Law Archive

05.18.12: Scotland’s Largest City Set To Ban All Photography in Its Subways
05.17.12: US Department of Justice Defends Photographers’ Right to Record Police
05.17.12: Video Evidence Gets Two Separate Photographers Off The Hook
05.17.12: How to Confront a Newspaper Editor Over Copyright Infringement (and Get Paid)
05.08.12: Copyright Suit Against Tumblr May Affect All Photo Sharing Sites
05.01.12: Student Wins Copyright Skirmish Over Falling Bear Photo
05.01.12: You Don’t Own Anything Anymore: Copyright Law in an Internet Age
04.28.12: Judge Won’t Let Pearson Off the Hook in Massive Copyright Infringement Case
04.27.12: Federal Judge Blocks the Release of Bin Laden Death Photos
04.27.12: Jim Marshall Estate Sues Thierry Guetta and Google Over Copyright Infringement
04.27.12: Butterfingered Photographers Being Sued for $300,000 by Art Collector
04.24.12: Connecticut Bill Could Make Police Liable for Interfering with Photographers
04.10.12: Legal Rumble Over the Definition of “Limited Edition”
04.05.12: Art Collector Sues William Eggleston for Selling New Prints of Iconic Photos
04.04.12: Photographer Suing Skechers for $250M for Violating Licensing Agreement
03.28.12: Man Who Was Arrested for Filming Police with Phone Settles for $170,000
03.09.12: Requiring Captions Might Keep Pinterest From Getting Sued Into Oblivion
03.06.12: Oops: Nikon Uses Stolen Canon 5D Mark II Footage for D800 Promo Video
02.29.12: Utah the Latest State to See Bill That Makes Filming Farm Animals a Crime
02.28.12: Tricks for Avoiding the Police When Shooting in Public Locations
02.27.12: Beware of Police Officers When Shooting Time-Lapse Photographs
02.16.12: Olympus Ex-President Kikukawa Among Seven Arrested for Fraud
02.16.12: Fatality: Apple Asking for Permission to Punch Kodak While Down
02.15.12: “When I Borrow Someone’s Car for a Couple of Hours I Slip Them Fifty Quid”
02.10.12: Email by Telegraph Photo Editor Causes Copyright Infringement Stir
02.09.12: Learn Your Rights as a Photographer with this Short and Sweet Cartoon
02.06.12: Freedom of the Press Begins with You
01.25.12: Create a Similarly Composed Photo in the UK, Risk Copyright Infringement
01.20.12: Photographer vs Golden Wonder Security
01.11.12: Kodak Files New Lawsuits Against Apple and HTC Over Photo Patents
12.19.11: Teenage Photographer Wins Settlement From London Police
12.16.11: US Moves Toward Banning Photoshop in Cosmetic Ad Photographs
12.14.11: NYT Sends Angry Letter to NYPD Over Treatment of Photographer
12.05.11: DSLRs Banned from UK Tube Station
12.02.11: Is 75 Years in Prison for Recording Police in Public Constitutional? Illinois Says Yes
11.03.11: Divorced Man Sues Photographer for $48,000 To Recreate 2003 Wedding
11.02.11: Mugshots of Arrested Occupy Protestors Uploaded to Facebook
11.01.11: NPPA Asks Washington DC to Repeal Its “5 Minute Photography Limit” Law
10.28.11: ACLU Sues L.A. Sheriff’s Department for Harassing Photographers
10.26.11: Spending More Than 5 Min at a Location Can Earn Photogs Jail Time in D.C.
10.19.11: Iconic Rock Photog Speaks Out Against Copyright Grabs by Music Artists
10.17.11: The Self Esteem Act: Parents Pushing to Pass Anti-Photoshop Laws in the US
10.15.11: When Asked to Delete Photos, Just Have This Image Handy
10.10.11: UK Man Questioned by Police After Cell Phone Photo of Daughter in Mall
09.29.11: You Are Always Allowed to Sell Photos without a Model Release
09.28.11: Singer Bob Dylan Accused of Plagiarizing Photographs
09.26.11: UK Teen Sentenced to Two Months in Jail for Snapping Courtroom Photo
09.15.11: Burmese Court Sentences Photojournalist to 18 Years in Prison
09.13.11: Security Guards in UK Finally Taught that Photographers Not Always Terrorists
09.12.11: Funny (But Sad) Test of Photographers’ Rights in Germany