How to identify the author of a photographic work?

The criteria for determining the author of a photographic work are as follows:

1. Under normal circumstances, if there is no evidence to the contrary, the person who owns the negative of a photographic work is the author.

Two, if the photographic work is published with a signature, the signatory is the author.

3. If the work is registered as the author, the person recorded in the work registration certificate issued by the copyright registration authority is the author.

legal ground

Article 42 of the Copyright Law stipulates that producers of audio and video recordings shall have the right to license others to copy, distribute, lease and disseminate their audio and video recordings to the public through information networks and receive remuneration; The protection period of the right is fifty years, ending at 65438+February 3 1 day in the fiftieth year after the first production of the product. The licensee shall also obtain the permission of the copyright owner and performer and pay remuneration for copying, distributing and disseminating audio-visual products to the public through the information network.