London-based moodboard is encouraging amateur photographers to get in touch prior to the launch of its next business phase, which the company said "will open up more earning potential for amateur and hobbyist content than rivals such as iStock." Company founder and ex-Digital Vision owner Mike Watson said he planned to unveil developments at PhotoPlus in October.
This week, the American Society of Media Photographers announced that it expects the next iteration of the House version of the proposed U.S. orphan-works legislation to be released imminently. ASMP has tentatively endorsed the House bill, though it has continued to lobby for additional improvements that would offer greater protection to its photographer members.
The Stock Artists Alliance has nearly completed the first major phase of its metadata project, financed by an award from the U.S. Library of Congress. SAA project leader David Riecks said he was surprised by the high rate of metadata use among stock agencies.
For the second time, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has sided with the National Geographic Society in Greenberg v. NGS, in which photographer Jerry Greenberg claimed that the publisher violated his copyright by reproducing images shot for the print magazine in a CD compilation.