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APA Visits Capitol Hill

July 30, 2010 – To further strengthen the importance of copyright protections, APA National President Theresa Raffetto, APA National CEO Stephen Best, and APA National VP and Advocacy Chairman Michael Grecco attended important advocacy meetings in Washington DC July 28th and July 29th. Victoria Espinel, Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC) from the Office [...]

PACA amicus curiae

As a service to PACA we are posting this PACA press release for news worthiness. The brief is in reference to Muench Photography, Inc. vs. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company and R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company. APA’s position on the filing of copyright is it is the photographer’s responsibility to register their images with the [...]

APA at MOPLA: © Know It Or Blow It

Knowledge is power. With image theft rampant, it is vitally important that you know the facts regarding copyright protection and how to effectively exercise your rights. Too many times due to lack of information, mis-information or just plain carelessness, a photographer has been left defenseless, unable to take action against infringers. Don’t let this happen [...]

Call To Action: Let Your Voice Be Heard

From: Stephen Best, APA National CEO

The United States Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC), Victoria A. Espinel through the Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, has requested written submissions from the public to aid in the development of an IP enforcement strategy.

The request is divided into two parts. The first [...]

Fair Use of Copyrighted Works - A Reasoned Perspective

From John Harrington’s blog Photo Business News & Forum is and article by Patrick Ross, Executive Director of the Copyright Alliance. John introduces the article with:

“Fair Use” when it comes to copyrighted works gets tossed around by so many people often trying to hide behind it so as to not have to pay for use [...]

ASPP Reinvention Weekend, April 15-18, Boston, MA

PRESS RELEASE

January 27, 2010

Alexandria, Virginia

ASPP “REINVENTION WEEKEND” TO BE HELD APRIL 15-18, BOSTON, MA

The American Society of Picture Professionals (ASPP) and the Picture Archive Council of America (PACA) invite you to come to Boston for an exciting “Reinvention Weekend” April 15th – 18th. The entire conference is geared to Reinvent, Reimagine and Reinvigorate your career [...]

Legal Issue in the State of Indiana

Thanks to the efforts of several trade organizations, a bill in committee at the Indiana State House, HB 1335, received changes that lessened the impact of the proposed bill. Even though the bill was passed to move up to the full House the language was changed that lessened the impact on photographers. At issue was [...]

Photographers Without Borders

It is the mission of Photographers Without Borders to provide educational and financial support to communities of the world through the promotion and sale of fine art photography. www.PhotographersWithoutBorders.org PWB has been approved to receive $50,000 in scholarship money from Pepsi but they need to receive enough votes to qualify. PWB also sponsors a monthly [...]

A Lesson In Reading The Fine Print (When Giving It Away Doesn’t Pay)

APA Notice, September 7, 2009
From Stephen Best, APA National CEO

One of our members, who is also an educator received an email last week that needs to be brought to the attention of all APA Student and Educator members. It is posted here:

Dear Professor xxxx,

I am the author of the upcoming book “Stocked Up”, a collection [...]

UK Photo Organizations Join Together to form British Photographic Council

In an effort to show strength in numbers, a number of British professional photography trade associations have joined forces under a new umbrella organization, the British Photographic Council (BPC). The BPC’s most recent member is the Bureau of Freelance Photographers (BFP), which joined in August 2009.

From the BFP official press release:

BFP joins BPC

The Bureau of [...]

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