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Welcome to Bildombudsmannen

Staffan Teste, Bildombudsmannen AB, works as Picture ombudsman for Nordic countries. If you have problem to receive money from a buyer we can help you. We are involved in infringements of pictures owned by small copyright owners to big rights holders and picture agencies. As long as you own the copyright we will help you.
     Since 1977 we have helped several hundred copyright owners to receive money from a few thousand crowns to half a million. During late 90-ties we helped 18 picture agencies to receive about one million crowns from a collecting society. We help copyright owners and picture buyers to write fair contracts. We have also helped models to receive what they should and helped people, who have been unlawfully used in advertising.
     Teste is also working for BLF the Swedish organisation for photo companies and agencies in Sweden, second largest organisation of that kind in Europe and a member of Cepic.
   Staffan Teste has experience in International law in his position as a former member of the board of the European Picture agency organisation Cepic. He has represent Cepic in the World Intellectual Organisation, WIPO and in EU-hearings.
     Companies outside Sweden use Bildombudsmannen to help them with their problems in the picture world. Bildombudsmannen represent members of Picscout www.picscout.com   on Nordic countries. Staffan Teste is member of an International law discussion group in Cepic. Every year lawyers from that group meet at Cepic conference in Europe.
     Send an email to teste@bildombudsmannen.se and tell us your problems. We work on a commission base after a small amount of introduction money. If it turned out to be impossible to solve your case it does not cost you anything more.

Apa fick ingen rätt till selfie

Den världsberömda bilden (apans selfie) kan inte vara ett verk av en apa. Apor har inte möjlighet till egen upphovsrätt, slår en federal domare fast i USA:s distriktdomstol.  People för the ethical treatment of Animals Inc hade stämt i apan Naruto, en Macaqueapa, :s namn att apan skulle ha egen upphovsrätt gentemot fotografen Davis John Slater, som försett apan med kamera och som hävdar rätt till foto. http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=92505854-241e-4025-8c11-6e610bb975ed se även http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/07/462245189/federal-judge-says-monkey-cant-own-copyright-to-his-selfie

Målet har nu överklagats vidare till högre instans.

Tidigare har US Copyright office föreskrivet att ett fotografi taget av en apa inte kan upphovsrättsregistreras i USA.

Fotografen Slater har upphovsrätt för bilden i Storbritannien som han anser bör gälla i hela världen.  En helt annan uppfattning har wikipedia som anser att bilden är utan skydd då ju inte fotografen Slater själv tagit bilden. Visa jurister anser dock att har man arrangerat bilden kan man inneha en rätt.

Frågan är dock om detta kan appliceras på denna apbild då apan snodde åt sig kameran själv och tog bilden. http://www.dagensmedia.se/medier/digitalt/apan-tog-en-selfie-nu-brakar-wikipedia-och-fotografen-om-rattigheterna-6100172

Tvisten går vidare och det återstår att se om fotografen Slater stämmer wikipedia.