Aug 18 2011
One from the news: Blogger Alice Taylor, an amateur photographer, recently accused Mail Online of using her images without authorisation.
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) outlined the legal position to Amateur Photographer (AP) as two major news organisations stood accused of breaching photographic copyright by grabbing images to accompany news reports. Continue Reading »
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May 30 2011
In November 2010 Prime Minister David Cameron announced an independent review on how Intellectual Property framework supports growth and innovation.
The copyright regime cannot be considered fit for the digital age when millions of citizens are in daily breach of copyright… People are confused about what is allowed and what is not, with the risk that the law falls into disrepute. Continue Reading »
Apr 26 2011
The campaign group ‘I’m a Photographer, Not a Terrorist’ is organising a flashmob outside London’s City Hall.
The mass gathering will highlight the restrictions on street photography in a public space.
The event takes place on International Press Freedom Day and is supported by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) London Photographers’ Branch (LPB). Read more click here
Jul 25 2010
Earlier this month the European Court of Human Rights rejected the Governments appeal to it’s decision in January that ruled Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 in breach of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
I’m a Photographer, Not a Terrorist! Is a campaign run by photographers for anyone who values visual imagery. It was set up in 2009 in response to new terrorism laws preventing the photographing of police officers. In January it organised a mass photo gathering in Trafalgar Square that attracted over 2,000 photographers from across the country.
It follows a series of high profile incidents of police harassing photographers. The Metropolitan Police accepted liability and paid compensation for a breach of Article 10 when they prevented photojournalist Marc Vallée and videographer Jason Parkinson from covering a demonstration outside the Greek Embassy in 2008. Continue Reading »
