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Northlight Images are professional commercial photographers based in Leicester in the UK.
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All content and original photographs on this web site are copyright [©1975-2018] Keith Cooper.
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Copyright and Intellectual Property (IP) information and resources
- Copyright and Social media – should you be concerned?
- Own-it – Free intellectual property advice and resources (UK based) from Creative London. Includes up to date news on copyright and IP related issues.
- Artlaw Numerous articles on IP and other legal issues related to ‘Art Law’. Has important contract advice and discussions about relevant case law. The big thing to remember is ‘Get it in writing!’
- The UK Patent Office
- The Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd.
- UK Government Intellectual Property Office
- European Patent Office
- World Intellectual Property
- United States Patent & Trademark Office
- Irish Patents Office
- United States Copyright Office
- Corporate Counsel IP Insider – American site updating attorney and executives on the law and business of Intellectual Property
- World Trade Organisation – TRIPS (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property), a WTO multilateral agreement on intellectual property
- The Design and Artists Copyright Society the copyright and collecting society for visual artists in the UK
Supra National Authorities
International treaties are accepted by many countries.
Key treaties and statements are noted below.
There is however considerable room for local national variations
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
European Convention on Human Rights
- Articles 8, Right to respect for private and family life, and 10, Freedom of Expression, have particular relevance for photographers.
- Article 8 with relevance to the Moral Right concerning privacy.
- Article 10 provides for freedom of expression and can be used to resist censorship.
United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 12, the right to privacy, and article 19, the right to freedom of expression, are relevant for the same reasons mentioned above with regard to the EU Convention On Human Rights.
Australia
Australian Copy Right Act 1968
Australian Copyright Council An independent non-profit organisation offering fact sheets and guidance on Australian copyright law.
Canada
Canadian Intellectual Property Office Copyright Act Full Text
China, Peoples Republic of
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in China -WP
Denmark
Eire
Copyright and Related Acts 2000
Germany
Copyright Act 9/9/1965 as amended 8/5/1998
Hong Kong
Intellectual Property Department of the Government of Hong Kong
India
New Zealand
Copyright Council of New Zealand
Norway
Norwegian info via Thomson Reuters
Philippines
Copyright in the Phillipines – WP
Switzerland
Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property with access to full legislative detail on copyright.
UK
Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 This primary act has been amended by many successive Statutory Instruments (see Wikipedia entry)
UK Intellectual Property Office The UK official organisation responsible for Intellectual Property(incl., copyright). Copyright law in the UK.
Design and Artists Copyright Society The website includes useful articles and links relating to copyright.
USA
United States Copyright Office Guide to copyright law in the United States, incl. how to register photographs.
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Keith explains tilt and shift lenses
Keith has written a book that looks at the many ways that tilt/shift lenses can benefit your photography from a technical and creative point of view. If not in the UK check for import issues and maybe try an on-line bookshop. Keith has no connection with sales of the book.
ISBN 9781785007712
There is also a specific index page on the site with links to all Keith's articles, reviews and videos about using tilt and shift.
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