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<blockquote data-quote="RickSawThat" data-source="post: 94670" data-attributes="member: 8289"><p>Here is what I found:</p><p><a href="http://www.wisegeek.com/how-do-i-copyright-a-photograph.htm" target="_blank">How Do I Copyright a Photograph?</a></p><p></p><p>In the United States, <a href="http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-copyright.htm" target="_blank">copyright</a> automatically attaches to almost every work, including photographs, the moment the work is created. The law automatically grants copyright privileges to the creator or author of any composition, work, or collection that is, in the words of the U.S. Copyright Act, “fixed in a tangible medium.” This language is widely interpreted to include both digital and hard copy photographs and negatives. Accordingly, there is nothing that a <a href="http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-a-photographer-do.htm" target="_blank">photographer</a> needs to do to copyright a photograph; once he takes it, the copyright in it attaches to him, at least in the United States. The U.S. <a href="http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-copyright-office.htm" target="_blank">Copyright Office</a> encourages formal registration, however, which is easily procured and can grant many more rights than an automatic copyright alone.</p><p>Registration acts as a way of verifying that the photograph is original, and that rights do, in fact, belong to the applicant. When a photograph is registered for copyright, a public record is made of its existence and its creator. If the photo is ever used by another person, or if someone else ever claims to be the rightful owner, the <a href="http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-required-for-copyright-registration.htm" target="_blank">copyright registration</a> is evidence that can be used in a copyright <a href="http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-infringement.htm" target="_blank">infringement</a> lawsuit. Registration also gives the registrant a chance to collect significantly more damages in an infringement suit than he could if the work were unregistered. Usually only the photographer or, in some cases, the photographer’s employer, can register to copyright a photograph.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RickSawThat, post: 94670, member: 8289"] Here is what I found: [url=http://www.wisegeek.com/how-do-i-copyright-a-photograph.htm]How Do I Copyright a Photograph?[/url] In the United States, [URL="http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-copyright.htm"]copyright[/URL] automatically attaches to almost every work, including photographs, the moment the work is created. The law automatically grants copyright privileges to the creator or author of any composition, work, or collection that is, in the words of the U.S. Copyright Act, “fixed in a tangible medium.” This language is widely interpreted to include both digital and hard copy photographs and negatives. Accordingly, there is nothing that a [URL="http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-a-photographer-do.htm"]photographer[/URL] needs to do to copyright a photograph; once he takes it, the copyright in it attaches to him, at least in the United States. The U.S. [URL="http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-copyright-office.htm"]Copyright Office[/URL] encourages formal registration, however, which is easily procured and can grant many more rights than an automatic copyright alone. Registration acts as a way of verifying that the photograph is original, and that rights do, in fact, belong to the applicant. When a photograph is registered for copyright, a public record is made of its existence and its creator. If the photo is ever used by another person, or if someone else ever claims to be the rightful owner, the [URL="http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-required-for-copyright-registration.htm"]copyright registration[/URL] is evidence that can be used in a copyright [URL="http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-infringement.htm"]infringement[/URL] lawsuit. Registration also gives the registrant a chance to collect significantly more damages in an infringement suit than he could if the work were unregistered. Usually only the photographer or, in some cases, the photographer’s employer, can register to copyright a photograph. [/QUOTE]
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