Amy,

What you may want is a contract with the photographer that specifies 
that the project is a 'work for hire.' In such an arrangement, the 
organization contracting the imaging, not the photographer, becomes the 
'author' for copyright purposes.

This is not a typical arrangement in still photography, and the 
photographer may insist on some other arrangement, such as granting 
your organization permission to use/reproduce all or some of the images 
for some period of time (or in perpetuity) for certain specific 
purposes, but reserving (any/all) other uses for him/herself (as 
author).

-L.D.


On Wednesday, January 12, 2005, at 12:03  AM, MUSEUM-L automatic digest 
system wrote:

> Date:    Tue, 11 Jan 2005 09:17:33 -0500
> From:    Amy Friend <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: copyright release form
>
> A photographer is taking pictures of the paintings in our collection 
> for a
> catalogue.  He has agreed to transfer all copyright ownership to the 
> college
> so that we can use the photographs as we wish.  I would like to have 
> him sign
> a form to be kept on file.  Does anyone have a copyright release or 
> transfer
> form that they use for this purpose and would be willing to share?
> Sincerely,
> Amy Friend
>
> -- 
> Amy Friend
> Collections Curator/Registrar
> Beard Gallery
> Wheaton College
> 508-286-3319

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