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. –– 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 […]
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 […]
Category: Fashion Photograph: “Dark Paradise” by huremics “Dark Paradise” is an arresting image that sets the tone for a fashion spread in a magazine (print or online.) The sheer curtain that bisects the model makes the photograph mysterious and the view want to know more. What better way to entice a click of the mouse or […]