photo rights

Picture usage authorization

Photo rights are the legal permissions governing how a photograph may be used, reproduced, or distributed.

These rights typically belong to the photographer unless transferred or licensed to others.

In publishing and media, securing photo rights means obtaining permission to use an image: We couldn't run the article until we cleared the photo rights.

The term covers both copyright ownership and usage licenses.

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ownership and control

photo rightspublic domain

Unprotected creative works

royalty-free · creative commons · open access · Creative Commons · copyleft

legal restriction

photo rightspublic domain

Unprotected creative works

uncopyrighted · open access · unlicensed · fair use · unauthorized use

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