Police Intimidation Watch: NYPD Returns Cameras to Times Freelancer
The New York City police department has returned camera gear belonging to a freelance photographer who was arrested August 4 after refusing to stop photographing police activity on a public street....
View ArticlePhoto Montage Artist Settles with Mountain Light; Muench Drops Copyright Suit
Mountain Light Photography has accepted a $2,600 settlement offer from Thomas Barbèy, and Muench Photography has withdrawn its infringement claim against the photo montage artist, according to court...
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“Bears for Belarus” Photographer Released by the KGB
Courtesy of Belarusian News Photos/www.BNP.by Anton Suryapin, a photographer detained by agents from Belarus’s state security agency (still referred to as the KGB), was released on August 17, according...
View ArticleShepard Fairey Sentenced on Criminal Charge in ‘Hope” Poster Case
Artist Shepard Fairey was sentenced to 300 hours of community service and fined $25,000 today in a federal courtroom in Manhattan today for destroying documents, falsifying evidence “and other...
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Anti-Gay Group Sued for Unauthorized Use of Photo in Attack Ads
©Kristina Hill The Southern Poverty Law Center has sued an anti-gay group for unauthorized use of a photograph of a gay couple in political attack ads in Colorado earlier this year. SPLC sued the...
View ArticleFacebook Copyright Takedown: Justice or Injustice?
An alleged copyright infringer appears to have gotten his just desserts from Facebook, which has summarily removed his Facebook fan page. But the story highlights the lack of transparency in Facebook’s...
View ArticleSuspect Arrested in Kidnapping of Photographer
British authorities have charged a 26-year old man with illegally detaining UK photographer John Cantlie and Dutch journalist Jeroen Oerlemans in Syria last July, according to a BBC report. Shajul...
View ArticlePhotojournalist Acquitted of Resisting Arrest at Occupy Miami Confrontation
A Florida jury has acquitted photographer Carlos Miller of charges that he resisted arrest while covering police action at an Occupy encampment in Miami last January. Police alleged that Miller had...
View ArticleAnti-Gay Group Pleads Fair Use, Free Speech in Infringement Case
An anti-gay group sued for using a photograph of a gay couple without permission in political attack ads has asked the court to dismiss the case on fair use and free speech grounds, according to a...
View ArticleCalifornia Anti-Paparazzi Law Fails First Court Challenge
A California law meant to impose special penalties on the paparazzi for reckless driving has been declared unconstitutional by a Los Angeles County superior court judge, according to several news...
View ArticleSipa Press Files for Bankruptcy
News photo agency Sipa Press has filed for bankruptcy in Paris, following the bankruptcy of its parent company in Germany in October. The fate of the photo agency–including the possibility of...
View ArticleSipa Wins Reprieve to Find New Owner
A French court has decided to put Sipa Press under bankruptcy protection while the photo agency searches for a new owner, according to a report today in Le Journal de la Photographie. Sipa Press, which...
View ArticleDavid LaChapelle Sues Former Manager
Photographer David LaChapelle has sued his former manager, alleging he is owed $2.8 million for sales of his photographs and $755,000 for personal loans, the New York Post has reported. LaChapelle...
View Article500px App Booted from Apple Store Due to Nudity
TechCrunch is reporting that Apple removed the 500px app from the App Store due to “pornographic images and materials.” Apple says in an official statement that it has “also received customer...
View ArticleDefamation Lawsuit Against Lauren Greenfield Thrown Out of Federal Court
The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that the lawsuit brought against photographer and filmmaker Lauren Greenfield by one of the subjects of her award-winning documentary “The Queen of Versailles” has...
View ArticleGuy Martin, CJ Chivers Give Testimony in Inquest Into Tim Hetherington’s Death
The Coroner’s Court in Westminster, UK, carrying out an inquest into the death of photographer Tim Hetherington concluded that his death was “unlawful,” The Independent reports. The photojournalist...
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DKNY Atones for Unauthorized Usage by Donating $25K to Photog’s Community YMCA
Brandon Stanton’s images were used without permission in a window display at a DKNY store in Bangkok. When DKNY used several photographs by Brooklyn, New York-based street photographer Brandon...
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Quincy Jones Settles Copyright Claim with Photographer
©Michael D. Jones/Mike Jones Photography Music producer Quincy Jones and photographer Michael Donald Jones (aka Mike Jones Photography) have settled their dispute over the photographer’s claim of...
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Another Copyright Infringement Ends In Charity Donation, Good PR For Infringer
A friend informed Theron Humphrey that So Delicious had used one of his images on Facebook without permission or credit. For the second time in a week a photographer has settled a copyright dispute by...
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Photog Prevails in Copyright Case Over ‘Mr. Brainwash’
©Dennis Morris Photographer Dennis Morris has won his lawsuit against the appropriation artist known as Mr. Brainwash for unauthorized use of a decades-old image (shown at right) of deceased punk...
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