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Leif had a successful 45-year career as a documentary photographer. After a disabling accident, he is now dependent upon income received from licensing the work in his photography archive, but […]

Shannon is a professional portrait photographer who makes her living documenting cherished family milestones. She discovered a copyright infringement when a friend called to let her know how cute her […]

Renee is an established professional live concert photographer who derives her living from licensing her concert photographs for use in magazines, newspapers, posters and other items for sale. It takes […]

Kathy is a senior writer with the University of California, Davis, Department of Entomology and Nematology. She captured a rare close-up photo of a honey bee sting which showed the […]

In December 2015, professional photographer Donald Graham filed a lawsuit  in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against well-known “appropriation artist” Richard Prince for copyright […]

Congress is back in session and on the House Judiciary Committee’s plate is the Copyright Alternative Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2017 (CASE Act) or H.R. 3945. This bill was introduced […]

Creators of all sizes struggle to combat infringement, but for individual creators and small businesses the challenge of combating infringement is compounded by what is best characterized as “a right without a […]

A lively oral argument took place on March 17 at the U.S. Federal Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, in the latest round of litigation between broadcast network Fox […]

On Wednesday, April 29, the House Judiciary Committee held its last copyright review hearing, The Register’s Perspective on Copyright Review. For the past two years, the House Judiciary Committee held […]