M.Chapman Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 (edited) https://www.dpreview.com/news/6495980020/photo-agency-refuses-return-copyright-photographer-claims-journalists-copyright-protection Mark Edited July 23, 2021 by M.Chapman 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Clemson Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 That looks quite frightening to me, the notion that a news photograph has no creativity or originality and is therefore not worthy of copyright seems to have the potential to blow out of the water the ability of freelance press photographers to earn a living from their work. Thank you for highlighting this, though I have no idea what can be done about it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell Watkins Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Joseph Clemson said: That looks quite frightening to me, the notion that a news photograph has no creativity or originality and is therefore not worthy of copyright seems to have the potential to blow out of the water the ability of freelance press photographers to earn a living from their work. Thank you for highlighting this, though I have no idea what can be done about it. No more Pulitzer Prizes then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobD Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 I'm no expert, but I would think the fact they are treating French photographers differently to non-French would be illegal under European law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 (edited) That assertion is merely a defence submission- in my view a desperate one. It shouldn't have a prayer at court. AFP is effectively saying its entire existence is of no value. Scorched-earth indeed- its own earth. Edited July 23, 2021 by spacecadet 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colblimp Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 AFP has more chance of winning that than I have of hiring King Herod to babysit for my friend... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb photos Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 12 minutes ago, Colblimp said: AFP has more chance of winning that than I have of hiring King Herod to babysit for my friend... My view is the same as yours, but time will tell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meanderingemu Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Colblimp said: AFP has more chance of winning that than I have of hiring King Herod to babysit for my friend... but just the fact are making that claim pretty repugnant. must feel for photographers Edited July 24, 2021 by meanderingemu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManfredG Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 On 23/07/2021 at 08:32, M.Chapman said: https://www.dpreview.com/news/6495980020/photo-agency-refuses-return-copyright-photographer-claims-journalists-copyright-protection This article is a bit confusing, please also read all the comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxzoomy Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 (edited) AFP is also arguing that it distributes news within the public domain and that what it publishes doesn't deserve protection under copyright law, as it constitutes 'mere vehicles that broadcast to the public the set of facts that portray a particular daily event or news.' So can I upload all AFP news photos to every agency in my name as they don't 'deserve protection under copyright law'. Bizarre! I hope AFP has none of mine via another agency. Oh they have published one of mine in 2017 via Citizenside. I await the payment. I am weary of publications using images (not usually via Alamy) and not getting paid. Two major newspapers in the UK did that to me. I emailed the editors a year later and got paid. Do newspaper editors have to email their management a year later to receive their agreed salary? Edited July 26, 2021 by zxzoomy error 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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