Congress.

Sponsors help to keep the delegates fee as low as possible and are key to the viability of the Congress.

The CEPIC Congress 2017 will take place right at Berlin city centre at the Maritim proArte Hotel.

Thursday 23 November, The Danish media group Berlingske Media has signed an agreement on the sale of Scanpix to the Danish news agency Ritzaus Bureau A/S.

Since its inception in the 1960s IBL enjoys a solid market position, in Sweden as well as internationally. Daily newspapers, weekly press, magazines and book publishers are the company’s main clients.

From BAPLA

With the ambition of tackling another European project involving technology and visual data, CEPIC took part in the ICT Proposers Day organised in Budapest on 8th to 10th November.

All you need to know about the CEPIC Congress 2017.

The second edition of the Awards has been a huge success with more than twice the amount of images submitted last year from 226 photographers from 16 countries.We are please to announce the Winners.

We strongly encourage our members to take part in the EU public consultations.

After ten years running Visual Connections LLC, co-owners Deborah Free and Edward Leigh have decided to make the company available for acquisition.

With their new site, Biosmotion.com, the Photononstop Group can now offer a unique, multi-themed service offering more than 5 million HD and 4K video clips, both Right Managed and Royalty Free.

IPTC, the International Press and Telecommunication Council has a job opportunity: Managing Director.

A recent judgment in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC), in an infringement case concerning a photograph of Dylan Thomas used without permission for 17 days on a holiday cottages website, underlines the need for caution when it comes to costs in small claims.

Double Royal Patronage Now Announced: TRH The Prince of Wales & The Duchess of Cornwall