Copyright on Professional Portraits

originally submitted by Dan Young:

Enlarging a yearbook photo.

Stifled uses

Dan Young:

Several years ago, we wanted to have a yearbook picture of a friend enlarged for a surprise birthday party. Of course, the image was copyrighted by the photographer. This is obviously not the sort of intellectual property that copyright was originally intended to secure.

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