The Artists Resale Right Regulations, which came into force on 14 February 2006, implement a European Directive of 2001 and provide artists and photographers with the right to a royalty on the first and subsequent commercial resales of their work. This right is sometimes referred to a Droit de Suite. The Resale Right Regulations contain … Read more
In a judgment issued on 16 October which has potentially important ramifications for the photography industry, the High Court held that MGN Limited, the publishers of the Daily Mirror and other titles, had infringed copyright in photographs included in back copies of newspapers it was making available online to paid subscribers. Background The claimant, celebrity … Read more
In an adjudication published on 30 September the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the body responsible for regulating advertisements, sales promotions and direct marketing, upheld a complaint that a person’s image had been used in a marketing communication without that person’s written consent. Background A company, J&S Security Ltd (J&S), distributed a marketing leaflet which featured … Read more
One of the many reasons why the Press Complaints Commission’s claim to be independent is unsustainable is the makeup of its Code Committee. No genuinely independent complaints body would fail to include any independent representatives in the process of formulating its rules. The PCC does just that. Swan Turton recently commissioned a survey of the … Read more
