In a followup to yesterdays post Stolen Photograph: A New Look at an Old Problem, which saw a lot of traffic and great discussion, I thought it would be prudent to share a poignant panel discussion I was recently a part of in NYC that addresses this topic head-on. It’s a dichotomy we all likely are dealing with… Simply put, most of us creatives want it both ways. We want a system that maintains our rights to the work we create while at the same time allows us to spread our work as far and wide as the internet and new media will allow.
How can we have it both ways?
This worthwhile panel discussion called Copyright and the New Economy: Issues and Trends Facing Visual Artists, hosted recently in NYC by ASMP.org, explores precisely these challenging topics. A note on the panelists after the jump…
Appearing on this panel is yours truly, Lawrence Lessig, (Harvard Law School Professor & Founder of Creative Commons); Jeff Sedlik (Founder & CEO of the PLUS Coalition); David Carson (U. S. Copyright Office General Counsel); Liz Ordoñez (photographer); and Darrell Perry (former Director of Photography, Wall Street Journal). The panel is moderated by Jay Kinghorn.
Thanks to the ASMP for making this available.
I just love the fact Chase that you were the only one on the panel in jeans and sneakers. 🙂
This Is a great video! Ill be buying the asmp book to dig deeper in how to protect my work through the process of letting the world view it. Thanks Chase!
Chase you rock.
I have spent at least 3 months wondering if anyone out there was looking at both sides of the situation.
As one of the youngest members to ASMP here in Alaska, my goal is to start this dialogue with photographers in my community. We are unique here in the sense that we are a big state, with a small town kinda feel.
My hope is that through healthy business practices and the exploration and understanding of the tools available to us, we can maintain a livable income as image makers.
On a side note, I still find the ASMP side difficult to navigate, have you heard if they published the text and info from this discussion?
Have you seen this documentary? http://www.goodcopybadcopy.net/
This video bummed me out pretty bad. Fortunately, Tineye has not come up with any stolen photographs of mine so I am feeling better today. However, Tineye did not come up with the one stolen photo of mine still posted on the web (with my copyright clearly visible) so it is not, apparently, fool-proof.