“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 – photographers. The most common questions we receive revolve around when in the workflow registration should occur. This is both a practical question about efficiency andContinue reading “Where Does Registration Fit in the Photographer’s Workflow?”
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Event Photography: Venues and Vendors as Copyright Vultures
RightsClick recently conncecte 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 retain all their copyright rights. Work made for hire (WMFH) agreements mean that the hiring party owns all the rights. These should be entered into withContinue reading “Event Photography: Venues and Vendors as Copyright Vultures”
Tepp on Photobiz Xposed Podcast
RightsClick® co-founder Steve Tepp joins host Andrew Hellmich to talk Copyright Essentials for Photographers on this new podcast episode.
World Photography Day: AI and the Photographic Copyright
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 Square, were visited by actors, politicians, artists, writers, military leaders, et al. whose portraits were made into cabinet cards—a popular collectible of the era. Not everyoneContinue reading “World Photography Day: AI and the Photographic Copyright”
Court Strengthens Protection for Visual Artists
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 platform “displays” a work (usually a photograph or illustration) by embedding a link that points to another party’s server, the Ninth Circuit has held that thisContinue reading “Court Strengthens Protection for Visual Artists”
The Lucky Shot May Be Quite Valuable
Everyone owns copyrights. But not everyone has a need to enforce their rights. As an operation of law, copyright rights “attach” to a work the moment it is created—and the most common type of work that almost everybody creates is the photograph. Typically, we tend to think about copyright in context to professional photography, andContinue reading “The Lucky Shot May Be Quite Valuable”
Federal Court Affirms: Memes are not a Copyright-Free Zone
We’ve all become accustomed to the never-ending parade of iconic images that get picked up as viral “memes.” From Grumpy Cat to Distracted Boyfriend and many more, people seize on images that starkly convey basic emotions and copy them, adding their own context, often to humorous ends. But somewhere there is a photographer who tookContinue reading “Federal Court Affirms: Memes are not a Copyright-Free Zone”
Creative Experience: Photographer Michole Forks
Michole Forks, age 35, is a professional photographer in the Bay Area. He’s passionate about working with families to create meaningful portraits. Micholino Photography How long have you been a professional photographer, and how did you get your start? I have been a professional photographer for 10 years. My journey in photography began as aContinue reading “Creative Experience: Photographer Michole Forks”
5 Reasons Photographers Should Build Copyright Registration into the Budget
It’s affordable. As an afterthought, any kind of fee might seem pricey. But when you’re planning a project, accommodating less than $100 is probably easy. And because that will cover the registration of up to 750 images on one application, you can protect the photos from a whole job, or possibly more than one job.Continue reading “5 Reasons Photographers Should Build Copyright Registration into the Budget”
Did You Publish Photographs in 2023?
As the year draws to a close, we want to remind photographers in particular about group registration of published photographs. Ideally, your work is best protected when it’s registered with the Copyright Office before it leaves the studio. But deadlines and schedules being what they are, we know that registration often slips through the cracks.Continue reading “Did You Publish Photographs in 2023?”