Category: Ethics & Legal

In a court case that’s being talked about all over the interwebs, a bizarre British ruling has stipulated that if you photograph anything that someone else has already photographed in any similar way, you’re violating the original shooter’s copyright. Shock. Fear. Paranoia has swept through the industry. But another article, this one on the British Amateur Photographer web site, has...

The Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner picked up a photo from a regular “citizen journalist” contributor of a train passing over another on a set of elevated tracks. A dramatic image, one that requires planning and patience to make. Or, well, ten minutes in Photoshop … the photo, from a “trusted contributor,” was a fake. Two images, shot ten minutes apart, were...