This is only a small fraction of what companies have stolen from professional photographers. After the last month billing PhotoClaim has reported hitting the new milestone of 2.036.846,90€ regained for photographers from image thieves. However, the founder of the company Nico Trinkhaus says, this is just a small fraction of the money which has [...]
Dear Photographers, As you may have noticed in the most recent Latest Findings document, there has been an update regarding the documentation of the copyright infringements. Pixdetect UG has been renamed to RightsPilot UG. For this reason, we would like to take this opportunity to inform you that our cooperation partner in securing the evidence will be [...]
Have you received a so-called “cease and desist” order (“Abmahnung”) by someone who claims to cooperate with PhotoClaim? If so, we can help you verify whether it is a legitimate claim or a scam. PhotoClaim tracks the portfolios of photographers on the Internet. Unfortunately, it has become common practice for [...]
Last summer we all came together to save the Freedom of Panorama. With a total of 555,223 people signing the petition, the European Parliament listened to us and recommended that the European Commission not restrict this freedom. However, the fight is not yet over. They have to hear us [...]
Rightfully, damages are due to the photographer for copyright infringements of his images. MFM tables in this case serve as valid and useful orientation for fair, market-based damages. In some cases these even apply beyond the German national border. At this point, we will examine the background, principles and specifics of MFM calculation. [...]
Each country of the European Union has its own legislation system, and consequently its own copyright law. However, these systems are highly unified and the basic copyright laws are very similar in each member state. Therefore, in this article we will describe these similarities and name them EU copyright, in contrast, for example, to [...]
In the last weeks, many requests have reached us asking if we can help with copyright infringements that had taken place on wallpart.com. The website creates the impression that Wallpart is selling your photos as prints, obviously without permission. They claim to be the largest online shop of posters [...]
Your voices have been heard by the European Parliament and by the European Commission! After handing over the half a million signatures yesterday, the parliament voted today with a big majority against any restriction of the Freedom of Panorama! When I handed over the petition yesterday to MEP Julia [...]
190,000 times thank you for supporting the petition to save the Freedom of Panorama! This is already much more than I expected when I noticed the proposal and started the petition. With the amazing help from the change.org team, I’ll be able to go to Strasbourg on Wednesday, to [...]
