Following the copyright information posted a few weeks ago, I was asked the question regarding who owns the copyright on a commissioned work. Great question! This is what the Copyright Act of Canada says: Work made in the course of employment: Where the author of a work was in the employment of some other person [...]
A few days ago I was told a story about a painter who had entered a show and won, then it was later discovered that the image used for the award-winning painting was copied from a photograph taken by a professional photographer. That prompted further review of that artist’s work in which it was soon [...]
