Dan Heller on the latest orphan works 'disinformation'
I don't know whether he's right or not, but the whole OW debate is pretty frightening.
USA Today, Google, sound death knell for Microstock
As image search improves, will people be less and less willing to pay for photos? YES.
Planning on taking pictures on the tube? London Underground reminds photographers they need a permit
UK photographers regularly have their work stolen: 74% of those who took action got 'fair compensation'
A very mixed message...
Annie Leibovitz uses her copyrights as financial assets, world has cow
The problem photographers face is that their most valuable assets, i.e. their photos, are the most difficult to value and least flexible to use. When Elton John and David Bowie monetised their copyrights they were hailed as visionaries. When Annie does it, she's a dumb broke female photographer. I say there's a double standard here.
Can I sell that photo?
Just because you can take it, it doesn't necessarily follow that you can sell it.
Spain's Costa Brava uses photograph from the Bahamas in ad campaign
Apparently there weren't any 'nice' photos of the Costa Brava available from Getty.


