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	Top Story: News
	25 November 2013

Morel thanks Marcia Paul for making him "The best paid news photographer in the world" and tells EPUK of his shock when he learnt in court that Getty Images sold his earthquake photographs on the first day for $45, $9

In an exclusive telephone conversation the Haitian photojournalist Daniel Morel and Phyllis Galembo, his long-time friend who helped make it happen, talk about the trial which ended on Friday with an “outraged” jury finding agency giants AFP and Getty Images guilty of wilful copyright infringement of Morel’s photographs of the Haiti earthquake. “Getty are the worst enemy of photography,” Morel told EPUK.

	News
	23 November 2013

AFP and Getty Images found liable for willful copyright infringement, Haitian photojournalist Daniel Morel wins maximum damages.

Gasps were heard in the courtroom as the trial of Daniel Morel vs. Agence France Presse (AFP) and Getty Images ended at the Thurgood Marshall US Court House in Manhattan with Morel being awarded $1.2m in damages, the maximum possible. Jury members said they were “outraged” by the behavior of both agencies. EPUK was there and reported daily from the eight-day trial.

	News
	7 November 2013

Agency Reputations at Stake in Historic Copyright Trial

Daniel Morel’s copyright theft case against photo agencies Agence France Presse (AFP) and Getty Images will begin on Wednesday November 13th, 2013 at the Thurgood Marshall US Court House in Manhattan, before Federal District Court Judge Alison Nathan. The stakes are high and EPUK will be in New York to follow the action.

	News
	28 September 2013

Black out! Russian media remove photos to protest imprisonment of photographer

Media outlets across Russia have replaced images with plain black or grey rectangles on their web sites in protest against the imprisonment of Denis Sinyakov, a Russian photographer working for the Greenpeace environmental organisation.

	News
	25 September 2013

Infringer who originally offered £150 forced to pay £20,000 in settlement

A music and entertainment company who offered £150 for their unlicenced and unlawful use of an exclusive image of pop stars cavorting on a sofa has agreed to pay photographer Jason Sheldon £20,000 following a Patents Court decision in May.

	The Curve
	24 June 2013

Staying Safe: Mobile Phone Security

As we increasingly take our mobile phones for granted David Hoffman suggests that photographers should be alert to the dangers of carrying a sophisticated monitoring device in their pocket, especially when working abroad.

	Showcase
	1 December 2013

Timber wolf, Austria. Photo © Louise Murray

Timber Wolf, Austria – Louise Murray, 2013

Photographer since 1992, EPUK member since 2011.

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

	News
	23 May 2013

ERRA: You could not make it up

Much has already been written about the changes to copyright contained in the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, but you haven’t heard the half of it yet. EPUK moderator Tony Sleep takes time out from filling in Costa Coffee job applications to explain…

	News
	22 May 2013

ERRA: You could not make it up (short version)

If someone parks a tank on your lawn, you probably need to consider whether they’ve just come to help with the gardening or not. Tony Sleep examines the copyright provisions of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill 2013 which became law last month.

	News
	15 March 2013

2013 - the year we lost sight of what photography can achieve

This year’s announcement of the winners of two major competitions for photojournalists, World Press Photo and Pictures of the Year International, created more than the usual fire storm. Raking through the ashes, Graham Harrison looks for a way forward, and reveals how one major grants programme for photojournalists had no restrictions on image manipulation at all.

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