Geeze Tom, you think I don't do my research or something?
The following is a direct quote from the Canadian Copyright Act.
Be aware that Canada is signatory to both the WTO treaty and the
Treaty of Berne. If your country is signatory to both of those
conventions, your copyright act is probably similar.
"(2) Where, in the case of an engraving, photograph or portrait,
the plate or
other original was ordered by some other person and was made for
valuable
consideration in pursuance of that order, in the absence of any
agreement to the
contrary, the person by whom the plate or other original was
ordered shall be
the first owner of the copyright."
SO THERE!!!!!
William Robb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Rittenhouse" <
Subject: Re: Copyright law
> WRONG!!!!
>
> Work for hire is when you are an employee of the
> people who you are working for. As a simple rule of thumb,
> if they are not paying you wages and taking out taxes you
> are not doing work for hire. Short of a written agreement
> otherwise that is the only way they could prove you were
> doing work for hire. And even then photography would
> almost need to be part of your job discription.
>
> Other than that the only way you can give up your copyright
> is by signing an agreement to do so.
>
> Of course, outside the US the laws may be different, but
> most civilised countries are signaturies of the inter-
> national agreement.
>
> --Tom
>
>
>
> William Robb wrote:
> >
>
> > While I am not an international copyright expert, my
> > understanding of copyright law is that in a work for hire
> > situation (which means if you get paid to take the pictures
with
> > some sort of sitting fee), then the first owner of the
copyright
> > is the person paying for the work, unless you have a clause
in
> > your contract specifying otherwise.
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