By Sharon Waxman

As a media entrepreneur along with being a lifelong reporter, I understand the frustration when someone rips off your work. When I was a cub reporter I used to hate it. And as a publisher of premium photography, it is always frustrating to see your carefully-created work reposted with no credit or compensation. Copyright is central to our future as we grapple with AI LLMS that scrape our content and give us nothing in return. 

But I also know when I’m being scammed.