on 14/10/03 1:30 pm, Shangara Singh wrote:
> > If you are an employee with all the benefits that go with it, like hols, > sick leave, a salary, pension, etc, and you use the employer's camera > equipment, his stock and shoot in his time, then of course he owns the > copyright. That much is understood and accepted, much as I dislike it - it would be much more beneficial for me personally if I owned the copyright to all the shots I produce daily, but being an employee I accept that I don't in return for the benefits you list. Where it becomes more difficult is when there are freelance photographers shooting alongside the employees in our studio, with our equipment, on our film, processed on our machine, or on our computers if digital (he said trying to bring it back into list guidelines:-) ). Ian maintains that unless agreed up front, that copyright belongs to the freelancers. Now if Ian is correct that has serious implications for studios like us (of which there are many, some on this list). I'm not a legal expert, so if anyone who is would like to comment.... Steve =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
