AMA News: June 2024 Newsletter
01. AMA Town Hall - AI Discussion
Today - June 18th | 4PM ET / 1PM PT
The AMA recognizes and shares our membership’s and community’s concern over recent and alarming trends in the AI space; specifically regarding the new and evolving regulations at Adobe and Meta.These developments have raised serious unease given the significant implications they pose for our community; particularly for our artists. We are hosting a town hall next week to come together as a community and discuss actionable next steps needed to address these concerns.
The AMA Board will be joined by attorneys Doug Roy of Cypress and Emilie Pitts of Esther Grace Law.
The AMA is committed to being a prominent voice in this conversation and are taking the following steps:
- Consulting our legal counsel for advice on how to best protect the rights of our artists
- Actively connecting with other organizations in our community to determine how to best combine our efforts and explore options to ensure our voices are heard
- Researching lobbying opportunities with the goal of influencing National legislation to safeguard our community
For reference prior to the town hall, here are recent articles on the subject that can be helpful to understand the current situation:
Mashable Article regarding Adobe’s New Terms and Conditions
NYT Article Regarding Meta’s Plans to Scrape Images for AI
Additionally, we encourage you to talk to your own legal counsel and update your Terms and Conditions to prevent your artists’ imagery being used to train AI models. This is a crucial part of the process and should be discussed with your clients. The AMA website shares sample Terms and Conditions for you to reference.
Please invite anyone in your network, including your artists, to this crucial discussion. Together, we can make a difference and advocate for the rights of our community.
02. Happy Hour at Pier59 Studios
Join us for our upcoming NYC Happy Hour co-hosted by Pier59 Studios!
Mark your calendars for a special Happy Hour on Tuesday, June 25th at 6PM. Pier59 Studios is graciously providing a selection of white and red wine, as well as a specialty cocktail for the first hour of the evening. A cash bar will also be available.
Pier 59 Studios
59 Chelsea Piers
We will need an accurate headcount for this happy hour, so please be sure to RSVP at the link below.
We hope to see you there!
03. Copyright Webinar
Copyright: Valuing Your Work - A conversation about why copyright is important and how to retain rights to your work
Wednesday, June 26th at 2PM ET / 11AM PT
Join us for our next webinar discussing essential information around copyright and how to best protect your artists' work!
Panelists:
Joe Naylor - Founder & CEO, ImageRights
Juliette Wolf-Robin - National Executive Director of American Photographic Artists
Shelly Waldman - Photographer
This discussion will delve into the importance of copyright and the best practices for protecting your retaining rights.
This webinar will be particularly informative for photography representatives who want to both champion usage for their artists and unrepresented artists, as well as, artists, clients and producers.
Topics We'll Discuss include:
- Importance of copyright – Why do we charge for it?
- How to value copyright – Guidance for setting usage fees
- Retaining promotional rights
- Importance of the artist registering images with the copyright office
- Working alongside broadcast – How to educate production companies who are not familiar with usage fees
- Review terms in agency contracts and what they mean in regards to usage and self promotion
04. Happy Hour - LA
Join us for our upcoming Happy Hour in LA!
Mark your calendars for our next gathering on Thursday, June 20th at 6PM. We're excited to expand our happy hours and encourage you to invite your clients and potential new members to join us.
Street parking is available on surrounding streets and $10 Valet is available after 5PM. Rideshares should pickup/drop off on 8th Street.
All Seasons Brewing Company
800 S La Brea Ave
05. Collective Webinar - Thank You
Thank you for joining us last week for the Collective Webinar: LLC vs S Corp: Which one is best for Artists!
In case you missed it—last week, AMA partner Collective hosted a webinar to help artists learn the secret to tax savings for: the S Corp. With years of experience working in the tax industry and an expert in self-employed tax and business structures, Collective’s Luke Robinson covered the basics of self-employed taxes and how an S Corp could lower your tax bill.
If you'd like to watch the webinar, we have the recording available to view in our Webinar Archive.
