Archive for the ‘The Law’ Category
ASMP Files Brief In Defense Of First Amendment
I just found this on the ASMP website. This is a really interesting case because the court is trying to separate large artists prints from calendars and mini-prints. This seems to be the right approach to me. Aren’t coffee mugs and calendars commerce? ASMP Files Brief In Defense Of First Amendment Philadelphia, PA… The American ...Read more.
No Stealing!
Saw this on The Week about bands suing politicians for using their songs without permission. Apparently libertarian Ron Paul has been blasting Rush songs at his rallies without first obtaining the rights. And he’s not the first. There’s a long string of recent incidents, including a whole bunch by repeat offender John McCain, who used ...Read more.
Did Corbis register your copyright? If so, read this APA alert!
APA just put out this press release – read below. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 10, 2010 APA ALERT! Do you have images with Corbis? Did you sign the Corbis Copyright Assignment Affirmation Declaration? If so, you may have invalid copyright registrations. Last week, Judge Loretta A. Preska of the United States District Court, Southern District ...Read more.
Why I’m excited about the iPad
Rob
Assisting in LA for “Gas Money:” This is highly illegal!
Just a few days ago I spoke with a photo assistant who’s identity he/she asked not be revealed. After getting her/his BFA in Photography she/he worked for a photographer in Savannah, GA for about 6 months before moving to LA. Once in LA she/he began working for a catering company and trying to find assisting ...Read more.
Government Crackdown on Unpaid Internships
When I read the internship piece in PDN last month, wherein attorney Alan Koral explained that unpaid interns are pretty much illegal in for-profit businesses, I thought, “Well, that may be the law, but no one enforces it, so who cares?” Turns out, federal and state governments are starting to enforce it.
Why do Advertising Agencies Continue to use old contracts with Professional Photographers?
Recent experience and a conversation I had in the last week with an Art Buyer who has left the advertising world, has revealed what I already thought to be true: The Legal Departments of Advertising Agencies refuse to re-work boiler plate contracts that are used on P.O.’s between the advertising agency and the photographer. It’s ...Read more.
Tax Time
There is a great post up on Photoshelter’s blog
Oops, we may have registered copyright the wrong way.
I recently attended a lecture by intellectual property attorneys Matt Henderson and Shawn Kachmar, and picked up an interesting tidbit about registering groups of photos.
NYT: IRS and States to Crack Down on Employees Misclassified as Independent Contractors
According to today’s New York Times: Federal and state officials, many facing record budget deficits, are starting to aggressively pursue companies that try to pass off regular employees as independent contractors…
