Legal Question in Business Law in New Jersey
photo rights
i worked for a company designing, fabricating and installing mirrors and shower doors, i took photos of my completed work. i cropped and enhanced the pictures on my computer and put it on my webpage, at the same time i put the pictures on the company computer as a selling tool for the boss. i no longer work for him and he says i can't use the pictures cause they were jobs done while working for him. does he have any legal ground to stand on when they ae no longer examples of his company's work, but my work?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: photo rights
On the facts as you describe them, your former employer is the owner of any copyright in the works. Under the Works Made For Hire doctrine, the employer is deemed to be the owner or the copyright in any works created by an employee within the scope of their employement. (Different terms apply to independent contractors.) As the copyright owner, the employer has the exclusive right to publish the work and ean prevent others such as you from doing so.
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