Cross-posted from Copyright Alliance [by Chris Castle] The CASE Act is a bipartisan copyright dispute resolution bill that is inches away from becoming the law of the land. Unfortunately, though, it has stalled in the Senate due to just one Senator. The bill calls for...
Copyright Reform
Wyden Attempts to Stall CASE Act: Senate Holds Are Not Supposed to Be Dead Ends
by ASMP | Advocacy, Copyright Reform, Current News
Cross-posted from IP Watchdog [by David Newhoff] “When a bill has overwhelming bipartisan support, the public is right to demand that Senator Wyden explain, in very clear terms, why he alone believes he knows better.” Under Rule VII of the Rules of the Senate, bills...
Third Senate IP Subcommittee Hearing on DMCA: The ‘Grand Bargain’ Is No Longer Working
by ASMP | Copyright, Copyright Reform, Current News
Editor's Note: In one of the hearings held yesterday, ASMP Member Jeff Sedlik testified on behalf of all the visual groups, including ASMP, that work together regularly as a coalition when doing our advocacy work. Cross-posted from IPWatchdog [by Eileen McDermott] In...
CASE Act-ion Alert: May Campaign to Secure Senate Co-Sponsors
by ASMP | Advocacy, Copyright Reform
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Photographer Rights Online: A Live Panel Discussion
by Thomas Maddrey | Copyright, Copyright Reform, Current News, Legal, Press Release, Webinars
On Wednesday, May 6 @ 6pm EST, ASMP General Counsel Thomas Maddrey will join the attorneys for photojournalist Stephanie Sinclair, the General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel for the National Press Photographers Association, and Robert Caplin from The Photo...
ASMP Advocacy Update: March/April 2020
by ASMP | Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright Reform
As we all know far too well, our copyright system does not work well for photographers, especially high volume photographers. Determining what work to register and when to do so is confusing. The registration process is archaic, costly and time-consuming. Determining...