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Is this always the case for photographers? If they are employed by a business and the pictures are taken for pay, wouldntthe company own them? Can you specify
by galangalalgol 4y ago
Is this always the case for photographers? If they are employed by a business and the pictures are taken for pay, wouldntthe company own them? Can you specify the same in a contract with a freelance photographer?
- hotpotamus 4y agoI don't really know all the legal ins and outs, but you are the artist of the pictures you take and you own the copyright. I'm sure you can work as an employee and you can always sell the copyright along with the work. It used to be back in the day that photos were taken on film, so photographers could retain the film and sell you prints or just give you the film so you could make whatever you wanted. I've mostly been out of the loop since those days, so I'm not sure what the conventions are like these days. The most interesting legal questions around this recently are regarding monkeys or other animals who take selfies, and whether they can own those works.
- nradov 4y ago"When a photograph is a work made for hire, the employer is the copyright owner, not the photographer." https://photocopyrightlaw.com/who-owns-the-copyright-to-a-work-made-for-hire/ https://photocopyrightlaw.com/who-owns-the-copyright-to-a-wo...