Generally, the person who creates a work is the owner of the copyright. Thus, independent artists, photographers and writers own the copyrights to their works. The only exceptions to this rule occur when a work is created by an employee as part of his or her job duties or when a work is created under a written ìwork-for-hireî agreement. For example, free-lance photographers own the copyrights to the images that they allow to newspapers or magazines to publish.

You do. You paid for it. They are your property although I store almost everyone's negatives here at the studio, in case you wish to make other prints at a later date. But of course, the Polaroid positives and negatives and DV cassettes will be returned immediately to you upon your request. You just have to ask. I hope this has answered many of your questions. Please feel free to contact the studio directly if you would like to discuss any of your ideas or simply to get more information. +1.212.

Not to turn this into a legal primer, but in a nutshell copyright is what says, "I created this image and have the exclusive right to produce, sell and distribute it". It is what keeps me in business so that I am able to serve my customers, and helps me work with you to determine the best way to get you the images and prints you want.

The Jourdan Agency or its contributors own the copyright in all material we supply. Editors are given exclusivity over the material they commission from us. Any requests to syndicate or licence the material are negotiated on a case-by-case basis.

You do. The submitter maintains the copyright to all of his or her submitted photographs on Worth1000. Worth1000 reserves the right to store, modify, and display all images uploaded to the site permanently, without restriction. We also reserve the right to use submitted entries for Worth1000-related promotions in the future (i.e. newspaper articles on us). Worth1000 acts as an aggregate copyright holder, with an interest in the collection and display of submitted images on our site.