Some updates and related news. There is a lot in motion.
If your local folks don´t support your writers, designers, singers, those who create along the value chain, remind them of areas that acted already (like Australia) to save their business ecosystems from fraudent behaviour - saving jobs and keeping the good vibe. Solutions are there already. (tab the shell to get back to the top of this page)
• 04.2026 → GRAMMYS Recording Academy presents
cool NO FAKES Act against AI abuse.
• 04.2026 → Yay!
First musicvideo filmed by me hitting 500.000 views
(at zero budget): congratulations FANNIE! More on my PHOTOGRAPHY page here on this website
• 04.2026 → HOFNER GUITARS rescued!
Good news from the guitarmakers of Sir Paul McCartneys famous violinbass and Jimi Hendrix first electric guitar: Hofner
The company will continue to exist, tell a friend. Link to an article on the topic next to my VIDEO page next to my video with just that guitar from Jimi Hendrix :) Tell a friend since many guitar magazines still don´t have the news on their pages :) And since I met last year Amy Winehouse´s original guitarist (maybe you′ve seen the photo in my photography page): No, he didn´t played a Hofner BUT in the video of the BBC with him of Amy Winehouse performing at Glastonbury Festival 2007 "Tears dry on their own" is actually somebody else on stage playing one of these masterpieces too. To some they might look odd, to MANY they stand for countless good memories and for musicians for excellent handling. Maybe you put this song on today too - it´s time to dry the tears and enjoy good good liveperformers. And support excellent craftmansship.
• 03.2026 → famous Pinguin-Verlag (means Penguin publisher) sues Open AI / ChatGPT: Just remember you DO NOT own outputs of AI. Just like several successfully sued companies did not owned the data they needed to make their systems work and run at all. In the words of Germany´s digital publisher and newspaper publishers union: BDZV Bundesverband Digitalpublisher und Zeitungsverleger, external website
03.2026 → Wise U-TURN
UK artists and actors happy: UK ABANDONS former PLANS on AI "datamining". It is as forbidden as before due the existing laws
- a reaction to Sir Paul McCartney´s and Elton John´s statements all together with Dua Lipa a.m.m.
THEY HAVE NOW: SAFETY for artists as before. It was about time. Guardian article
• 10.2025 → COOL NEWS:
Australia puts SAFETY for designers and writers against AI "datamining" INTO LAW.
When will Germany follow saving benefits for our economy?. Solutions are here.
• 08.2025 → JOHN DEERE DAY OF CARING
TENS OF THOUSANDS of food donation bags for german FOOD BANKS of DIE TAFEL
since 2017 with my sunflower sticker for JOHN DEERE: They celebrated 10 years anniversary stepping in, bringing their teams AND the needy together. What about YOUR company? Do something good in your community. I put a link to a video about the JOHN DEERE Day of Caring into the PHOTOGRAPHY section of my page and an external link to a local newspaper article for you (you´re leaving the cookie free www sector if you click on it). I also layouted and illustrated the CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP GUIDEBOOK supported by them. Happy to see they care even more. CONGRATS & Respect to any JOHN DEERE teammember taking part. "Nothing runs like a Deere" - even for Good causes:)
• 03.2025 → one of the five language versions of the SOCIAL IMPACT NAVIGATOR designed and illustrated by yours truly just hit 150K copies:
Bookdesign milestone: 150.000 copies
of the german version of a book designed, layouted and illustrated by yours truly. There are also several language versions meanwhile. More on my ABOUT & AWARDS page
Entrepreneurs and companies worldwide invested in QUALITY DESIGN communicating their very individual expertise and products to the world. Support human creators and wise use of technology.
There are phantastic new opportunities, but not at the cost of flodding systems with unwanted slob and countless junk content. Not at the basis of stolen content that some AI "companies" are trying to monetarize.