Cowan, DeBaets, Abraham’s & Sheppard’s Law Practice had six attorneys selected for inclusion in the 2018 edition of Best Lawyers in America list. Among them is our own, Nancy Wolff, DMLA Counsel and frequent panel member for Visual Connections. Nancy is currently President of the Copyright Society of the USA and she is a frequent speaker …
Programming has just been announced for the DMLA (Digital Media Licensing Association) Annual Conference. To be held on October 22-24 at the iconic New Yorker Hotel, the conference will be followed by Visual Connections in the same location. Time to book a room and make your reservations. The programming committee has been working for months …
DMLA (Digital Media Licensing Association) has traditionally been seen as a trade organization for picture agencies and distributors. Important to note that for a few years now, their programming and offerings are becoming more and more inclusive of the entire visual communications community. Their annual conference in the fall (October 22–24) has expanded programming that …
From Nancy Wolff, DMLA Counsel The new Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden, has started the process of searching for a new Register of Copyrights after removing Maria Pallante as Register on October 21, 2016. DMLA, as well as the other visual artist associations, had worked with the former Register Pallante for six years on …
Trade associations depend upon volunteers who are dedicated and steadfast. Sonia Wasco is such an individual. Recently honored by the DMLA for a career steeped in service to the Stock industry, this interview(reprinted with their permission) gives insight into not only Sonia’s good works, but speaks to the staying power of small agencies. She was …
Fresh from the Board Retreat, we caught up with new Board President Geoff Cannon to find out what DMLA (Digital Media Licensing Association) is up to. Why were you inspired to take on the Presidency of DMLA? After 4 years on the Board as a Member-at-Large, I grew to understand the importance of the advocacy …
By Nancy Wolff, DMLA Counsel. Many many thanks to the DMLA, Nancy Wolff and DMLA Executive Director Cathy Aron for permission to repost this article from the DMLA blog. Answer: YES, there are no restrictions on any use of public domain images, including making them available to users for a fee. Since Carol Highsmith filed …
All things change, especially in the fast-moving world world of photo licensing. For some time, now, industry professionals have noted that PACA (Picture Archive Council of America) has evolved into the DMLA (Digital Media Licensing Association); but do they also know that PACA’s fantastic mega metasearch engine of licensable content has been updated into DMLASearch? …
Many thanks to the DMLA for letting us post this recap of the Keynote from the recent DMLA conference with Scott Braut, Adobe’s new Head of Content for Digital Media. Content with impact. Scott Braut’s message is that we now “Live in the World of digital experiences “ and this is the “Age of Content”! …
Reprinted with the kind permission of the DMLA Nancy Wolff and Josh Wolkoff, Cowan DeBaets Abrahams & Sheppard, LLP Lenz v. Universal Music Corp., Case Nos. 13-16106 and 13-16107, in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was enacted in 1998 to address in part issues …