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Teen Photographer Lara Jade Sues Pornographers TVX Films Over Unauthorized Image Use

What a sad and bizarre story (compiled):

Lara Jade Coton is an 18 year old photographer and college student who resides in England. Her work has been featured in a range of magazines and e-zines. She took up photography at the age of 14 and also works in photo manipulation and digital art. She discovered that an innocent self-portrait, taken when she was 14 years old, was obtained off the Internet and used without permission as the DVD cover and face art for the sexually explicit movie "Body Magic", produced by TVX Films. [...]

QuickLinks For 2007-07-31

• Crowdsourced thoughts on "Microstock Photo Agencies -- What Do You Think?":
  "Selling any stock photo for less than it costs to produce them is thievery by any and all of the stock photo agencies that do it, period.
  How the entire stock photo industry has been all be destroyed by the few mega-stock agencies (i.e. Corbis and Getty) is well documented. These large agencies have all but totally purchased all but a very few small agencies, and basically turned the economics of an entire industry on its head."

QuickLinks For 2007-07-30, II

• Street Photography And Privacy Rights, Part II:
  There also has been quite a bit of discussion about the New York film permit requirement; many blogs that I read and like a lot have asked people to sign a petition against it in the last few days (e.g. Magnum Photos, Alec Soth, Amy Stein, Conscientious, just to name a few.  [...]
  I believe an informed discussion about these issues requires at least some knowledge of the law. As a former lawyer I won´t bother you with legal details here, but let me just outline the backdrop of what I think is at stake.
  Jens Haas, Notes From Nowhere, in a long and precise follow-up.
  ·Related: "OK, So, about this Permit-Thing in NYC" (John Harrington today)
  Tag: New York film permit requirement

Flickr + Economist on photopreneur

Many sources track down where and how intensively microstock and also Flickr photos are published on websites and, more valuable for certain reasons, in print publications.

The relatively new photopreneur blog (general announcement about their future), quoted here earlier when Adam Brotman of SnapVillage was interviewed, runs today an article on "Economist Website Turns To Flickr As Photo Source" and quotes Graham Douglas, Economist.com' s Head of Graphics:

QuickLinks For 2007-07-30

• The state of the pro-photo industry at 2007.5:
  Based on what I saw at the Microsoft Pro-Photo Summit earlier this month, the industry as a whole is healthy. But based on what I heard there, don’t assume that your rights-managed business model will survive into the next decade. Also don’t assume that the copyright laws as we know them will stay intact are much longer ... The "Catch Me If You Can" business models based on infringements of your work in Web 2.0 continues to grow ... The trade associations should be publicizing this nightmare scenario to anyone using micro or free stock.
  Pro Photo Business Blog with a follow-up on US Presswire, and more.
  Tags: Web2.0 Web 2.0 Let the others do the work US Presswire

Summer 2007: From Dawn Till Dusk, Just One Day

QuickLinks For 2007-07-29

• US Presswire, from Introduction over Contract Anaylysis to A Few Final Thoughts:
  John Harrington over at Photo Business News & Forum runs an extensive story in seven parts on the business practices of US Presswire, "The Premium Sports Newswire": "I have to say that I want to be an agent of that change". (Thx GS)
  Tags: US Presswire USPW Bob Rosato WireImage

Veer: Art Director (New York, JAD002)

Veer provides visual elements for use in professional creative work, such as graphic design, motion design, advertising, and filmmaking. The image industry is a driving passion for the management and employees of Veer.

With thousands of satisfied customers, years of industry experience, and an unparalleled set of skills, the people at Veer have what it takes to deliver exciting, innovative products to enhance creativity. Want to join us?

Veer is currently looking for an:

• Art Director based in their New York office.

All details and contact information here at Worldwide Stock Photo Industry Jobs.

Creative contempory photojournalism: Lunatic Magazine by Luna Photos

 

 

QuickLinks For 2007-07-26

• Photola - New microstock site, but who really needs it?
  Nearly two months ago Tim Donahue of BigStockPhoto was quoted with the words "the microstock market is nowhere close to saturation" and one of his colleagues elsewhere added "there´s enough space for several players", whereas Thibaud Elziere from the same microstock agency noted over 1 1/2 years ago "only one or two big micro stock sites will survive".
  This is now microstock agency number 36 on the list and Peter Galbraith asked recently "they [the new microstock agencies showing up all] fail to answer one question: "Why you?".
  The new venture albumo might be successful with its policy of paying contributors for uploading images.
  We wish UK-based Photola all the best on its way to success.