NPPA Sends Recommendations to IPEC Regarding Copyright Protections
The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) has submitted comments to the Intellectual Property Enforcement Commission (IPEC) detailing recommendations that would improve copyright protection...
View ArticleGeneral Counsel for NPPA Weighs In On Media Issues Surrounding Party National...
Mickey H. Osterreicher, general counsel for the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), offered his legal expertise in a webinar Thursday night in which panelists discussed media issues...
View ArticleNPPA General Counsel Helps Keep RNC Journalist-Friendly
Despite fears from some in the media that law enforcement at the Republican National Convention (RNC) would take a combative approach against protestors and journalists, the first three days of the...
View ArticleNPPA, RCFP Keep Journalists Safe During Conventions
One could easily imagine that, after seeing how well things went during the RNC in Tampa, that members of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) might have let their guard down as the DNC...
View ArticleNPPA Responds to LAPD “Special Order” that equates photography with criminal...
Once again, a law enforcement agency has instructed its officers to equate photography with terrorism, and the NPPA has responded. The NPPA was joined by a coalition of other media and photography...
View ArticleNPPA Along With 13 Media Groups Sends Letter to NYPD Regarding Police-Press...
The National Press Photographer’s Association (NPPA) along with 13 other media organizations sent a letter to the New York Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly today requesting...
View ArticleCharges Against 2 Student Journalists Dropped in Atlanta
Charges against two student journalists arrested while covering the Occupy Atlanta protests last year have finally been dropped. College journalists Alisen Redmond of The Sentinel at Kennesaw State...
View ArticleNPPA Submits Comments Regarding A Copyright Small Claims Court System
The National Press Photographer’s Association (NPPA) has, at the request of the Copyright Office, submitted comments concerning the creation of a copyright small claims court system. These comments...
View ArticleNPPA Joins Lawsuit Against NYPD
Today the National Press Photographer’s Association (NPPA) announced that it was joining 5 elected officials and almost a dozen members of the press in a lawsuit against the New York Police Department...
View ArticlePhotographer Ordered to Pay $266,000 to L.A. Times in Lawsuit
Photographer David Strick, who sued the Los Angeles Times last year claiming infringement of his photographs, has been ordered by an arbitrator to pay the L.A. Times more than $266,000. Strick had...
View ArticleAFP v Morel: Court Finds Copyright Infringement of Photos Posted to Twitter
New York District Judge Alison J. Nathan has ruled (AFP-Morel Decision 01-14-13) that news service Agence France Presse (AFP) and The Washington Post Co (the Post) infringed upon photojournalist Daniel...
View ArticleAd Agency Sues Herman Cain, Simon & Schuster Over Book Cover Photo
A federal judge in the Northern District of Georgia has denied a motion to dismiss in a copyright infringtement lawsuit by an ad agency against former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain and...
View ArticleNPPA Submits Comments Regarding Orphan Works
The National Press Photographer’s Association (NPPA) has, in response to a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) by the Copyright Office, submitted comments on the issue of orphan works and mass digitalization. The...
View ArticleNPPA to Participate in Sunshine Week; Seeking Photos from Members
The National Press Photographer’s Association (NPPA) is participanting in Sunshine Week, March 10-16, 2013, along with a number of other organizations, led by cosponsors – the Reporter’s Committee for...
View ArticleNPPA Works with the New Mexico Dept. of Homeland Security to Amend Its...
The National Press Photographer’s Association (NPPA) recently worked with the New Mexico Department of Homeland Security (NMDHS) to revise policies regarding photography in its online Suspicious...
View ArticlePress Groups Join in Letter of Complaint to the Vice President’s Press Office
The National Press Photographer’s Association (NPPA) today joined with the White House News Photographers Association (WHNPA) and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP) in sending a...
View ArticleNPPA Sends Letter Opposing Proposed Anti-Paparazzi Statutes in California
*** UPDATE *** In the wake of opposition from NPPA and other groups the CA Assembly Judiciary Committee made both AB-1256 and AB-1356 “2 year bills.” A 2 year bill is one which will not move out of...
View ArticleNPPA & Other Groups Oppose Texas Drone Bill
The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), joined by The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., The American Society of Media Photographers, The Radio Television Digital News...
View ArticleSupreme Court Rejects Case Advocating Extension of Press Access to Polls
The Supreme Court has refused to hear a Pennsylvania newspaper’s challenge of a state law that denies journalists access to polling places on Election Day. The publisher of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette...
View ArticleCalifornia Parks Department Responds to Incident with Film Crew
A month after being notified the California Department of Parks and Recreation has responded to a letter sent by NPPA general counsel Mickey Osterreicher regarding an incident during which parks...
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