Photoshoot and Beyond
Authors Note: This article originally ran on TALKERS magazine’s website TALKERS.COM. It is written specifically for an audience consisting primarily of radio station owners, licensees, and employees. Therefore, it may seem a bit skewed towards the perspective of the radio station, but this is not the case. Both the photographer and the radio station allegedly […]
By Matthew B. Harrison SPRINGFIELD, Mass. –– We are in the early stages of a significant shift in the way radio station owners/operators will be managing and paying for content creation. It is becoming increasingly important for radio talent to take stock of their current business relationship with their employers and consider these changes when […]
By Matthew B. Harrison SPRINGFIELD, Mass. –– In a recent article, Michael Harrison predicted that Intellectual Property Law would dominate talk radio’s legal concerns in the era that is unfolding. (It is filed at www.talkers.com under Michael Harrison and is titled “The Ticking of the Clock.”) As talk programming evolves into new means of digital […]
Pop singer Rihanna has settled the copyright dispute with photographer David LaChapelle. LaChapelle had claimed the music video for the singer’s single ‘S&M’ contained elements similar enough to his photos for it to infringe his copyright. In July a New York judge rejected Rihanna’s lawyer’s attempts to have the case dismissed on the basis of […]
Copyright News Update: Rapper 50 Cent has another notch in his court battle belt as a federal judge in Newark dismissed an infringement allegation against both himself and his record label, G-Unit. The plaintiff, author Shadrach Winstead, claimed the rapper plagiarized his book, The Preacher’s Son – But the Streets Have Turned Me Into a […]
By Matthew B. Harrison SPRINGFIELD, Mass. –– Good talk radio hosts draw upon multiple sources for material. News, media, pop culture and their own lives and interests are standard sources for talking points. In today’s digital world two pressing legal questions should be on your mind: 1) How difficult is it to infringe upon someone’s […]
By Matthew B. Harrison Senior Partner, Harrison Strategies SPRINGFIELD, Mass. –– When choosing to use non-original materials as a portion of programming, it is important to make sure that such usage falls squarely within the accepted affirmative defense of fair use. A New Jersey federal appeals court recently reinstated a copyright and defamation lawsuit against […]
By Matthew B. Harrison, Esq. Photos & The Law dot com as originally published in issue 219 of TALKERS magazine SPRINGFIELD, MA — On May 16th, at 6:30 am Stefanie Gordon boarded a Delta flight from New York to Palm Beach. Somewhere along the flight, out the window of her airplane seat, she took a […]
by Matthew B. Harrison, Esq. Harrison Legal Group SPRINGFIELD, Mass. –– Understanding ownership rights of audio content is one of the more common issues to cross my desk. While most of the information that exists on the topic, including court cases and their analysis, is centered on music-based audio, the rules can be similarly applied […]
Memories of Unsoiled Decay A camera sees differently than our eyes do and can be used as a means to communicate a story. For most artists – the story goes beyond themselves and capturing moments from their lives and the literal content contained within the frame. The photographs no longer reveal literal truth but instead […]