Digital Railroad (DRR) has announced it is suspending operations and members of the service may only have 24 hours to access their images.  Members were greeted with a notice of the closing earlier today when they logged on to their account according to News Photographer. There is much speculation in the industry that Photoshelter may attempt [...]

For several weeks, the news about Digital Railroad has been bad. First there were the staff reductions and changes in management and then a recent e-mail stating that the company was not having any luck finding additional funding to keep them functioning at their previous level. The e-mail stated that: effective October 15, 2008, the company [...]

The leadership of the Senate pulled a fast one when they “hotlined” Senate Bill 2913 or known to us as the Shawn Bentley Orphan Works bill. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) pushed this bill through with an amendment that opens the door for the House of Representatives to act and make this law.  I had seen [...]