The Domino’s Effect
Domino’s Pizza is holding a photography contest. http://www.showusyourpizza.com/. Good for Domino’s, bad for photographers who enter the contest. Why is this bad for photographers?
Don’t Give Your Good Work To Bad Photography Contests
We’ve all entered photography contests before, but did you realize that some contests actually take your work away from you? I don’t just mean the physical picture or digital file, I mean the copyright to your work or a substantial part of it. This is good for the folks running the contest, bad for photographers [...]
Al Gore. Nobel Prize Winner; Oscar Winner; Image Thief ?!
In preparation for my panel discussion tomorrow at IPI’s Fifth Annual World Intellectual Property Day Forum, I wanted to find an example of how the unauthorized use of an independent photographers work impacts their business. Theft of someone else’s work is “common practice” on the internet so I wasn’t surprised at what I found, but [...]
This “brand-new platform for contemporary art” Is Bad News For Artists.
The following was forwarded to me by a student who felt that that this was something helpful for artists. After digging into the T’s & C’s (terms and conditions) I’ve come to the opinion that this is another broad rights grab and I would not recommend submitting work to this venue/contest. I think that this [...]
The Worth of Your Work, aka “Content”, In The Digital Age.
The hypocrisy and greed of these corporations is astounding.
Google, Like Fagen, Wants to Care For The Orphans
Just like Fagen from Oliver Twist, Google will ” adopt” the orphans, give them a place to stay, and then put’em to work earning money by taking it from who it rightfully belongs.
Facebook’s Terms Of Abuse.
Facebook’s terms of use are still unreasonably greedy and as such I’m careful about what I’m willing to post there.