Productivity Commission study on the parallel importation of books
Copyright Society seminar: The Year in Review
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FAQs from photographers
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- A client has not paid me. Who owns copyright in the photographs?
- A client owns copyright in a photograph and I own the negative. Do I have to give the client access to the negative so that they can make a copy?
- Can people scan and alter my photographs without my permission?
- Can proofs of wedding photographs I took be copied without my permission?
- Do I have a right to be attributed for my photographs – for example, if my photograph is reproduced in a magazine?
- Do I need permission from people I photograph?
- Do I need permission from the client who commissioned photographs before I can include them in my portfolio?
- Do I need permission to photograph a building?
- Do I need permission to photograph artworks displayed in public places?
- Does a purchaser of a print have an automatic right to make copies of it?
- Does copyright protect ideas for photographs?
- How do I prove that I am the copyright owner if there is no system of registration?
- I was commissioned to take a photograph for one commercial purpose, and I have recently seen the photograph reproduced in another context. Do I have any rights?
- Is my work protected overseas?
- Where do I register my copyright and how much does it cost?
- Who owns copyright in the altered photograph?
- Who owns the negatives of photographs I took for a client?