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‘Authorship’ and ‘Ownership’ of Copyright in a Photograph in India

ByVivek Kumar Verma

As photographers, we often tend to think that we are the owner of the photograph and we can post them anywhere. Sometimes, we do not even bother to ask the person for whom we clicked these photographs, or the persons who may be there in the frame. This is where we invite troubles and land…
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Difference between assigning and licensing a photograph

ByVivek Kumar Verma

When you assign your rights in a photograph for a valuable consideration (fee), that is a complete transfer where you do not retain any rights. On the other hand, when you license somebody to use your photograph, that is merely a permission to use your photograph in certain ways, for a certain period, within certain…