the artist is not actually given copyright, but the person who paid the artist is given the copyright. This is only true if it is written in a contract. In gen

the artist is not actually given copyright, but the person who paid the artist is given the copyright. This is only true if it is written in a contract. In general, the artist keeps the copyright. Photography is the same way: Photography studios own the copyright to wedding pictures, school pictures, family portraits, sports functions, and the like. If you pay a photographer to take a family picture, you have to get permission to use that picture for a greeting card unless you've signed a form giving that permission to you. Similar rules apply if I sell some artwork that wasn't commissioned. Someone else might own the original, but only I can make prints and post a picture where I choose. Unless, that is, we have a contract that says otherwise.