Getty Images Archive photographer, Hiroyuki Ito, speaks with American Photo about not overthinking his work, the joys of shooting like a tourist, and the freedom of self-publishing. Copies of Japan can be purchased through Blurb.
Hiroyuki Ito’s beautiful black-and-white film photographs from a summer spent traveling through Japan by train.
Recent surveys have found that 70% of professional photographers have dealt with copyright infringement, and most within the past 5 years. But the problem is that most infringements are valued at $3,000 or less, and 2/3 of intellectual property lawyers say they wouldn’t take a copyright case with a potential payout of less than $30,000. (via PetaPixel)
Professional Photographers of America, the world’s largest pro photography non-profit trade group, is launching a big lobbying campaign in order to see the creation of a copyright small claims system in the United States.
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