Tomorrow Morning: Press Conference on Major Legal Action concerning Suffolk County Police Department
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 9, 2012 — Tomorrow at 9:45 a.m. in Central Islip, the New York Civil Liberties Union, the law firm of Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, and the National Press Photographers Association will hold a media availability to announce a legal action regarding Suffolk County’s policy and practice of obstructing the First Amendment right [...]
On 12.16.11, In DMCA, Legislation, Photography Not Allowed, Rights of Privacy/Publicity, Speaking Engagement, by Carolyn E. Wright
I had the recent pleasure of joining TWiL (This Week in Law) again. Hosts Denise Howell and Evan Brown and guest Marty Schwimmer and I discussed privacy issues, including taking and posting photos of kids, my recent DMCA take-down experience, SOPA, and more in Episode #141. Check my other appearances on TWiL in Episode #56 and Episode #124.
Photographers today must understand the legal principles that affect their rights to make images. Fortunately, we have great resources that provide guidance on how to handle confrontations, to obtain remedies if wronged, and to develop an ethic for an individual approach to photography. Many of the resources are included / linked to in the section entitled [...]
Florida and Iowa recently have considered bills to make it illegal to photograph farms without written permission of the owner. The NPPA Advocacy Committee blog has the details here for Iowa and here for Florida. So are these bills constitutional? Probably not. A similar issue arose in the case of U.S. v. Stevens. Stevens, a resident [...]
On 11.09.10, In Copyright, Copyright Registration, Litigation, Photography Not Allowed, by Carolyn E. Wright
Martha Blanchfield interviewed me for her article on the Top 10 Misconceptions about Photography and the Law. Check it out!
On 09.20.10, In Photographer's Rights, Photography Not Allowed, Speaking Engagement, by Carolyn E. Wright
Roger Talley has a great series of articles on the regulations related to photography on federal lands. Check my other posts on this important issue: http://www.photoattorney.com/?p=311; http://www.photoattorney.com/?p=245; http://www.photoattorney.com/?p=232; and http://www.photoattorney.com/?p=74 I’ll be at the Telluride Photo Festival this week with a bunch of great photographers. My presentation on the law for photographers will be on [...]
Issue: HSBC Bank USA used two photographs of house in a brochure (viewable on Scribd) distributed with the San Francisco Chronicle to advertise mortgages. The owner of the home sued under seven theories of law after others asked him about his financial condition and whether his home was for sale. The result: No liability under [...]
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Press Release-May 5, 2010 The Society of Professional Journalists, Central Ohio Pro Chapter, mailed a letter Wednesday condemning a decision of an Ohio State University police officer. The letter expressed disappointment in Officer William Linton’s decision, on April 21, to detain student photographer Alex Kotran, who was then photographing the effort on campus to corral [...]
The Lantern, the student-published university newspaper at Ohio State University, reports that a student and photographer for the newspaper, Alex Kotran, was detained and may be charged with trespass for photographing cows that had gotten loose. A photo of the event shows that Kotran was not in danger of being trampled by the cows and was [...]
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