Photography copyright infringement increases threefold
Infringement case volume increased more than 3 times in 2009 versus 2006. This is according to volumes reported by Picscout , a company that tracks images and enables its clients to monetize unpaid/unlicensed images it finds on the web. According to the company this demonstrates the ‘explosion of digital imagery and its non-legitimate use. Picscout claims [...]
Times newspaper will start to charge for online content
After months of debate, Murdoch-owned, the Times and Sunday Times newspapers are introducing payments of its online content. The price will be £1 per day or £2 per week. The fees will be introduced in June this year. It is said other newspapers in the News International Group will follow. The announcement follows the news that the newspaper had lost [...]
Universal breaks mould by lowering CD prices
As a result of the pressure of online music sales and in the hope to bring back clients to the shops Universal Media Group (UMG) is planning to permanently lower the price of music CD’s. The new prices will be $6, $7, $8, $9 and $10. In the meantime the company plans to release more [...]
Industry organisations release joint statement on digital economy bill
A number of organisations have joined forces and have released a statement about their position on the Digital Economy Bill (DEB). The organisations (and one company) are: Association of Photographers (AOP) British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies (BAPLA) Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS) National Union of Journalists (NUJ) The Royal Photographic Society (RPS) Getty Images The [...]
Digital Economy Bill explained and opposed
The UK digital economy bill that was passed by the House of Lords last week has led a number of companies to voice their concerns through protest and petition. The biggest concerns are: The big influence of the media companies in pointing out presumed infringers The concept that a ‘guilty verdict’ is presumed and those [...]
YouTube will cease to exist if it looses this lawsuit
For those not paying attention, Viacom is suing YouTube for $1 Billion for alledgedly posting copyrighted programs on the video sharing site. the various pieces of evicence are now becoming public providing an interesting insight into the ideas and values of the YouTube founders in the early days.It has also come to light that while Viacom is [...]
Books are not dying in this Dorling Kindersley video
The UK branche of publisher Dorling Kindersley produced a video for an internal sales conference that has become a hit on YouTube. The idea is from a famous, price winning, video created by Argentinian agency, Savaglio/TBWA entitled Truth (see the second video). The video takes the forward/backwards idea and applies this to the challenges pubishers [...]
Stubborn companies are an endangered species
What does the medialicensing industry have in common with newspapers? Besides a declining and changing clientbase it may be a resistance to embrace many of the drastic changes that are enveloping its buyers. Are newspaper circulations simply declining because of the demography of its readers? The author of the “Burn the boats” article we highlighted [...]
Times paywall could start in May
2009 was the year of heavy debate about how and what to charge for online content. The copyleft (loosening rights) in one corner and the copyright (paywalls), headed by Rupert Murdoch in the other. The debate may be a little bit less vocal now, but this does not mean things have not moved on. A number of [...]
A revolution has started, are you ready?
Media buyers and sellers have a brief window of opportunity to work out how to license content for new media devices. The first magazines are showing their tablet publications and it’s not yet clear what the licensing model for the many layers of content will look like. There’s a great opportunity to debate and agree a workable [...]
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