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As part of a new relationship between UK picture library association BAPLA and PhotoArchiveNews.com we will be reporting on the work BAPLA is doing to uphold image copyright protection through the UK and European Law creators. here’s their latest update:

ERR Bill becomes law

The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, which includes changes to UK copyright law, has been passed by Royal Assent. This dramatic turn of events took the creative industry by surprise, as in the last update the bill had returned to the House of Lords to review clauses on estate agents, only to be passed on 24 April. Read the full press release from the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills – here.

This development means that the clauses (clauses 74-78) the creative community wanted to continue debating and amend at the House of Commons cannot be changed. However, this is not where it ends – BAPLA still has an important job to do regarding secondary legislation, which refers to the practical application of primary legislation. This is where the BAPLA lobbying team will be crucial in ensuring that the concerns of our industry are listened to and changes implemented by the IPO.

In our last update we reported on the dialogue BAPLA is engaged in with the IP minister, Lord Younger of Leckie, instigated by our very own lobbyist. We are now scheduled to meet the IP minister in early June for a discussion about secondary legislation. We will seek reassurance from the IP minister that these significant changes to UK copyright law will not have a detrimental impact on BAPLA members’ businesses, and will also impress upon the IPO that our members’ concerns need to be heard.

On Wednesday 1 May, after a swathe of articles in the news about copyright changes passing into UK law, the IPO released a document setting out how the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 will affect photographers. You can read ‘The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 – Your Photos and You’ – here and the IPO ‘myth and fact information document’ – here.

© BAPLA – British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies

BAPLA are also working on a fact sheet about the copyright changes which we will report on soon….

Picture Editors at Newsweek and The Palm Beach Post were winners at the The NPPA – National Press Photographers Association’s Best Of Photojournalism 2013 Newspaper Picture Editor of the Year awards.
The picture desk team at the LA Times and zReportage by photo agency ZUMA were among the honours.
Full details here

Also: ‘RJ Sangosti of The Denver Post was named the National Press Photographers Association’s Best Of Photojournalism 2013 Photojournalist of the Year’ – here

Frankfurt base photo agency epa -european pressphoto agency- is celebrating it’s tenth birthday with a collection of the most outstanding epa images spanning the past decade has been compiled as a slide show (above) available also an e-book.
Hannah Hess, Editor-in-Chief of epa, said: “Ten years ago the then existing epa staff in Europe and the many new epa colleagues around the globe boldly joined hands to push their vision of the different angle in photo journalism forward from a European perspective to a global perspective. It is a great pleasure to see that none of the energy has been lost over the years. Based on the full dedication, professionalism and creativity of the epa team we will continue to further enhance epa’s photo journalistic quality in the years to come.”

EPA was founded in 1985 by seven European news agencies. The agencies, AFP of France, ANP of the Netherlands, ANOP (now Lusa) of Portugal, ANSA of Italy, Belga ofBelgium, dpa of Germany and EFE of Spain were motivated by what they saw as a lack of alternatives to the Anglo-Saxon picture services offered at the time.
Thanks to Photographer Robert Goddyn who worked for EPA during the Yugoslavia war for helping with this article

Salt Lake City based photo agency Newscom have announced the launch of a new photo resource, a sister company, Pixation Images providing ‘creative content for commercial use.’
Pixation Images is providing travel, stock, lifestyle, and creative imagery from stock photography partners like akg-images, Cultura, Danita Delimont , DPA, imagebroker,Robert Harding , and Tetra Images.
Commenting on the launch, CEO and President of Newscom, Scott Calder , said, “We are certain that Pixation Images’ combination of the world’s most advanced digital media technology plus its enormous and rapidly growing library of creative imagery will delight our customers. Moreover, we add thousands of images daily and continue to develop and implement innovative technologies to help users find exactly the image they need. We help our customers find amazing needles in very large haystacks.”
The new platform will provide Newscom’s commercial clients with a welcome alternative,” said BJ Warnick, Vice President of Sales, Rights, and Licensing at Pixation Images and Newscom.

Updated article:

Specialist health, beauty and wellness image library urbanlip.com are re-running their popular offer from last year’s Fotofringe. …and the winner is:

‘We’re thrilled to announce that the winner of our fotofringe competition is Eve George, picture director of Daily Mail, YOU Magazine.

She was only one lip away from guessing the number of cherry lips in the jar – which, for anyone who is interested, was 860.

Eve will be luxuriating in £150 worth of lavish treatments at URBAN RETREAT, Harrods.

Meanwhile, for those needing a hand or an extra pair of eyes to source luxurious, highly desirable health, beauty and wellness content, just give the team@urbanlip.com a brief and we’ll get busy searching the archives.’

The details published on 23 April
“Pamper Yourself with urbanlip.com! – Win £150 Worth Of Urban Retreat Spa Vouchers At fotofringe courtesy of urbanlip.com, the specialist health, beauty and wellness image library.”
“Come and visit us at fotofringe, Art Gallery Foyer, table AGF/17 for a chat about premium imaging ‘beautiful women’ related and guess the number of ‘cherry lips’ in the jar. The closest estimate will be luxuriating in £150 worth of lavish treatments and grooming services at URBAN RETREAT, Harrods.”

Register for Fotofringe here – free to image buyers
Read Fotofringe details on PAN fotofringe London – 24 April for creative & editorial photo buyers
See who’s at Fotofringe and the floorplan at Kings place

Joanna Smith who was by the side of Cepic President Alan Smith [owner of picture library Topfoto] for the formative years of 1997 to 2009 and Chairman in the founding years of Bapla died peacefully on the 19 April 2013 aged 75 years.

A private funeral will be held today at 11:30am close to Joanna and Alan’s family home in Kent, UK.

↑ UK: Women’s weekly title Best, published by Hearst Magazines UK, has unveiled a new website and new-look magazine.
They say: Best has responded to these new findings in the re-development of both magazine and website – with bestdaily.co.uk the only online leisure, shopping and entertainment destination catering for this powerful emerging group. The site provides hourly online updates on the most relevant news, fantastic daily discounts, giveaways, vibrant forums and video clips, in which the authentic voice of the Best consumer can be showcased and heard as never before. The magazine has higher design values, a new logo and greater focus on the key interests of fashion, beauty and entertainment. In keeping with a generation who have really found their voice and hit their stride, straight talk, consumer independence and fearless opinion is at the heart of the refreshed editorial mix.

↑ Staying with Hearst… luxury lifestyle magazine magazine Red has launched a free glossy newspaper to commuters across the UK.
The newspaper, Red Local, will be published bi-annually and comprises 24 pages of quality content, reflecting the pages of Red’s glossy monthly.
The launch issue echoes Red’s sumptuous editorial content and includes pages on beauty ideas and latest trends in fashion, in-depth opinion pieces about whether stay-at-home mothers are discriminated against, inspirational stories from working women, a personal shopper section providing local and articles on great recipes, gorgeous homes and local fashion hot spots.
Red Editor-in-Chief Sarah Bailey says: “We are delighted to offer our regional readers a snapshot of their local area through the eyes and lens of Red magazine in a glossy newspaper format.

↑ IPC Media has sold Horse magazine to MyTimeMedia. The deal sees MyTimeMedia acquire the brand – currently published within the IPC Inspire portfolio – with immediate effect. There will be no interruption to the monthly publishing schedule of the title.

Condé Nast Plans to Confirm Strongest First Quarter Ad Sales in Five Years – Condé Nast plans to confirm that their first quarter (January-March), with a +3.3% increase, marks their strongest percentage growth for Q1 results in five years, announced Lou Cona, president of Condé Nast Media Group and chief revenue officer.
Highlights include:
Bon Appétit +37.7% (up 65% in Food/Beverage, growth also in Automotive, Business and technology)
Details +24.8% (up 18% in Fashion, growth also in Automotive and Spirits)
Golf Digest +22.2% (up 26% in Equipment, Fashion, Retail and Pharma)
GQ +15.8% (up 11% in Fashion, growth also in Tech and Entertainment)
Teen Vogue +10.2% (up 20% in Fashion, growth also in Beauty and Retail)
Allure +8.2% (up 14% in Technology, Food/Beverage, Beauty and Personal Care)
Mr. Cona said, “While we’re proud that this is our best quarter in five years, continuing a trend of upward movement, we look at factors other than ad pages as barometers of growth. Our clients are increasingly committing to multi-platform integrated programs and we’re seeing huge gains in digital spending, particularly on the tablet and mobile. It’s a completely new landscape and industry observers require new eyeglasses.”

↑ Bauer Media has today announced its decision to suspend publication of more! magazine. Launched in 1988 by Emap, more! is a well loved brand which, throughout its impressive 25 year history, has touched, entertained and informed generations of young women in the UK.
The weekly title has constantly evolved in order to remain relevant to its audience, however in recent times has found the impact of the economic downturn increasingly challenging. The decision to suspend publication has regrettably been made with effect from this week’s issue, published on Tuesday, 23 April.
Bauer Chief Executive, Paul Keenan commented: “The prospect of continuing challenging economic conditions has led us to reach this decision as the title has become unviable.

BBC reports: ‘Photography groups have reacted angrily to new legislation passed in Parliament over the use of copyrighted material when the owner cannot be contacted.’
Full report here: bbc.co.uk

and the winner is …
Toby Hopkins (Senior Account Manager, Publishing) from Corbis writes: ‘Corbis had a great day. Over 150 people entered our prize draw to win the Diana De Luxe camera kit from Lomography. We’ve just pulled the winner’s name – congratulations to Susie Peachey of Dorling Kindersley, and thanks to everyone else who entered – better luck next year!’
Pictured: Ellie Brown of Splash pulls the winner’s name – Toby Hopkins holds the bag.

Corbis are back at Fotofringe this year with another camera offer!
Corbis Images will be giving away a Lomography Diana Deluxe camera kit worth £199 to one lucky winner at Fotofringe London on 24 April.

“As well as including the legendary all-plastic Diana F+ camera – an analogue icon of the 1960s – the Diana Deluxe Kit is filled with a huge range of the best Diana accessories. This premium selection will allow the winner to take all kinds of dreamy colour drenched photographs at a range of focal lengths; Close-Ups, Fisheye, super-wide – the possibilities are as limitless. It’s the classiest package in the Lomography collection and Corbis are giving one Fotofringe attendee the chance to take one home.”

Register for Fotofringe here – free to image buyers
Read Fotofringe details on PAN fotofringe London – 24 April for creative & editorial photo buyers
See who’s at Fotofringe and the floorplan at Kings place

Thank you for coming to fotoFringe on Wednesday and visiting us at the StockFood table.

As promised, we’ve selected one business card at random and the lucky winner will receive a free canvas print. With over 500,000 images on www.stockfood.co.uk to chose from, this is a great chance to add some colour to your home or office.

Drum roll please…..

…… and the winner is Emma Alexander of Marketing agency Billington Carmell.

A massive congratulations to Emma, and thank you to everyone who participated in the prize draw.