Three autochrome glass plates, shot by Edward Steichen, were recently donated to the George Eastman House collection in Rochester.

The images were owned by 96-year-old painter, Charlotte Albright, daughter of the woman on the plates. Her mother, Charlotte Spaulding, was a student of Steichen’s and, for a brief period, a photographer herself.

Legal minds are weighing in on the Stock Photo forum regarding the Curran suit against Getty, Amazon, et. al.

If a book cover is “editorial use” does Curran’s suit have merit? At least two intellectual property attorneys are weighing in.

One of the most difficult/frustrating assignments I give my journalism students each semester is the action shot. We pore over the best sports images from the various wire services in class and they leave ready to capture dogs, boyfriends, intramural athletes, little brothers and sorority sisters in mid-leap.

They return to class fully aware of a major shortcoming of point-and-shoot cameras: Shutter lag. That nasty three-second lapse between the time they depress the shutter button and instant the camera actually exposes the sensor.

For anyone contemplating their next digital point-and-shoot camera purchase, here’s an excellent article in today’s New York Times that explains that it’s not the shutter, really, it’s the processor.

So Getty Images sells a photograph of Erik Curran, a soldier, to St. Martin’s Press.

St. Martin’s Press publishes it on the cover of “Killer Elite”, a book about a super-secret U.S. Army Special Forces team. The book is currently selling on Amazon at $16.47. Curran files a suit naming Amazon and Getty Images (for starters) contending he did not grant permission for his photograph to be used.

No response yet from the folks at Getty, so I’m not going to assign blame just yet, but if Erik Curran didn’t sign a release, Getty’s gonna have to sign a check.

Note to Getty: See Russell Christoff v. Nestle USA.