Understanding photography copyright law with Jamie Lieberman

Learn how to avoid copyright infringement when using stock photography with our guest Jamie Lieberman, owner and founder of Hashtag Legal. Jamie has been a practicing lawyer for 15 years. Today, she partners with clients across verticals including influencer marketing, creative services, and e-commerce.
Five things you’ll learn from this episode:
1. Understanding what a license to use a photo is
2. The pitfalls of using stock photography
3. How to create policies that prevent cease and desist letters surrounding stock photo photography
4. How to respond if you receive a cease and desist letter for using copyrighted photography
5. Best practices when using stock photography and other creative elements
Quotables
“If you’re asking someone to create work on your behalf, you also have to make sure you’re getting the rights to the work being done.” -Jamie Lieberman, @hashtaglegalllc
“It’s important to have an understanding not only of, ‘I just bought this stock photo and I’m going to use it,’ but also, ‘what does the license allow me to do?’” -Jamie Lieberman, @hashtaglegalllc
“If you get a cease and desist letter, the first piece of information and advice I have is don’t ignore it.” -Jamie Lieberman, @hashtaglegalllc
“The better you keep your records, the better chance you have to mitigate any copyright damages.” -Jamie Lieberman, @hashtaglegalllc
About Jamie Lieberman
Jamie Lieberman, owner and founder of Hashtag Legal, has been a practicing lawyer for 15 years. As an experienced entrepreneur, Jamie understands the unique needs of business owners at different stages in their organization’s growth. Today, she partners with clients across verticals including influencer marketing, creative services, and e-commerce. She has a deep commitment to making legal photography accessible and regularly speaks about legal matters, the art of negotiation, and entrepreneurial topics at leading industry events like Alt Summit, Podcast Movement, and FinCon and as an expert source for media like Digiday and Forbes. You can also catch her as a co-host on The FearLess Business Podcast.
Jamie’s contact info and resources:
Website: hashtag-legal.com/ontopofpr
Hashtag Legal’s Instagram: / hashtag_legal
Jamie’s LinkedIn: / jamie-lieberman-8618b54
Additional Resources:
Axia Public Relations: www.axiapr.com/
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About your host Jason Mudd
On Top of PR host, Jason Mudd, is a trusted adviser and dynamic strategist for some of America’s most admired brands and fastest-growing companies. Since 1994, he’s worked with American Airlines, Budweiser, Dave & Buster’s, H&R Block, Hilton, HP, Miller Lite, New York Life, Pizza Hut, Southern Comfort, and Verizon. He founded Axia Public Relations in July 2002. Forbes named Axia as one of America’s Best PR Agencies for 2021.

[@charlesreed5506]

Thank you very much for this!

[@gilemonx]

Agreed, Jamie is very impressive. Do you know if she can give advice outside the US?