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.