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Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) Bulletin from our club president. On 7 October 2023 we were presented with a claim for monetary damages from a well-established and reputable German-headquartered company that specializes in obtaining compensation from intellectual property theft (e.g. copyright infringements) because of the actions of an ipernity member. He is now a past member because his account was promptly deleted along with the image that had been uploaded without the photog…

For other languages: ipernity members may use the integrated translator at the end of this article. (Visitors: Please use DeepL Translator or install an add-on that suits your browser.) Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) Copyright violations have again becom…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! Recently it was brought to our attention that uploading of music clips violated copyright laws. While German copyright laws are very strict and consist of no “fair use” doctrine, the copyright laws of most of the world do permit this doctrine for educational and non-commercial purposes. Typically regarding music, clips of 15 to 30 seconds are considered the standard of fair use. On the other hand, the German Federal Constitutional Court has a…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) Lately there has been a proliferation of copyrighted third party content presented as own creation. Please be reminded, the Terms of Service prohibit the use of content that violates copyright protections. To protect the best interests of our website and photographers, IMA reserves the right to delete content found to be in violation of copyright laws with or without prior notice. To avoid this inconvenience or embarrassment we strongly rec…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) Seasonally fitting we welcome the visitors of our homepage from today with the Easter pictures you provided. We thank you for your involvement! 2) This Sunday , March 31, 2019, 17:00 CEST, the Ipernity General Assembly (IGA2019) will take place. The converted start time depending on the time zone in which you live can be found here: IGA Starting Time International IGA2019 Countdown 3) 40 club members have correc…