PetaPixel Thursday April 11, 2024
A photographer is suing music streaming service Napster for using his image of a musician without the proper license in a case that could set a precedent requiring record labels to verify what rights were secured from photographers when their pictures were licensed for use on album covers. In 1979, explains PetaPixel, British photographer Adrian Boot shot a portrait of reggae artist Sugar Minott; in 2005, music label Soul Jazz Records licensed Boot’s image for use in the artwork for the release of the album “Sugar Minott At Studio One.” The label’s distributor PIAS then delivered the album, along with artwork including Boot’s photograph, to Napster.
Read the full Story >>
CNN Thursday April 11, 2024
South African photographer, visual artist and fashion icon Trevor Stuurman has become one of the country’s most sought-after creatives by unapologetically challenging the global perception of African cultures, notes CNN. “My style is, I’d say Afrocentric, I’d say contemporary, I’d say cool,” Stuurman adds. Now, he hopes to help other creatives dismantle African stereotypes with a new endeavor called “The Manor” – a multifaceted platform consisting of an online site, art events, and a quarterly publication featuring diverse voices.
Read the full Story >>
Bloomberg Thursday April 11, 2024
OpenAI has been vague about what data was used to train its new Sora text-to-video generator But YouTube Chief Executive Officer Neal Mohan has made it clear that the use of YouTube videos to train Sora would be an infraction of the platform's terms of service. “[W]hen a creator uploads their hard work to our platform, they have certain expectations,” Mohan said in an interview with Bloomberg. Last month, OpenAI CTO Mira Murati said she wasn’t sure whether Sora was trained on sources like YouTube, adds The Verge. According to The New York Times, OpenAI has "cut corners" by training its AI models on texts transcribed from YouTube videos.
Read the full Story >>
By
David Schonauer Thursday April 11, 2024
Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist David Hume Kennerly resigned from the board of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation on Tuesday, blasting the group for cowardice in rejecting Trump critic
Liz Cheney as the recipient of its top yearly award. Kennerly, who served as White House photographer during the Ford administration in the 1970s, claimed in a letter to fellow trustees that Cheney's
nomination for the … Read the full Story >>
