Is it infringement to shoot other people's photographic works for sale?

It is an infringement to shoot other people's photographic works and sell them. However, if the seller obtains the permission of the copyright owner and pays the corresponding fees, the above behavior does not constitute infringement. According to the relevant provisions of copyright in China, if an actor uses another person's work for profit without paying remuneration, it shall be regarded as infringement, and the infringer shall bear civil liabilities such as stopping the infringement, eliminating the influence, making an apology and compensating for the losses.

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/kloc-Article 20 of the Copyright Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), which came into effect on June 0.

The transfer of the ownership of the original work does not change the ownership of the copyright of the work, but the right to display the original art and photographic works is enjoyed by the original owner.

The author transfers the original ownership of unpublished artistic and photographic works to others, and the exhibition of the original works by the transferee does not constitute an infringement on the author's right to publish.

Article 52, paragraphs 1, 7 and 11

Anyone who commits one of the following acts of infringement shall, according to the circumstances, bear civil liabilities such as stopping the infringement, eliminating the influence, apologizing and compensating for the losses:

(seven) the use of another person's work, which should be paid but not paid;

(eleven) other acts of infringement of copyright and copyright-related rights.