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I am a photographer. i photograph wedding for studio. I am paid as a 1099 contractor. My quiestions is. I want to use some of the images that I take for self promotion, I do nt want to sell them just use them in my Porfoilo on a web page. Do I have the rights to the images or are they the studios? The key here is I don not intend to sell them. Jus use them. Thank You Tom Lee

Submitted: 315 days and 6 hours ago.
Category: Intellectual Property Law
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The main thing to consider is whether you signed any type of agreement that would

assign any copyrights to your employer.

 

If you are a normal employee, in general your work is considered the intellectual property of your employer (and employees sign an agreement to this effect). If you are an independent business (e.g. 1099), an agreement is needed to transfer copyright and/or patent rights from you to the company that is paying for the work. If they have a standard contract, see what it indicates about this. It may be convenient to tie transfer of the intellectual property rights to payment.

 

Absent any agreement to the contrary, the copyrights should be yours.

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