Picture America without pictures of America
A Coalition of Concerned Citizens, Filmmakers and Photographers
Picture America without pictures of America
A Coalition of Concerned Citizens, Filmmakers and
Photographers
The Professional Photographer’s Legal Handbook
Book Description
Want to make a living in photography? Anyone who does needs this indispensable guide to licensing picture rights. In this accessible and entertaining book, expert Nancy E. Wolff explains copyright, trademark, contracts, and privacy. Real-world examples of cases, laws, and news items torn from today’s headlines illustrate the most urgent legal situations faced by photographers: requirements, limits, and enforcement of copyright and trademark; fair use and public domain; first amendment considerations; the law of privacy and publicity; and many more issues. Detailed information on drafting contracts and licensing agreements is included. The imprimatur of the Picture Archive Council of America assures readers that the information is comprehensive and up to the minute. The Professional Photographer’s Legal Handbook is an essential tool for everyone who works in photography—and everyone who wants to.About the Author
Nancy E. Wolff, a practicing lawyer for more than twenty years, is a member of the entertainment law firm Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams, and Shepherd, where she specializes in intellectual property and new media law. A former trustee of the Copyright Society of USA, she lives in New York City.The Professional Photographer’s Legal Handbook
by Nancy E. WolffAnyone who wants to make a living by licensing rights to pictures will benefit from this real-world guide to photography and the law. This accessible and entertaining volume takes readers through the nuances and subtleties of copyright, trademark, and the laws of privacy and publicity. With a look at cases, statutes, and news items from today’s headlines, Wolff covers the most timely and pressing legal matters confronting photographers and their representatives, including: • Rights and licensing under copyright • Infringement • Protected trademarks • Photos on the Internet • Fair use • The public domain • First amendment considerations • The Digital Millennium Copyright Act • Moral rights Written for non-lawyers, The Professional Photographer’s Legal Handbook is an essential tool for photographers, photo buyers, stock agents, picture researchers, reps, and other professionals in the field of photography.
Praise for The Professional Photographer’s Legal Handbook
“In this must-have publication for professional photographers and students of photography alike, Nancy Wolff applies her years of experience to navigate the legal landscape that image-makers must face. The strength of Nancy’s writing lies in its thoroughness and clarity of presentation.”
—David Litschel; Provost, Brooks Institute of Photography“Nancy Wolff is one of the preeminent legal minds in the world regarding intellectual property law and photography. The Professional Photographer’s Legal Handbook offers valuable information and insight for professional photographers working today.”
— Peter Turnley; renowned international photojournalist and contributing editor/photojournalist for Harper’s Magazine
Legal Handbook for Photographers
Bert P. Krages II
Attorney at Law | Krages.com |
Legal Handbook for Photographers
The Rights and Liabilities of Making ImagesOverview
Legal Handbook for Photographers is written from the perspective of a photographer who has actually confronted the legal issues that many photographers face. This book explains the fundamental legal principles that affect the rights to make images, and is intended to increase your comprehension of how the law affects photography. In addition, the book provides guidance on how to handle confrontations, obtain remedies if wronged, and develop an ethic that reflects your individual approach to photography. It also explains the importance of copyright protection and the legal issues associated with publishing and licensing images.
Chapter Summaries
1: The Importance of Knowing Your Rights
Explains why it is important to know the legal issues associated with making images, and describes how laws are made and why the laws affecting photography are sometimes uncertain.
2. Access to Property
Covers the rights of private and governmental property owners to limit photography on their premises.
3. Privacy Issues
Covers the laws that affect personal privacy and explains when consent is required.
4. Restrictions on Subject Matter
Explains the legal aspects of photographing subjects such as currency, stamps, military facilities, nuclear plants, copyrighted works, trademarks, and nudity.
5. Confrontations and Remedies
Discusses the general rule that equipment and film cannot be lawfully seized, the exceptions to that rule, and provides guidance on how to handle many types of confrontations. The chapter also describes the remedies available to photographers who are wronged while making images.
6. Protecting Your Intellectual Property
Explains the importance of copyright protection, how to register copyrights, and enforcement of copyrights as well as issues relating to patents and trademarks.
7. Publishing and Licensing
Describes the legal issues associated with publishing your photographs as well as the business aspects of licensing your images to publications and stock agencies.
8. Ethics
Discusses the importance of formulating your personal ethic and and the ethical issues commonly encountered in photography.
© 2006 Bert P. Krages II
"Attorney Bert Krages, Esq., helps you navigate the often confusing maze of laws and rights with the help of this informative handbook." — Shutterbug"The book includes tips for protecting your intellectual property by using copyrights, patents, and trademarks." —Studio Photography
Book Description
Beginning with the basic laws that govern photography, this legal manual helps photographers understand the basic matters of access and privacy, covering issues such as shooting images on private property, consent, and the photography of public groups. Subjects addressed include the legalities of photographing currency, stamps, securities, trademarks, seals, and insignia; military and nuclear installations; copyrighted materials; children; and animals. This updated handbook closes with a helpful glossary that decodes complicated legalese.
Allworth Press -- Photography |
Picture New York |
Basically, this [proposed NY City film permit ordinance] opens the door to unlimited police interactions with photographers and filmmakers, because under these proposed rules, if they were passed, basically everyone with a camera, including everyone with a cell phone, would be someone who might have to have a permit to do photography... with all the people out there with cameras, most people are going to be left alone. This is going to give the police license to stop people they want to stop for whatever reason they want. And you can imagine who the likely targets are of that sort of enforcement... People with dark skin, people who look suspicious in the eyes of the police... It's going to be the people who tend to be harassed by the police in other contexts. -- Christopher Dunn
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