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Rules for Photoing voting

Thanks to a recent thread in a newsgroup forum, I found this very useful link about State Laws and Guidelines for photography or videography of voters, voting, and polling places. Please note the disclaimer on the web site saying that the information is not meant to be interpreted as legal…
Gary Crabbe
October 29, 2008
LegalPhoto Business

Ethics are for sissies

In the modern visual world, some people want to use their photography to do more than just tell a news story, they want to make up a story using their photo. For editorail journalism, there is a fairly clearcut set of guidelines, while in the world of parody and opinion…
Gary Crabbe
September 15, 2008
CopyrightLegalNewsworthy

How many reasons for a celebration?

How many reasons do you need for a celebration? For me, right now, it's two; the recent successful server upgrade and my blog upgrade to Wordpress 2.5 both of which seems to be working. (Knocking on wood.) However, I'm shorted by a mere 11,999,998 reasons when compared to photographer Liz…
Gary Crabbe
June 23, 2008
CopyrightLegal

Orphan Works – Political Action Made Easy

A storm is brewing again in Washington DC, and this battle is important for all visual artists to pay attention. Orphan Works (OW) is legislation that will allow someone to use an image without penalty provided they "tried to locate the author / creator". The idea stemmed from museums and…
Gary Crabbe
May 7, 2008
LegalPhoto BusinessPhotographers

Ethics – what would you do?

I've never taken a Photojournalism class, or any journalism class for that matter. That makes me admittedly a little fuzzy on the subject of ethics for reporters. PDN Pulse reports this week on a photographer getting fined $1,000.00 and possible jail time for refusing to hand over a bunch of…
Gary Crabbe
December 8, 2007
LegalModel ReleasePhoto BusinessStock Photography

Thanks, Mom!

Picture: Young child playing in fountain at Mission Plaza, San Luis Obispo, California Last week, PDN PULSE reported the case of a photographer who was sued by a woman he had photographed years before. In this case, when the photos were taken, the woman was actually a young girl. Fast…
Gary Crabbe
November 13, 2007
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