Legal Question in Intellectual Property in Ohio
If a photographer goes out of business do they still have rights to pictures they have taken
Asked on 4/08/12, 6:44 am
2 Answer from Attorneys
Eric Willison
Eric Eastman Willison
Whenever a photographer takes a picture a common law copyright is established. However to enforce those rights the photographer must show actual damages. If the photographer has filed for a statutory copyright that he can get legal damages of up to 5000 dollars plus attorneys fees for each violation. If the photographer copyrighted the pictures in his own name then the fact that he went out of business will not affect his ability to enforce the copyright.
Answered on 4/14/12, 6:50 pm