On April 17th ASMP is hosting a panel discussion titled “Copyright in a Hyper Digital Age: Copyrights? Copyleft? What rights are left?” This event should be noteworthy for several reason but most notably because of the meetings tone (see below). This won’t be your father’s Copyright event. This isn’t a “How to fill out the Federal Formsâ€, or “Let’s complain about Evil Clients†event. This
For those into nature, wildlife and conservation photography you may already know about the Environmental Photography Invitational (EPI) photo contest. I’ve had a few friends inquire about the status of this contest as the historical submission deadline has past. Last week I got a hint of what was to come, but kept the update to those that asked. Today I can provide a broader update to those who read this blog
Last week I discussed the Adobe Photoshop Express terms of use (ToU) and how the wording was nothing short of a rights grab (see Adobe Photoshop Express & The Mindless Photo Rights Grab). By weeks end John Nack posted an update, regarding the ToU, that “the Photoshop Express team has made some changes”. Reading the paraphrased revisions on John’s blog post alleviated what concerns I had, but whe
Monday BALCO laboratory founder Victor Conte stepped into the spotlight once again with news of his tell-all book “BALCO: The Straight Dope on Barry Bonds, Marion Jones and What We Can Do To Save Sports.” What many consider to be the most shocking new development revealed with in its pages is the use of performance enhancing drugs by local and professional photographers in addition to the already publiciz
As you may know I’m not a big proponent of using Creative Commons licensing for my photographic work (see Creative Commons: A Great Concept, I’ll Never Employ), but I do recognize it has value in some contexts (see EXIF and Beyond: Lawrence Lessig Interview). A recent development caught my eye that highlights one of the weaknesses of the Creative Commons model. That weakness is that the system of Creative Com
This past week Adobe launched beta of Photoshop Express, a little over 1 year since Adobe announced its intention to put Photoshop online (see Photoshop In A Software As A Service (SaaS) Model?). Unfortunately for Adobe what proved to be most noteworthy about this new application is not its functionality, but the rights grab they’re making for each image that is processed in the online application. Adobe makes
Unfortunately I can only daydream about this at the moment, but just in case you’ve got deeper pockets than I 200 silver-gelatin Ansel Adams prints are going to be up for auction at Christie’s in New York in April. Granted most are prints from later in his career and won’t command top dollar, but there are a few that could. Ah to dream… An Ansel Adams Trove Is Scheduled for Auction – New
This has been an exciting week for wildlife discoveries on the west coast. The latest being a rare white Killer Whale off the coast of Alaska. Having been reportedly seen last month and perhaps as long as 3 years ago this whale has since eluded researchers studying pods of whales in the Alaskan Aleutian Islands. Although white in color from afar it’s believe not to be albino, but rather yellow/brown in color. E