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Copyright In Photographs In Canada Since 2012, Margaret Ann Wilkinson, Carolyn Soltau, Tierney Gb Deluzio
Copyright In Photographs In Canada Since 2012, Margaret Ann Wilkinson, Carolyn Soltau, Tierney Gb Deluzio
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Photographs perform a unique function because they capture moments in time and that capture is contemporaneous with the subject of the photo: “[a] writer doesn’t necessarily have to be there to produce a story. A photographer, on the other hand, must be at the event when the event happens.”
In 2012, the Copyright Modernization Act changed the Copyright Act in terms of application to photographs. This column will first discuss how copyright now applies to photographs in Canada (who owns copyright and how long it lasts) and then describe the new users’ right now available in respect of commissioned photographs.