DMCA Takedown Notices Require Fair Use Considerations

Reprinted with the kind permission of the DMLA Nancy Wolff and Josh Wolkoff, Cowan DeBaets Abrahams & Sheppard, LLP Lenz v. Universal Music Corp., Case Nos. 13-16106 and 13-16107, in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was enacted in 1998 to address in part issues …


VISUAL CONNECTIONS 2015: Real Face Time and Lots of it!

By Brooke Hodess Despite high winds and whipping rain, a nearly sold out Visual Connections New York 2015 Media Expo took place on Wednesday, October 28, attracting dozens of new exhibitors and a significant increase in the number of big budget art buyers and producers than past expos. After four years at the Altman Building, …


Co-ops, Sustainability and Stock..or rather; Stocksy

Been watching Stocksy for some time and pleased to share a recent conversation with new CEO Brianna Wettlaufer. Founded in 2012 Stocksy is described as a Co-op – can you elaborate? Stocksy is a multi stakeholder co-op, jointly owned by all of our photographer-members (900) and founders. In Stocksy’s infancy we explored many business models …


As Pretty As … an Airport?

Writer Douglas Adams once observed, “It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on earth has ever produced the expression, ‘As pretty as an airport.’” From the access roads that engorge and disgorge an infinite stream of cars; to the behind-the-scenes conveyor belts that somehow (but not always!) manage to deliver millions of bags …