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As of February 20, 2018, the US Copyright Office will begin accepting group registrations of photographs (published or unpublished) through the US Copyright Office’s Electronic Filing System (eCo). The Group Registration of Photographs (Published or Unpublished)may include up to 750 photographs in each claim.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 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 MoreKNOW THE LEGAL CODE
Creative Businesses face many different challenges. Many times the owner of a small business is everything from CEO to CJC (Chief Janitor in Charge). A short time ago I was able to write an article for the Association for Creative Industries (formerly the Craft and Hobby Association) trying to help creative businesses unlock the code of many of the legal issues faced by small creative businesses today! The use of this article is solely for a one time individual use and cannot be copied or...
Read More2017 – The Year for Copyright Registrations
NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS…STILL GOING STRONG?! Create Your Own Copyright Registration Program – It’s Not Too Late! 2017 is the Year of US Copyright Registrations! Has the sun gone down on your New Year Resolutions? Every year in the middle of December our firm receives calls from our clients PROMISING that this upcoming year is the one that they will finally embrace and keep up to date on their copyright registrations with the US Copyright Office. Then, every year, about June or July our firm...
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