With the orphan works debate continuing to rage, for those who are opposed to the bill, I’ve written a draft letter to send to government representatives outlining some of they key problems with the bill and why artists are opposed to it.

One of the greatest challenges in using Creative Commons works is giving a proper attribution in the correct format. However, a new WordPress plugin handles that and also helps you format the images for you blog and locate the right photo.

When the popular Flickr user Rebekka discovered that her images were being sold on iStockPhoto, she decided to turn her story into a cautionary tale for other photographers and artists.

After nearly two weeks of silence, PhotoBucket has responded to the controversies surrounding its service. However, the reply is not likely to put anyone at ease.

Content tracking company Attributor puts its image monitoring software to a very interesting test and settles more than a few barroom bets while making a point about image use on the Web.

New photo search engine FeelImage aims to make it easier to search for photographs by their “feeling”, in particular their color and time.
Though it might seem like something of a novelty, the ability for users to search for “purple flower” or “red car” might have an unintended side effect, enabling photographers and artists to [...]

DeviantArt’s Ripped Art Task Force, previously covered on this site, is seeking volunteers to help process reported rips.
The group, which has already become one of the most successful grass-roots anti-plagiarism forces, is receiving more cases than it can effectively process.
The group needs volunteers, especially ones very familiar with the deviantArt community, that can [...]

Following the recent spate of content theft at deviantArt, one of the artists that had her work lifted, Deb Walker, has created a profile and started a group dedicated to tracking down and stopping theft of dA member’s works.
The group, entitled the RippedArtTaskForce, opened its doors eariler this week and according to its description, is [...]

Recently, British phtographer Lara Jade recently discovered than a self-portrait she took of herself when she was fourteen was being used on the cover of a porn DVD without her permission.
Almost at the same time, American fractal artist Deb Walker discovered that some of her artwork was stolen, some of it being sold as prints [...]