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EPUK is an email group for professional editorial photographers who want to talk business. We don't do techie stuff or in-crowd gossip. We don't talk cameras or computers. What we talk about are the nuts and bolts of being in business - like copyright, licensing, fees and insurance.

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EPUK Weekly News

Once a week we put together a roundup of the week's photography, media and copyright news. It's free and you don't have to meet the usual EPUK membership criteria to sign up. We don't give your details to anyone else, and you can unsubscribe anytime.

This week EPUK discussed ...

The Bristol Film Office and their photography permits; The Independent publishing pictures without permission; the shift and day rates paid by the Dailies
… and …
why PR firms hire photographers just for show.

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	Top Story: News
	6 July 2010

Industry survey: Freelance photographers who keep copyright earn 33% more

Freelance photographers who follow industry best practice on copyright earn on average 33% more a year than those who routinely give their copyright to their clients, according to new research from the British Photographic Council. Report by Nick McGowan-Lowe

	Resources
	28 June 2010

Police, photographers and the Law

Civil Rights lawyer Shamik Dutta answers fifteen key questions on police powers and photography in Britain today. Photographs Jules Mattsson and David Hoffman.

	News
	6 May 2010

Looking at the bigger picture in Derby

Before the second National Photography Symposium kicks off in Derby tomorrow, organiser Paul Herrmann explains why it is important to debate the issues that threaten the photographic industry today.

	The Curve
	30 April 2010

Photography for a Cause

Taking photographs for charities is a delicate balance of fulfilling the brief, respecting your subject and never working for free. The work can also enrich your understanding of human nature, writes Helen Stone.

	The Curve
	24 April 2010

Ethics and photojournalism

Award-winning photographer Stuart Freedman argues that the crisis of identity in photojournalism today can only be answered with a greater understanding of subject matter and context.

	News
	21 April 2010

Alex Rumford's Asia

An exhibition of photographs of Asia by EPUK member Alex Rumford has opened at the Jacksons Lane Theatre in Highgate, London.

	Showcase
	22 July 2010

“Appleby Horse Fair, England – Steve Franck, 2010”
Photographer since 2007, EPUK member since 2010

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Thousands of people produce parodies every day...but what if some of them are pretty funny ?

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	News
	12 April 2010

Eight Questions BAPLA Must Answer

When BAPLA wrote to the Government regarding the controversial Clause 43 of the Digital Economy Bill the association claimed to be speaking on behalf of a united photographic industry. It wasn’t. BAPLA ignored thousands of photographers lobbying to stop the clause. In an open letter to BAPLA, EPUK asks “Why?”

	Special Report
	6 April 2010

The short unhappy life of photographic industry unity

When the Digital Economy Bill went before Parliament this week, Tony Sleep asked how BAPLA could claim to speak on behalf of photographers while supporting the Bill’s industry-destroying Clause 43.

	News
	1 April 2010

PPY 2010 has April 16th deadline, book to return

Organisers of The Press Photographer’s Year, the only competition to showcase news and sports photography taken for the UK news media, have set a short deadline for entries and promise the return of the acclaimed PPY annual in 2010.

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