Originally posted by dugrant153 Ah that's right, the copyright now lies with the photographer in Canada.
I will have the release be between myself and the model and note who the client is.
Originally posted by Giklab Interesting.
It's actually a pretty good situation for the photographer. My biggest photography client requests a pretty exclusive and perpetual license, but when I told them how much it would cost for them to assert copyright on the images (a full buyout contract, which I've made prohibitively expensive), they balked and took the licensing agreement. Another client, from the US, provided me with their "standard contract" which included ownership of full copyright, and I pointed out that I live in and have my business in Canada. This led to more negotiations with their legal team, and eventually a very lucrative contract to include the full buyout. I don't relinquish copyright easily!