There are 10 articles in EPUK's Opinion archives (page 1 of 1)

8 May 2008

An appeal brought by author JK Rowling to protect the privacy of her son has huge implications for those in the public eye who wish to protect the privacy of their children, writes Jonathan Coad of Swan Turton.

27 April 2008

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

9 October 2007

A case recently decided by a Massachusetts court highlights the special protection given to news photographers under the UK Copyright Act, writes Charles Swan of Swan Turton.

2 October 2007

Union disunity over issues such as the Drogheda Independent controversy helps no-one except the very employers who are at the root of the problem, writes NUJ General Secretary Jeremy Dear.

23 August 2007

While JK Rowling’s bid to prevent publication of photographs of her four year old son has failed, any future appeal will be keenly watched by celebrities and media alike, writes Jonathan Coad of Swan Turton.

17 May 2007

Three months on, while the exact reasons behind the injuncting of an EPUK member at Radley Lakes still remain a mystery, npower has been left with very little credibility, writes EPUK website editor Nick McGowan-Lowe

15 May 2007

The long running battle over the publication of Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones’ wedding photographs has finally come to an end in the House of Lords, which handed down judgment on 2 May, writes Jonathan Coad of Swan Turton.

23 March 2007

Intended to encourage sharing and community yet restrain commercial use, Creative Commons licensing offers an attractive, simple and clearly defined context for placing photos on the web. But the US understanding of ‘commercial’ turns out not to be as straightforward as here in the UK, writes EPUK moderator Tony Sleep

11 April 2006

Thirty years ago Mr Justice Whitford established his committee for copyright reform, to bring legislation from a bygone age into the modern world. The result was the Copyright Designs and Patents Act of 1988. Two years later, Photoshop was launched and desktop publishing began to replace paste-up production and hot metal printing.

6 April 2006

It was quite a few years ago when Bob Dylan sang; “Times they are a changing”. The slow drift from a transparency and print world via scanned negatives to a digital workflow has taken the best part of twenty years and in that time a lot of good, indifferent and bad practices have developed argues EPUK columnist Neil Turner