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PhotoRESEARCHER Newsletter for July Week Four ## 442D |
KEY WORDS: | PhotoSourceBANK | Anasazi Ruins | Word-Description | On-Line Transmission | Stock Photos | Copyright | Derivative Works | Limited Usage | License | Case Law | District Court |
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New-Age Picture Research
AND THE WINNER IS, “Encyclopedia Britannica?
Microsoft's Encarta? Alta Vista's Image Search? No-- it's PhotoSource
International's PhotoSourceBank." In 1896 if you wanted to find a
particular photograph, you would have consulted Encyclopedia Britannica.
In 1996 it would have been Encarta, and in 1999 it would have been Alta
Vista.
But in the 2000’s, the PhotoSourceBANK beats them all.
That's right, in the new century, photo researchers need only click on http://www.photosource.com/search
to find the source of specific and hard-to-locate pictures, such as “team
repairing Anasazi ruins,” “lithophytes at teotihuacan,”
or “petrochemicals.”
No heavy photo catalogues or photo sleeves to lug around, no turning of
pages, no waiting for days for a reply or a delivery of the image.
With the electronic PhotoSourceBANK a photobuyer simply types in a word-description
of the photo needed, and Presto! The buyer has a made a direct contact
with how and where that photo can be located, who the photo supplier is,
and can then complete the transaction. Priority mail or FedEx allows next-day
delivery of any hard copy, or the buyer can have immediate delivery by
on-line transmission.
A second resource, the PhotoSourceBOOK 2007, is a comprehensive print
photographer directory. This annual directory ($45 value) is sent to qualified
photo researchers and photobuyers free from PhotoSource International,
the information leader in the stock photography field since 1976 –
serving photobuyers, photo researchers, and photographers.
The PhotoSourceBOOK, which publishes a new edition each year, lists more
than 200 of the world's best stock photographers, plus an easy index and
Internet bridge to the on-line PhotoSourceBANK site of each photographer's
"key words" describing their stock photos, plus six samples
of each photographer's work on the PhotoSourceFOLIO section.
If you are an active photo researcher/photobuyer reading this, all you
need to do to request a free copy of the current year’s PhotoSourceBOOK
is sign up at http://www.photosource.com/researcher.
You can then look to have this effective picture-source volume on your
desk next January. We make the PhotoSourceBOOK editions available to photo
researchers and photobuyers free of charge, so that you can experience
how it has become easier than ever to find the hard-to-locate images you
need, and to encourage you to experience how you can save time, money,
and headaches with the PhotoSourceBANK.
Rohn Engh, veteran stock photographer and
publisher of “PhotoRESEARCHER Newsletter,” has provided on-line
information to photobuyers, photo researchers and photo editors for two
decades. For info: http://www.photosource.com/photobuyer/.
Benja Iglesis
| Photography Not A Derivative Work! by Joel Hecker, Esq.
Professional photographers have long assumed that they own the copyright to the photographs they create for advertising, and that they retain all rights thereto except for the usage licensed to the client, unless the photographs were created as a work-made-for-hire, or the copyright was transferred to the client. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in Joshua Ets-Hokin v. Skyy Spirits, Inc. recently reaffirmed this principal in rejecting a theory that the photographs were derivative works which did no more than copy the product - the underlying work - and therefore were not independently copyrightable. Since this reversed a District Court's dismissal of the Photographer's case, it is little wonder why photographers are sighing with relief. Plaintiff was retained to photograph a Skyy Spirits Vodka bottle
for advertising purposes. The bottle appears in front of a
plain backdrop, with back lighting. Under the contract, plaintiff
retained all rights to the photos except for a limited usage
license granted to Skyy (the terms of which being in dispute). Skyy claimed the photos were unsatisfactory and hired other photographers to photograph the bottle, apparently on terms more favorable to Skyy than those negotiated by plaintiff. Skyy then used plaintiff's photos for various advertising purposes which are alleged to extend beyond those licensed, as well as the other photographs which are alleged to be imitations of plaintiff's work. Plaintiff sued Skyy, its advertising agency and individuals involved for copyright infringement of his photos and for creating photos that infringed his photos. He did not sue the other photographers (for reasons left unstated). The Appellate Court concluded that, given the low threshold of originality required under the Copyright Act, as well as what it characterized "as the longstanding and consistent body of case law holding that photographs generally satisfy this minimal standard," plaintiff's photography met the standard and was thus entitled to copyright protection. Want to read more of this article? Go to http://www.photosource.com/researcher/nov001.html
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Sanjay Marathe 91-22-6592289 sanjay@sanjaymarathe.com
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for developments in the field of stock photography in
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COPYRIGHT AN IDEA? Photographer sues Apple.
That they knowingly infringed on copyrights belonging to artistic
photographer Louis Psihoyos with an Apple TV advertisement
that uses a ‘vdeo wall’ consisting of many small
videos playing at once with an Apple TV box in the middle.
According to the lawsuit the similarity between Apple's video
wall and Psihoyos’ photo is too close to be merely coincidence.
Apple and Psihoyos had been in negotiations over the use of
his photo or concept but they never reached an agreement.
http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=41336 REAL FINE REAL ESTATE As a photographer, Ansel
Adams virtually owns Half Dome. The venerable San Francisco
landscapist, who died in 1984, took so many classic pictures
of the Yosemite landmark during his 50-year career that his
photographs virtually cemented its iconic status in the public
imagination. Today, when your brain thinks Half Dome, chances
are your mind's eye sees an Adams. http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-et-florian16jul16,0,2480355.story?coll=cl-home-more-channels
TRAVELERS
ABROAD
Shawn McGrath Jason Lauré
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