Here’s a video of New York’s single most annoying individual 1) taping a teenage girl’s arse as she poses in Times Square, and 2) proclaiming obnoxiously his right to do so. He’s right, though. Gothamist has the crotch shots. Classy.
We’ve already explained why harassment against photographers is illegal and intolerable – but now resistance might be easier. PetaPixel is now selling a set of portable cards that clearly state your legal rights as a camera-carrying citizen.
The Swedish Pirate Party—Piratpartiet—has got a seat in the European Union parliament. The ballots are still being counted—almost done now—but with 7.1% of the votes, it’s a sure thing. Aaaaaaaarrrrr is all I can say. [Results]
The Pirate Bay is carrying this spot-on cartoon on what we already knew about labels and studios: Their “new media—first radio, then TV, then tapes, then video—will kill our industry!” argument is simply stupid FUD.
So, one of the big sniggles about Photoshop Express, Adobe’s free online photo tweaker and sorta-kinda Flickr clone, is that using the service basically gave full control of your photos to Adobe. No more! They just emailed us that as of April 10, they’re only claiming “those limited rights that allow us to operate the service” and they don’t “claim ownership of your content and won’t sell your images.” Score one for internet rights and your mum’s Photoshop dalliances. [PS Express Terms of Use]
It looks like Verizon and AT&T’s recent “Hey, we’re not total assholes” moves might’ve been to preempt such “fairness” from getting some legal teeth, as a bunch of rowdy Senators are looking to make the mobile industry play just a bit nicer with a mobile bill of rights for consumers.
