Copyright question?
Jan 5, 2014 01:00:27 #
Actually, the questions here are quite easy. Regardless of who actually owns the camera or memory cards, and lacking any express agreement/relationship to the contrary, the author/artist of the work owns the copyright. If two or more people jointly create the work, and lacking any express agreement/relationship to the contrary, they are co-owners of the work.
The agreement/relationship situations would be in the form of an employer/employee relationship, work for hire, commissioned/contractual work, or ownership transfer, and it has to be documented in the form of a written instrument signed by all parties for it to hold any weight in a court.
Of course, keep in mind, if the work isn't going to be registered, the whole question of "who owns it" is kind a pointless.
The agreement/relationship situations would be in the form of an employer/employee relationship, work for hire, commissioned/contractual work, or ownership transfer, and it has to be documented in the form of a written instrument signed by all parties for it to hold any weight in a court.
Of course, keep in mind, if the work isn't going to be registered, the whole question of "who owns it" is kind a pointless.
Jan 5, 2014 01:12:47 #
amehta wrote:
Note that LA-Shooter said "USUALLY". Your case is one of the exceptions, sort of.
Note that LA-Shooter said "USUALLY". Your case is one of the exceptions, sort of.
You are right "USUALLY" is the key word here.
Jan 5, 2014 01:16:12 #
amehta
Loc: Boston
Cameoblue wrote:
You are right "USUALLY" is the key word here.
The answer to almost any question, certainly in photography, starts with "it depends...". :-)
Jan 6, 2014 22:04:18 #
Los-Angeles-Shooter
Loc: Los Angeles
Cameoblue wrote:
Imagine this, a photographer, sets up his camera a... (show quote)
You are getting into tricky and exotic hypotheticals. If you want an even more exotic hypothetical, consider a wildlife photographer who sets up a camera near a salt block, with a light beam or pressure plate trigger. Deer comes along, triggers the camera, the photo is taken. Does Bambi have copyright in the photo? After all, Bambi "took" the photo.
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