Posts Tagged ‘law’

You Can’t Picture This

By Luis • Jul 1st, 2008 • Category: news

I came across this short documentary on rights of photographers (and yes, videographers) in the UK, and it just caught my full attention. First there was the police officer grabbing the camera and claiming he hadn’t done so. Later on, he tells the man behind the camera to shut up. There are [...]



Philippine Photographer Sues Major Daily

By Luis • Jun 12th, 2008 • Category: news

Over a year ago, this layout appeared in one of the sections of the Manila Bulletin. Nobody was given any credit (or payment) for the two larger photographs on the page.
A few months later, the uncredited photographer, Anton Sheker, is featured as the same paper’s Picture Perfect Artist of the Week. He [...]



New York Hates Wedding Photographers

By Luis • May 8th, 2008 • Category: news

Wedding by kris.hoet: CC-BY-ND
Adorama reports that “New York City’s City Council is holding a hearing this morning on a proposed law that would require wedding photographers to be licensed and submit a $5,000 bond.” I don’t live in New York so this doesn’t affect me directly, but the proposal still scares me. If [...]