Copyright Notice
All images containing a Carulli Studios, LLC copyright and/or a Joseph Carulli, Jr. copyright and/or all images on the Carulli Studios, LLC (www.carullistudios.com) web site are the exclusive property of Joseph Carulli, Jr. (Carulli Studios, LLC) and are protected under the United States and International Copyright laws.
The images may not be reproduced, copied, transmitted or manipulated without the written permission of Joseph Carulli, Jr. (Carulli Studios, LLC).
Use of any image as the basis for another photographic concept or illustration (digital, artist rendering or alike) is a violation of the United States and International Copyright laws.
©Carulli Studios, LLC 2008
Illegal to copy or scan without written permission.
PPA ID #5146282 800-786-6277.
Did You Know?
- Purchasing prints of a photograph, CD or DVD from a professional photographer or studio does not transfer the copyright of the photo to you, and the photo cannot be reproduced without a release from the photographer or studio.
- You can be personally liable for copyright infringement even if you did not intend to break the law. Good intentions are not a defense for copyright infringement.
- Copyright law protects photographs even if the photographer has not obtained a copyright registration and even if the photograph is published without a copyright notice.
- Copyright law gives a professional photographer certain exclusive rights, including the right to:
- Reprint the photograph
- Create modified images based upon the photograph
- Sell reprints of the photograph
- Display the image publicly
- Making a few changes to someone else's photograph does not remove copyright protection or make the modified photograph free for you to use.
- Just because a photograph is on the Internet does not mean it is in the public domain and free for you to use.
FAQs
When are photographs copyrighted?Images are copyrighted from the moment they are created.
Who owns the copyright?
The photographer.
Can you transfer a copyright?
In order to be considered valid, a copyright transfer must be done in writing.
My client claims that since they hired me, they own the rights to my photographs - is that true?
No. Your client is misinterpreting the legal term "work for hire." Work-for-hire status grants a company the copyright to a work created by one of its employees during the scope of his or her employment. Your clients are hiring you as an independent contractor, not an employee, so the work-for-hire claim does not apply.
