The legal term that protects ownership of creative works and restrictions as to how those works may be used by others.
Questions tagged [copyright]
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How are copyright infringements verified when a photo is initially made in JPEG, not raw?
Suppose I make a photo and publish it and then find that someone else published it and claimed it's their photo. Or any similar situation - it doesn't matter. So one of the parties of such an argument decides to prove that they were indeed the…
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Should I be worried about ownership of photos taken on my camera by others?
If you are at a social event, such as a party, and someone wants borrows your camera to take a couple of photos (which will typically be of the photographer!), are you concerned about copyright issues?
(Ignore for a second the many other issues,…
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How do you detect when your photos are used without copyright permission?
How can you tell when your images are being used without your consent?
In other words, How can you find your images being used in the real world?
I imagine the most prolific medium using images irrespective of copyright would be the web, then print,…
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How can one sell prints yet be sure to retain commercial rights to the work?
A friend has offered to sell me prints of some of her photographs, and we were wondering if it would be wise (in principle) to have me sign something which commits me not to reproduce or resell the work as a condition of sale. She trusts me, but i…
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How do I credit a photographer that wishes to remain anonymous?
I have a picture taken by a friend of mine that I wish to use on a book cover. Normally, credit would be given to the photographer with a line on the copyright page of the book with all the other copyright information. This photographer has…
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Commercial use of photos of toys?
Recently I played around with some lighting and macro shooting of some of my (beat-up) Matchbox toy cars from the 1970's. The results were pleasing to my eye and I had visions of making my millions by selling these images.
The Matchbox brand is now…
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Who owns the copyright of a picture/video in which my car appears?
Let's say I am participating in a motorsports event, someone captures a photo/video of my car (and I am driving it) - can they use the photo/video without my permission? And also the other way round: Do I have to ask for permission of the same photo…
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Is this scenario considered copyright infringement?
I was taking some photos at a public market over the weekend. For my last photo, I stopped to make an image of a few vendors and the amazing neon light around their booths. One of the vendors was a photographer selling his photos. I was easily…
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use of my photographs infringing my copyrights?
an art instructor who charges for his courses is using one of my photographs in his class. all the students including himself have painted the photograph and he has posted his painting on his site. I did not give permission to any of these people to…
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Can I use an image of someone else's displayed-in-public branding without special permission?
I am currently re-designing a website for a large company that makes parts for planes, and want to use some images of the planes that the parts are made for.
I have some great imagery taken by one of our employees who is happy for it to be used,…
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Where to draw the copyright line?
Back in high school, our photo class did a lot of assignments molded after great works of the day (or at the least, famous images that we wanted to copy). For example, copying some of Edward Weston's fruit, attempting to portrait after a Rembrandt,…
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How do I transfer copyright ownership over multiple photos?
I'm wondering what the process is of transferring copyright ownership is. I ask because my wife and I have started a small photography business and are now getting questions regarding copyrights.
In our contract, right now we say basically we…
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Copyright when I ask a stranger to take a photo of me (in front of a landmark)
If I hand my camera to a stranger with the request to take a photo of me (such as tourists often do with a landmark in the background), who owns the copyright?
There is a mention in this answer that if you hand your camera over to a stranger to take…
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Photographer vs. client vs. agency — who owns the copyright?
I took several product pictures for a client that they made with a brand. The images were used for social media. No contract on my end with my client. That client worked for an agency but she owned all her clients. They separated ways and now the…
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Copyright Infringement?
So I have a buddy that works as a sales rep for a local beer company. Every weekend he attends some type of event with his beer company's beer in a booth. I tagged along to one of these events and took some photos. I gave him permission to post to…
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