AAPI Heritage Month 2022: Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Creators
[…] in the sports and entertainment industries. Johnson had a successful and illustrious career as a professional wrestler in World Wrestling Entertainment for several years before turning to a career in […]
The Magic of Sports Captured Through Photography
[…] a camera obscura; those areas hit by light became dark in tone, yielding a negative image.” Following the mid- 1800s, photo technology and human know-how continued to progress into the early 1900s. According to […]
House Judiciary Hearing Reveals Need for Copyright Law Updates
[…] address online infringement. Witness Testimony Jeffrey Sedlik, an advertising photographer with over 35 years of professional experience and President & CEO of the PLUS Coalition, was first to testify and […]
Fair Use in a Post-Warhol World: Part I
[…] be transformative, even though the use was also commercial. In Kelley v. Morning Bee, a professional photographer, Michael Kelley, whose photographs were displayed in an exhibit titled “Airportraits” in a […]
Creator Spotlight with Artist, Author, & Doctor Grisell Vargas
[…] long does it take? Does everything you produce make money? I could say that my professional and artistic life are marked by creativity. In addition to being an artist, I […]
Creator Spotlight with Filmmaker Angela McCulley
[…] paid my friend Doug to teach me to use Final Cut Pro, ended up taking professional development courses at a local arts college to learn the Adobe Suite, and went […]
Community Partner Spotlight: Free Juice
[…] diverse photo industry. Our annual Free Juice University mentorship program connects emerging photographers with industry professionals. We equip them with skills, resources, and support to thrive, emphasizing accessibility and professional […]
Five Questions with Music Creators Martin Weeks & Linda Keser
[…] through. 3. When did you first become aware of copyright and why? My parents were professional writers long before I ever picked up a guitar. Dad wrote and successfully published […]
Barbara Ringer: A Tribute in Celebration of Women’s History Month
[…] Columbia University. She was hired as an examiner, later moving through other positions to become assistant chief, then chief of the Examining Division and finally, Assistant Register in 1966. “In […]
Barbie: An IP Girl in an IP World
[…] with three things: (i) his tremendous work at the U.S. Copyright Office as both the Assistant Chief of Examining and as the Executive Director of the National Commission on New […]