Archive for April, 2008

News

Orphan Works bill introduced in US

There has been a lot of discussion and a lot of fear among photographers regarding potential orphan works legislation. A major problem with current copyright law is that it does not provide a way to use a creative work that has been abandoned (no entity can be found to claim ownership). [...]

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Surveys

Poll: Are you for or against Orphan Works legislation?

An Orphan Works bill has been introduced by both the US House and Senate. You can read more about it here: Orphan Works bill introduced in US. What's your take?

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News

Albelli book printing service, free book giveaway

Albelli, a new photo book printing service from Album Printer Solutions, launched today. Albelli features a photo book creation service that integrates with Photobucket and book creation software based on the Flash-based Adobe AIR platform which means it is compatible with Windows and Mac with Linux "on the way." Is it [...]

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News

Photography is not a crime

Watch this video and read more about this at Flickr.

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Grab bag

Friday Grab Bag

"There's a great deal of paranoia around but the police are on alert for anything that vaguely resembles terrorism. It's difficult because the more professional a photographer, paradoxically, the more likely they are to be stopped or questioned. If people were using photos for terrorism purposes they would be using [...]

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