CALLING ALL SHUTTERBUGS! THE US COPYRIGHT OFFICE HAS CHANGED THE RULES!
As of February 20, 2018, the US Copyright Office will begin accepting group registrations of photographs (published or unpublished) through the US Copyright Office’s Electronic Filing System (eCo). The Group Registration of Photographs (Published or Unpublished)may include up to 750 photographs in each claim. The Final Rule published in the January 18, 2018 Federal Register (Vol. 83, No. 12) is in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued by the US Copyright Office...
Read MoreUPDATE – US Copyright Office Extends Time for Comments Regarding Unpublished Group Registrations
New Date Friday, November 17, 2017 – 11:59 PM EST US Copyright Office Extends Written Comment Period for Proposed Rules for Unpublished Collections The US Copyright Office extended the written comment period for its October 12, 2017 Notice of Proposed Rule Making (“NPRM”) regarding “Unpublished Collections.” The Copyright Office also clarified that the proposed rule does not impact photographers. The US Copyright Office announced the extension today in...
Read MoreYour Voice Matters! Its Time to Speak Up NOW!
The US Copyright Office wants to hear your comments regarding the registration of Unpublished Works with the US Copyright Office. Comments on the Proposed Rule will be accepted until November 13, 2017 at 11:59 PM EST. **Sorry in Advance for the Legalese!** Currently, A Claimant may register as many unpublished works together under a single claim/application and with one fee provided the requirements of 37 C.F.R 202.3(b)(4)(i)(B) are met: (B) In the case of unpublished works: all...
Read MoreHere Comes the ….Contract, Social Media and Ownership Case!
This week the Internet went abuzz – A Bride and Groom have to pay their Wedding Photographer $1.08 million dollars?!? WHAT? How can that be? The condensed version – it appears as if Andrea Polito and Andrea Polito Photography, Inc. was hired by Neely and Andrew Moldovan to photograph their wedding. A contract was signed between the parties. When the Moldovan’s chose their proofs to create their wedding album an additional charge was due Ms. Polito per the signed...
Read MoreBE FEARLESS!
BE FEARLESS! The Bull and the Girl – A Case for Collage and Derivative Works! Christopher Penler / Shutterstock.com The world was abuzz on International Women’s Day in March 2017 when Kristen Visbal’s fifty inch, two-hundred-and-fifty-pound Fearless Girl stared down Arturo Di Modica’s eleven feet, seven thousand one-hundred-pound Charging Bull in Manhattan in the Wall Street District. The little girl, with her hands on her hips, seemed to signal to the world and specifically Wall Street...
Read MoreDon’t Be Fooled In April!
April is always that time of year that starts out with pranks and hopefully ends with beautiful weather here in the US. April is also a perfect time between the excitement of the Holidays and the bustle of Summer to look at your business. When I first started practicing law and setting up businesses I would always include a calendar of events and meeting minutes but tried to come up with some unique way to get businesses to REMEMBER that each year maintenance (both physical and paper) needed...
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