Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:33 AM 4/26/00 -0400, you wrote: >Now, if the photographer did the work for reduced rate, or on his/her own, >then it's a different story. But being paid for a job, the person paying >you for the job, I believe, owns the work they paid you to do. This is work for hire. If you work for an agency or publication and they give you a regular salary and pay for all of your benefits, then any work you do belongs to them. Most photographers do not work this way. I retain the copyright to all of my photographs and expect to receive compensation any time they are used or re-used. My contracts specifically say that I do not do "work for hire" even for assignment work. Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com