Twitpic: Laundering Images of Owners’ Rights
A London celebrity photo agency that has won rights to distribute pictures posted on Twitpic has told PDN that it has “no direct relationship with those posting images on Twitpic.” The statement...
View ArticleTwitter Launches Photo-Sharing Feature
Twitter has launched its native photo-sharing feature, allowing Twitter users to post photographs to Twitter without using a third-party service such as TwitPic or yfrog. Images of 3mb or less can now...
View ArticleBBC Fooled by Syrian Rebel Propaganda Photo on Twitter
The BBC recently suffered a predictable consequence of relying on citizen journalism: It published a photograph circulated on Twitter by a Syrian anti-government activist that purportedly shows dead...
View ArticleAFP, Washington Post Violated Daniel Morel’s Copyrights, Judge Rules
A federal court has ruled that Agence France-Press violated photographer Daniel Morel’s copyrights by distributing his images of the 2010 Haiti earthquake without permission. The copyright infringement...
View ArticleStartup Aims to Help Media License Amateur News Photos for $20 Apiece
© Huffington Post. An image sourced by CrowdMedia from Twitter user @mcc_maryland, whose plane was on the tarmac at SFO during the Asiana Airlines crash, was used in a gallery on Huffington Post. A...
View ArticleAfter Closing Arguments, Verdict Expected Soon in Morel v. AFP and Getty Images
© Daniel Morel/courtesy of Daniel Morel The jury is expected to announce its verdict today in the trial to determine damages in the copyright infringement case photographer Daniel Morel brought...
View ArticleNew Services Helps You Automate Photo Posting on Social Media
One of the key challenges in growing a social media presence is keeping various social media outlets fed with content. A variety of services, like Buffer and HootSuite, are available to automate...
View ArticleHow Many Hashtags Should You Use on Instagram?
Three. That, according to social media analytics firm Locowise, is the optimum number of hashtags an Instagram post should have to earn the most engagement. Locowise derived that figure by examining...
View ArticleTwitter Will No Longer Crop Your Photos
Social media platforms are slowly coming around to the idea that original aspect ratios are a good thing. Today, Twitter announced it was no longer cropping photos posted to its network. Twitter is...
View ArticleTwitter Will Now Autoplay Periscope Broadcasts
Photographers like Chase Jarvis and Jeremy Cowart have been major proponents of the Twitter-owned live streaming app Periscope, using it to reach and educate their followers. Today, Twitter said that...
View ArticleAfter Closing Arguments, Verdict Expected Soon in Morel v. AFP and Getty Images
© Daniel Morel/courtesy of Daniel Morel The jury is expected to announce its verdict today in the trial to determine damages in the copyright infringement case photographer Daniel Morel brought...
View ArticleNew Services Helps You Automate Photo Posting on Social Media
One of the key challenges in growing a social media presence is keeping various social media outlets fed with content. A variety of services, like Buffer and HootSuite, are available to automate...
View ArticleHow Many Hashtags Should You Use on Instagram?
Three. That, according to social media analytics firm Locowise, is the optimum number of hashtags an Instagram post should have to earn the most engagement. Locowise derived that figure by examining...
View ArticleTwitter Will No Longer Crop Your Photos
Social media platforms are slowly coming around to the idea that original aspect ratios are a good thing. Today, Twitter announced it was no longer cropping photos posted to its network. Twitter is...
View ArticleTwitter Will Now Autoplay Periscope Broadcasts
Photographers like Chase Jarvis and Jeremy Cowart have been major proponents of the Twitter-owned live streaming app Periscope, using it to reach and educate their followers. Today, Twitter said that...
View ArticleEuropean Press Agencies to Google, Facebook: Pay Up
Nine European press agencies on Wednesday published an op-ed in Le Monde arguing that Google and Facebook should be required to pay copyright royalties on the third-party news and information they...
View ArticleAfter Closing Arguments, Verdict Expected Soon in Morel v. AFP and Getty Images
© Daniel Morel/courtesy of Daniel Morel The jury is expected to announce its verdict today in the trial to determine damages in the copyright infringement case photographer Daniel Morel brought...
View ArticleNew Services Helps You Automate Photo Posting on Social Media
One of the key challenges in growing a social media presence is keeping various social media outlets fed with content. A variety of services, like Buffer and HootSuite, are available to automate...
View ArticleHow Many Hashtags Should You Use on Instagram?
Three. That, according to social media analytics firm Locowise, is the optimum number of hashtags an Instagram post should have to earn the most engagement. Locowise derived that figure by examining...
View ArticleTwitter Will No Longer Crop Your Photos
Social media platforms are slowly coming around to the idea that original aspect ratios are a good thing. Today, Twitter announced it was no longer cropping photos posted to its network. Twitter is...
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