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Copyright infringement claims are challenging for an attorney to accept on contingency.  Proving damages for copyright infringement can be a daunting task.  That is one reason why the Copyright Act makes statutory damages available as an alternative to actual damages.

In the last part of this 4-part series, we look at some ways that you can protect your work and provide a sample licensing agreement for you to use which you can find here.

The Professional Real Estate Photographer’s Guide to Protecting Copyright In this third part of our four part article, we offer up some information about license agreements and other tips professional real estate photographers can use to protect their valuable work product from misuse and infringement.

In part 1, we gave you a little background on MLS rules.  In part 2, we'll look at some confusion surrounding what MLS can really copyright as well as a discussion on the real estate agent and their right to your work.

The Professional Real Estate Photographer’s Guide to Protecting Copyright Photographers are becoming increasingly concerned that Multiple Listing Services are overstepping their bounds and claiming ownership of their photographs. 

Photographers who try to protect their intellectual property through copyrights can take heart with a $2.2 million jury award to a Haitian photographer in late November.

Law360 reports that Getty Images, Yankee Candle and Bed Bath & Beyond have been named defendants in a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Schneider Rothman Intellectual Property Law Group.

The painting “Autumn Leaves” by respected Russian artist Alexei Butirskiy adorns Yankee Candles sold in its stores and at Bed Bath & Beyond. The original work depicts a line of trees whose leaves are turning bright orange and falling to the ground under a misty sky, an image well-suited to a scented candle called “November Rain.”