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Bipartisan Report on AI Recognizes Creators’ Rights
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Just before finishing work for the year, the U.S. House of Representative’s bipartisan Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI) released its report. That document is over two hundred fifty pages…
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Where Does Registration Fit in the Photographer’s Workflow?
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“Make registration part of your workflow” is probably the most fundamental and important message we at RightsClick have for independent creators. This is especially true for the highest-volume creators…
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Whose Work Is It?
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Collaboration is great, but what are the copyright implications? In the last two weeks, we’ve had conversations with creative friends about the concept of work made for hire (WMFH)…
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When to Register a New Version of a Work
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Ernest Hemingway famously said that “The only kind of writing is rewriting.” Whether creators agree with that rule, one question we hear frequently is, “When should I register a…
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Event Photography: Venues and Vendors as Copyright Vultures
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RightsClick recently conncected with photographer Vanessa Joy. In this video, she raises some important copyright issues related to event photography. Before discussing those issues, we strongly recommend that photographers…
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Big Win for Creators in Internet Archive Case
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This week, the Second Circuit issued its ruling in the copyright infringement case brought against the Internet Archive over the unlicensed copying and distribution of the major book publishers.…
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Foreign Authors Must Register in the U.S. for Full Protection
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Are you a foreign author? Foreign to the United States, that is. We Americans can be like that sometimes. And unfortunately, our copyright law is the same. Like almost…
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Protecting Copyright Isn’t Always About Money
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In 2013, The Beastie Boys filed suit against the girl-oriented, creative toy company GoldieBlox. Not for the money, but for the principle. GoldieBlox had created a derivative of the…
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World Photography Day: AI and the Photographic Copyright
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Happy World Photography Day! Napoleon Sarony was the most famous celebrity photographer of the late 19th century. His studios in New York City, especially his final location at Union…
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Court Strengthens Protection for Visual Artists
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In November 2023, we discussed the “server test” (or server rule) as a controversial defense to copyright infringement used by website operators. To reiterate the basics, when a web…