Re: Photo booth copyrights

In Canada this matter seems to be more straightforward. Under our current Copyright Act, the copyright in a photograph which has been "ordered by some other person [ie. other than the 'author' of the work] and was made for valuable consideration, and the consideration was paid in pursuance of that order" belongs to the person who commissioned the work, unless there is "any agreement [between the parties] to the contrary"  (Clause 13.2). As I see it, this means that the person paying the fee and pressing the button on the machine is the one "ordering" the work and hence is the owner.
All the best,
Bernard Katz, former Head, Special Collections and Library Development

                           McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph    and Chair, Ontario Library Association Copyright Task Force Received on Wed Dec 24 2003 - 01:00:04 GMT