Links for Photography Law

By Andrew Hudson

Links for people who enjoy travel and photography

Also see: PhotoSecrets The Law for Photographers

Photography Law

• PhotoAttorney Carolyn E. Wright, Esq
• PhotoPermit.Org Kevin Bjorke
• Photographers Rights Bert P. Krages II
• Photos & The Law Matthew B. Harrison, Esq.
• Photo District News (PDN) Business and Legal Library
• PhotoStop Legal Aspects of Photography
• PhotoSig forum
• Legal Guide by PACA
• iStockPhoto Technical Wiki copyright issues and trademarked buildings and products.
• PhotoSecrets The Law for Photographers

Photographers’ Rights

• Photographers Rights Bert P. Krages II, also available here
• The Legality of Urban Exploration Photography by Matthew B. Harrison
• Photographers Rights Blog by Rannie Turingan
• NPPA National Press Photographers Association, Photographers’ Rights to Take Pictures In Public Places
• Rights of Journalists on Public Streets a PDF by law firm Covington and Burling
• Legal Rights of Photographers by Andrew Kantor
• PhotoSIG blog
• Law and Ethics Photographers’ Manual, by Student Media of North Carolina State University
• Vancouver
• Canada
• U.K.

First Amendment

• The First Amendment Handbook by The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
• FindLaw: First Amendment

Intellectual Property

• Loads of links at IP Mall from the Franklin Pierce Law Center
• Intellectual Property Law Primer for Multimedia Developers by Dianne Brinson and Mark Radcliffe
• Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal
• Protecting Your Intellectual Property by Matthew B. Harrison
• Image Rights Harvard Law School
• Patents, Copyright and Art articles from Nolo

• IP Organizations:
• ABA American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section
• AIPLA American Intellectual Property Law Association
• AIPPI International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
• CIPO Canadian Intellectual Property Office
• WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization

Other Lists of Links:

• ABA intellectual property links

U.S. Copyright Office

• U.S. Copyright Office
• FAQs Frequently Asked Questions
• Fair Use
• Law and Policy
• Copyright Law of the United States
• The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (PDF)
• Recent Legislation
• Registration of Photographs
• Group Registration of Published Photographs
• Resources list of links

Copyright

• Cornell Law School
• Copyright Navigator Lionel S. Sobel, Southwestern University School of Law
• NPPA Copyright Resources from the National Press Photographers Association
• How To Register Photographs PACA
• PACA Copyright Commandments from the Picture Agency Council of America
• PowerPoint Presentation of Copyright, by PACA
• Stanford University Copyright and Fair Use, an amazing resource
• Wikipedia Copyright
• Patents, Copyright and Art from Nolo publishers of law books
• 10 Myths About Copyright by Brad Templeton
• Copylaw by Lloyd Jassin
• Copyright Guide for Photographers for ASMP by Richard Weisgrau and Michael Remer
• The Copyright Web Site
• Copyright Basics by Starving Artists Law
• CSUSA The Copyright Society of the U.S.A.
• Joe Gratz Copyright blog
• Copyright: What Can I Steal Without Going To Jail? by Matthew B. Harrison
• The Internet As A Double-Edged Sword by Matthew B. Harrison
• Creative Commons
• Crash Course in Copyright UT system
• Copyright Clearance Center

Other Lists of Links:

• U.S. Copyright Office Resources list of links
• Copyright Links Pierce Law
• Copyright Web Sites Stanford University
• Copyright Articles Stanford University

Fair Use

• Fair Use from the University of Texas System
• U.S. Copyright Office, Fair Use
• Fair Use Stanford University
• Fair Use Indiana University

Links:

• Fair Use Links Stanford University

Public Domain

• When U.S. Works Pass Into The Public Domain by Lolly Gasaway, University of North Carolina
• Public Domain Stanford University

Moral Rights

• Moral Rights by Cyrill P. Rigamont, Harvard Int'l Law Journal

Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA)

• The Visual Artists Rights Act by Ivan Hoffman
• Waiver of Moral Rights in Visual Artworks

Trademark

• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Search U.S. Trademarks
• U.S. Patent, Trademark and Copyright Information by Prof. Thomas G. Field, Jr. of Franklin Pierce Law Center
• Photography, Trademarks and Copyrights by Dan Heller

Privacy

• Photographers’ Guide To Privacy the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
• Privacy, State By State by RCFP
• Nine Keys to Avoiding Invasion of Privacy Suits by RCFP
• Invasion of Privacy and the Media The Right “To Be Let Alone” by John A. Bussian and Paul J Levine for The Florida Bar
• Privacy and Publicity Rights The Library of Congress
• What Is A Release? Privacy, publicity, defamation. Stanford University.
• Journalists’ Right of Privacy Primer Missouri Bar
• Right of Privacy Concerns for Photographers by Carolyn E. Wright
• Privacy Cornell University Law School

Publicity

• Publicity from Cornell University Law School
• The Right Of Publicity UCLA
• The Right Of Publicity If you’re famous, do you own you? By Amanda R. Kronin, Richmond School of Law
• Right of Publicity from Mark Roseler
• The Right of Publicity (1996) Russell J. Frackman and Tammy C. Bloomfield
• Personality Rights Wikipedia
• California’s Right of Publicity Law by Amy Hogue
• Personality Rights Database
• Constitutional Restraints on State Right of Publicity Laws Jeremy T. Marr
• Entertainment Law Digest
• State Right of Publicity Laws
• California Celebrities Rights Act
• Right of Publicity Internet Law Treatise
• Rights of Publicity Bruce Arnold
• Publicity, State by State

Agencies:

• CKX (Elvis Presley)
• CMG Worldwide (Marilyn Monroe)

Releases

• What’s The Deal With Model Release Forms? by Matthew B. Harrison
• Sample Model Release for Adults by William Jacobus
• Sample Model Release for Minors by William Jacobus
• What Is A Release? Privacy, publicity, defamation. Stanford University.
• Contracts NPPA
• Releases Stanford University
• The Model Release by Dan Heller
• PACA Special Releases List properties that may cause problems if shown photographically

Permits and Permissions

• National Park Service Photography permits for Grand Canyon NP
• PhotoPermit.Org Kevin Bjorke
• Federal Law
• Access to Places by RCFP
• Permission Standford University
• National Park Service, Special Park Uses

Free PDFs

• Legal Rights of Photographers privacy law by Andrew Kantor
• The Photographer’s Right your rights when stopped or confronted for photography, by Bert P. Krages II
• Rights of Journalists on Public Streets a PDF by law firm Covington and Burling

Law Reference

• Law Dictionary
• Jurisdictionary
• FindLaw the #1 free legal website
• Cases
• Supreme Court of the U.S.

Tax

• IRS

Outside the U.S.

• Australia NSW Photo Rights by Andrew Nemeth
• U.K. Photographers Rights by Linda Macpherson
• Canada, Ontario

Links:

• Legal Resources in Europe by David Thorneloe

Organizations

• ABA American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section
• AIPLA American Intellectual Property Law Association
• AIPPI International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
• ASMP American Society of Media Photographers
• CIPO Canadian Intellectual Property Office
• CSUSA The Copyright Society of the U.S.A.
• EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation, also Law Archive
• NPPA National Press Photographers Association
• RCFP Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
• U.S. Copyright Office
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization

Links:

• Assocations and Organizations Standford University

Other Lists of Links

• ABA intellectual property links
• AIPLA
• Berkeley Digital Library
• Disaster Center
• IP Mall from the Franklin Pierce Law Center
• U.S. Copyright Office Resources list of links
• Yale University