Registering Copyright for Your Photos: Why Timing Matters and How Group Registration Works
Why registering photos with the U.S. Copyright Office matters, the three-month window for statutory damages, group registration and fees.
Recording Better Audio for Video: Viewers Forgive Bad Footage, Not Bad Sound
Practical audio for small business video: choosing a lavalier, shotgun or USB mic, mic distance, quieting a room, setting levels and adding captions.
Product Photos With a Phone: A Window, a Sheet of Paper and a Few Rules
How to take clean product photos with a phone: window light, a white sweep, locked focus and exposure, consistent angles, and what marketplaces require.
Music in Your Videos: Licenses, Myths and What Happens on Social Platforms
Why a song has two copyrights, sync and master licenses, myths about short clips and credits, royalty-free and public domain music, business accounts.
Model and Property Releases: When You Need Permission for Photos of People and Places
When commercial photos of recognizable people need a model release, editorial exceptions, minors and staff, property and trademark issues.
Image Licenses Explained: Royalty-Free, Rights-Managed, Editorial and Creative Commons
What common image licenses allow, why royalty-free isn’t free, what editorial-only means, the Creative Commons licenses and CC0, and keeping records.
Drone Rules for Photographers: Part 107, Remote ID and Where You Can Fly
When drone photos count as commercial, getting an FAA Part 107 certificate, registration and Remote ID, flight limits and places that ban drones.
Someone Stole Your Photo: Finding It and Sending a DMCA Takedown Notice
How to find copies of your photos online, when to contact the user first, what a valid DMCA notice must include, counter-notices and other options.
Backing Up Photo and Video Files: The 3-2-1 Rule for Small Businesses
How to protect photos and video with the 3-2-1 backup rule, why cloud sync isn’t a backup, handling memory cards, verifying copies and testing restores.
AI-Generated Images and Copyright: What the Copyright Office and Courts Have Said
Why purely AI-generated images can’t be registered, which human contributions can be protected, the Thaler case and practical risks for businesses.