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Message: <blockquote data-quote="riverside" data-source="post: 171519" data-attributes="member: 14054">That's correct here and in most countries (the paparazzi industry would not exist without it). However, as a contractor I've found retention of rights is dependent on the job and sophistication of the company/individual paying the bill. Many companies explicitly retain all rights in the contract for product photography and product has many defintions. Also, I've known a couple of pros who did family/personal work for high profile individuals and in every instance rights were retained by the subjects, obviously dictated by business managers/ legal counsel. In the US, with more lawyers than the rest of the world combined, legal caution is the working definition of rights.</blockquote>