The Wales Tourist Board was notorious among Welsh freelance photographers for operating a Copyright Grab, and this abuse of photographers rights has been extended to the entire public sector in Wales.

The proposed US Orphan Works Act would dramatically shift the balance away from copyright holders, in favour of those who would like to use creative work without permission, argues EPUK moderator Tony Sleep 

Source : Stock Artists Alliance

Yesterday, both the House and Senate introduced their versions of the Orphan Works Act of 2008.

A showdown between media and sporting bodies has been on the cards for some time regarding increasingly onerous restrictions as conditions for accreditation. Last year it was the International Rugby Board which had a run-in with Agence France-Presse over coverage of the Rugby World Cup.

Earlier this month the Indian Premier League drew much heat for attempting to impose accreditation terms on photographers that required all material shot to be uploaded to IPL's webserver, for their free use forever.

EPUK, the mailing list and website for professional editorial photographers, has launched Copyright Action, a website community and educational resource that wants to become the intellectual property equivalent of Crimestoppers.

Pro-Imaging, the mailing list group for professional photographers, has launched a campaign targeted at organisers and sponsors of photographic competitions that are merely rights grabbing devices.

The campaign aims