Copyright

Copyright

• a law that protects original work from being reproduced
• copyright law is different in each country
• moral rights

Canadian Copyright Law

• is governed by the copyright act
• protects original literary, artistic, musical and dramatic works
• any substantial part of the work
• comes to existence automatically once something is created
• copyright is no longer in effect 50 years after the death of the creator, and the end of the year
• a photograph has a copyright effective for 50 years from the date it was created
• can assign, sell or license copyright
• limited license and copyright fee

Moral Rights

• author's right to be associated with the work by name, pseudonym, or to remain anonymous
• include the creator's right to the integrity of the work
• mutilated or modified
• remains with the creator, cannot assign to someone else, but can be waived
• must be in writing
• copyright should be identified
• don't need to register
• CARFAC (for artists)
• CARCC

For Photographers:

• work for hire, you do not own the copyright unless otherwise stated (Canadian copyright)
• if you aren't getting paid or weren't asked to do work, you own the copyright
• any work for someone else, paid or unpaid, the copyright belongs to them
• you need the © symbol on photographs
• countries are suppose to respect other countries copyright law

Sites

trytel
carcc
capic
copyright4clients
asmp