As a further update on the US copyright reform process, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, held a hearing on July 15, 2014, on moral rights, termination rights, resale rights, and copyright term.

We offer the following guide to the hearing testimony for your benefit. Recorded hearings can have late starts and long pauses for recesses. You will find it most helpful to follow our guide, below, so you can scrub to relevant parts of testimony, easily and as needed.

The hearing page with speaker and witness names, bios and written statements are available here. Please take time to read testimony and watch hearing segments of interest to you.

Update: USCO extends comment submission deadline to September 15, 2014

Copyright Office Extends Period for Submission of Further Comments on Rights of “Making Available” and “Communication to the Public”

The Copyright Office has published a Federal Register notice extending the deadline for public comments that address topics listed in the Office’s July 15, 2014 Request for Additional Comments on the rights of “making available” and “communication to the public.” Comments are now due by 5:00 p.m. EDT on September 15, 2014. For more information, including the complete notice and the comment submission form, please see www.copyright.gov/docs/making_available/.

Culture is Free?

Someone has to pay.

Usually, it's the artist.

Pay the artist and respect their creative rights!

(they won't survive without your cooperation)

The World Photography Organisation and Montgomery recently announced the inaugural edition of Photo Shanghai, the first international art fair dedicated to photography in China. The Fair will run from 5-7 September at the landmark Shanghai Exhibition Centre, and aims to establish the most professional and international platform for fine art photography in the Asia-Pacific region.

Examples of photographers whose work will be exhibited sat the Fair include: Josef Sudek, Edward Burtynsky, Nick Brandt, Robert Polidori, Peter Lindbergh, Patrick Demarchelier, Araki, Mokiyama, Martin Parr, Steve McCurry, Sebastiao Salgado and Henri Cartier-Bresson.

The Fair, which will be directed by Alexander Montague-Sparey (previously Director, Head of Photographs Department, Christie’s London) has been created in direct response to the increasing demand by audiences from across Asia-Pacific, and beyond, to discover accessible and collectable photography. Galleries from across the world now have a unique platform in China and the opportunity to establish and extend their network of buyers in the Asia-Pacific region.