A major copyright reform bill came into effect today in Canada, granting photographers copyright of all of their photographs – regardless of whether they have been commissioned. Previously, copyright on photographs belonged to the commissioner of the images, not to the photographer, transferrable only by a written contract. One of the stated goals of the law is to ‘give photographers the same rights as other creators’. Click through for more details (via PetaPixel).
News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)