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Small claims court for copyright cases
As county courts don't deal with copyright infringement cases, a report has been published recommending the implementation of a more affordable court system for individuals and small businesses to use.
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AOP Condemn Environment Agency over free photography database plans
The Environment Agency have put out a call for amateurs and students to contact them to be part of their database to provide free photography.
Sharp practices like this undermine the professional photographic industry as a whole. Nobody should be asked to work for nothing, the "What's in it for you?" is meaningless and the fact that this is a Government department makes it all the more appalling:
The BJP have run the following article:
http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=872792
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Mass Photo Gathering in Defence of Street Photography
 Mass Photo Gathering in Defence of Street Photography
12 Noon. 23 January.
Trafalgar Square.
Stop-and-search powers, under the Terrorism Act 2000, without grounds for suspicion has been ruled as illegal by the European Court of Human Rights. The Court ruled that the legislation ‘..had not been curbed by adequate legal safeguards so as to offer the individual adequate protection against arbitrary interference’....
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Portfolio & Networking Event - Bristol
The AOP have teamed up with Bristol Media for a portfolio and net-working event to take place at the Paintworks, Bristol, Thursday March 4th from 3pm-8pm.
Representatives from some of the top creative media companies based in the South West region will be invited to attend. You'll have the opportunity to present and discuss your portfolio with top commissioners of photography in a relaxed and informal atmosphere.
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Photographers Awards 2010 Call for Entries
 Photographers Awards 2010
The Call for Entries has been launched for the 2010 Photographers Awards – the most prestigious and highly-respected competition for professional photographers.
This year we have changed the structure of the categories to provide a fresh approach to familiar areas, and we have introduced new categories to keep pace with changing technology and to show the relevance of great photography in our industry. There is a new on-line entry system to simplify and modernise the whole submissions process and we have reduced the cost of entry from last year.
Entries can be submitted online from 8th February. To enter the competition you must be a Full or Provisional Member of the AOP (click here for info on how to join); plus this year we have also included a non-member category that is open to commissioners of photography in Advertising, Design and Publishing.
There are a lot of photography competitions out there but the AOP Photographers Awards is still the original and the best, so if you want to be involved, click here for Call for Entries info and get ready for this year’s Awards!
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Stop and Search - Grant Smith
Stop and Search
Grant Smith, a former Chairman of the Association, was briefly detained by the police whilst photographing a church in central London on 8th December 2009. His encounter was recorded in both the BJP and the Guardian.
To read the Guardan article, click here
To read the BJP article, click here
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