Re: Some advice requested for a minor

Being a minor does not affect your ownership of the copyrights, only the disposition of them. The two things that I would recommend to a young photographer contemplating a creative career are to (1) save all your work even if it seems unimportant now and (2) get into the habit of registering your works. Registering photographs is not difficult and for all practical purposes an unlimited number of works can be registered with a single application costing $30. There are several good places to obtain information about registration, on of them being the U.S. Copyright Office website at www.copyright.gov.

Bert P. Krages
Attorney at Law
6665 S.W. Hampton Street, Suite 200
Portland, Oregon 97223
<http://www.krages.com/bpkphoto.htm>

Author of:
Legal Handbook for Photographers: The Rights and Liabilities of Making Images
<http://www.krages.com/lhp.htm>

Photography: The Art of Composition
<http://www.krages.com/pac.htm>

Heavenly Bodies: The Photographer's Guide to Astrophotography
<http://www.krages.com/hb.htm>
Received on Sat Nov 19 2005 - 01:15:01 GMT