The Professional Photographer's Legal Handbook

Nancy E. Wolff

Allworth Press, May 29, 2007 - Photography - 249 pages

Anyone who wants to make a living by licensing rights to pictures will benefit from this real-world guide to photography and the law. This accessible and entertaining volume takes readers through the nuances and subtleties of copyright, trademark, and the laws of privacy and publicity. With a look at cases, statutes, and news items from today’s headlines, Wolff covers the most timely and pressing legal matters confronting photographers and their representatives, including:

• Rights and licensing under copyright • Infringement • Protected trademarks • Photos on the Internet • Fair use • The public domain • First amendment considerations • The Digital Millennium Copyright Act • Moral rights

Written for non-lawyers, The Professional Photographer’s Legal Handbook is an essential tool for photographers, photo buyers, stock agents, picture researchers, reps, and other professionals in the field of photography.

About the author

Nancy E. Wolff, a practicing lawyer for more than twenty years, is a member of the entertainment law firm Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams, and Shepherd, where she specializes in intellectual property and new media law. A former trustee of the Copyright Society of USA, she lives in New York City.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Professional Photographer's Legal Handbook
• Author: Nancy E. Wolff
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Allworth Press, 2007
• ISBN: 1581154771, 9781581154771
• Length: 249 pages
• Subjects: Photography / General; Photography / Reference