Re: Photo booth copyrights

Although I have yet to address a case involving a photo booth, my instinct would be that the photo booth owner owns the copyrights, just as a photographer would own the copyrights in photos in a studio. This is a trick question in one regard, however, because the copyright owner would be essentially prohibited from using any of the copyrights it owns as a result of privacy laws, i.e., misappropriation of a person's photo for profit. I would think a court would extend this to include commercially indirect uses such as promotion and marketing.

Brock Shinen, Esq.

• Original Message ----- From: "Rich Stim" <rich[_at_]nolo.com> To: "CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property" <CNI-COPYRIGHT[_at_]cni.org> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 8:05 AM Subject: [CNI-(C)] Photo booth copyrights

> Who, if anyone, owns the copyright in an image created by a photo booth
> machine? The subject? The person who pays?
> Any thoughts are appreciated.
> Rich Stim
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