> If you buy a painting from an artist, or a print from a photographer, can you turn around and scan that art and sell hundreds of copies? Usually not, you typi

> If you buy a painting from an artist, or a print from a photographer, can you turn around and scan that art and sell hundreds of copies? Usually not, you typically have purchased an individual copy of a work but not to make your own copies and redistribute. Depends on specific details and jurisdiction. Here, if someone commissions a work from an artist (instead of buying copy of their existing work), then transfer of copyright ownership to the buyer is implicitly a part of the agreement.