Pro Photo Daily’s Weekend Update: myths and realities of fair use, Kickstarter’s underwhelming success rate, war photog Paul Schutzer’s final images, and more

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written by David Schonauer

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Pogue’s “Best Pocket Camera Ever Made” Is Sony’s RX100

Early in June, New York Times gadget columnist David Pogue began gushing over a mystery camera that would change the world. Now we know which one he meant. PetaPixel

 

The Myths and Realities of Fair Use

Copyright law is also meant to protect the free dissemination of information and culture. techdirt

Ritz Camera Files for Bankruptcy…Again

This time, the photo retail chain is leaving some big-name investors on the hook. The Washington Post

The 10 Highest-Paid Models, 2012 Edition

Tom Brady’s wife, Gisele Bundchen, tops Forbes’s list again by earning $45 million. StyleCasterNews

Less Than 32 Percent of Kickstarter Publishing Projects Get Funded

And other revealing statistics from the crowd-sourcing website. GALLEYCAT

Shooting Nature: Cameras Gain as Guns Slump

A new study shows that more Americans are interacting with nature using a different kind of firepower. WIRED

Court Ruling Upends Megaupload Case

The American government’s bid to extradite copyright infringement king Kim Dotcom to the United States was dealt a body blow. WIRED

A War Photographer’s Final Pictures

Photographer Paul Schutzer died in June 1967, on the first day of the Six Days War. His camera was found next to his body, and 45 years later LIFE.com publishes his final pictures. LIFE.com

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