Tag: photographer’s rights
Civil liberties lawyer Normal Siegel has filed a landmark lawsuit in Federal District Court in Manhattan earlier this week on behalf of Debra Goodman, who was arrested “without reason or probably cause” for videotaping officers and emergency medical technicians on the Upper West Side. “This lawsuit seeks to establish First Amendment rights to record police activity,” Siegel tells ANIMAL. […]
A St. Louis cop was videotaped assaulting a handcuffed teenager. He was fired and charged with assault. Judge Theresea Count Burket who presided over the trial refused to view the video evidence, and found the ex-cop not guilty. The judge did not respond to journalist inquires as to why she refused to view the video. […]
It must be nice to live inside Beyonce’s head. Remember all those “unflattering” photos of Beyonce doing the Half-Time Show that had her publicist running around the internet issuing take-down notices because HOW DARE they show B externalizing physical strain? So she didn’t look perfect in a few of those photos — WELCOME TO REAL LIFE — […]
Neal Kurk, a Republican member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, is sponsoring legislation HB 619-FN to make aerial photography illegal in his state for everyone but the government. A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor if such person knowingly creates or assists in creating an image of the exterior of any […]
A Los Angeles federal district court judge recently ruled against the inexplicably famous street artist Mr. Brainwash in a copyright infringement case involving a 1977 portrait of Sid Vicious by Dennis Morris. In rejecting his motion for summary judgement on the grounds of “fair use,” he also effectively ruled the so-called “appropriation art” mediocre. According to […]
