123 15 complained that the photo studio did not give negatives.

1. Is it illegal for a photo studio not to give negatives?

It is illegal for a guest to take photos in a photo studio without sending negatives. Whether it is a wedding photo or the original negative, the studio should deliver it to consumers unconditionally.

It is against the principle of honesty, trustworthiness, fairness and justice that the studio does not take negative films, which belongs to the "overlord clause". Even if the consumer signs the agreement, it cannot change its essence. In this case, consumers can call the hotline 123 15 to make a complaint. For negatives, if the studio can't save or destroy the customer's portrait without the customer's consent, it should give it to the customer, and no additional negative fee should be charged. Copyright ownership of photo negatives. Portrait photography, like other photographic works, is "an artistic work that records the images of objective objects on photosensitive materials with the help of instruments" and should be a copyrighted work. The photo studio takes photos for customers, in fact, it is entrusted by customers to create photographic works.

Article 17 of China's Copyright Law stipulates that the copyright of commissioned works belongs to the trustee. According to custom, there is generally no agreement on copyright ownership between photo studios and customers in China, so the author of photos taken by photo studios naturally belongs to the trustee, that is, the consumer.