Paula Deen’s entire career is based on this simple yet accurate principle.

Nah, you’ve heard what the Right’s been saying all along. It’s now mandatory. All straight marriages are hereby voided, and everyone has 60 days to find a person of the same sex to marry. The Gay Agenda is at last complete!

...and I still think the right to dance on a float wearing an orange Speedo while on molly is a GOOD thing.

Except this doesn’t address anything at all though. Credit is great, but you can’t pay your bills with “exposure.” Jason Sheldon is pointing out that she’s using the freelancers’ photos in perpetuity without payment. Credit is great, but a cheque (and credit) is better.

you can totally eat that credit, or use it to pay rent, though, right? :)

That’s great for kids at the show, but for professionals who get paid, that’s not the answer. Rights to re-use are negotiated in the contracts and have a $$$$ attached to them. However, it seems like this is a end run method to not pay professionals, versus “give credit” to fan snaps.

Amen and she can also eat a bag of dicks for acting like she knows anything about gay rights.

Still not on her side. I mean it does suck that Adam Sandler sucks, no shit. But did anyone else see her interview with Rich on Gawker yesterday? Fuck Rose McGowan.

First the flag in SC, and now Palin on Fox. What’s next for us liberals? Equal pay for us women? Marriage for all? It’s only Wednesday; I bet conservatives can’t wait for this week to be over.

Oh girl, do not even get me started on the bands that give 10 fans “media passes” so they can shoot in the pit. They come storming in with a Go-Pro on a selfie stick, a point-and-shoot with flash, messing up our shots, not understanding pit etiquette, etc. Because it isn’t crazy enough trying to get your shots within…

I shoot concert photography, and I completely agree. I don’t think it would be right for me to take photos that I shoot, either on behalf of the artist or a publication, for personal profit or for sale without their permission, or use outside of the reason I’m there to shoot. That said, I also don’t think it is right…

Apple said the same thing but Taylor forced them to reconsider in the name of ‘artists’ rights.’ In order to not look hypocritical, she should offer the same consideration to her photographers.

The photographer does not have the right to resell her/his images without the consent of the photo’s content

Kate - thanks so much for this! It’s definitely appreciated. Hypocrisy isn’t cute on anyone, not even T Swift.

I’m a concert photographer. I don’t shoot portraits of musicians, however. There’s a difference and maybe you weren’t aware of that. When I’m hired to shoot on behalf of a publication, I’m sometimes paid up front by them for a catalog of images that are exclusive to that publication. The artist’s PR team has approved…

Love me some Taylor Swift, but her whole criticism of Apple and Spotify comes across as a bit disingenuous to me. She’s trying to position it as support for the “little people” and “indie artists” but really anyone with a brain should be able to discern that she’s doing it for her bottom line first and foremost. This…

Can we please acknowledge the ACTUAL OITNB J Bieber doppelgänger

This joke has actually been around for years starting during the “lesbians that look like Justin Bieber” thing so you have to imagine it with a much younger bieber.

I’ve seen this trope several times today where people say that RR and the Beibs look the same and I really don’t get it. Ruby is incredibly striking. Beibs looks like a generic baby-faced douche who smells of clearasil, Fritos, and Axe Body Spray.