Slashdot (the Linux/techie website) has a running discussion going on professional photographers who retain the copyrights for weddings and other photographs. The discussion centers on whether photographers will give limited reproduction rights for electronic media, scans, disks, CDs, website, etc. Some do, most fo not. A lot of the users focus on the fact that newlyweds pay thousands of dollars for a photographer to take photos of THEM and then hold them hostage for reprints, etc. Why shouldn't this be "work for hire" where the buyer owns the work?
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/14/1455222&tid=187&tid=98&tid=4
Would you pay extra to have electronic copies of your professional photographs? Would you pay for the entire copyright or just limited reproductions? Are you a professional photographer and if so, what do you think?
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