Do consumers still need to buy copyright when taking photos in the studio?

Of course, the copyright of the photo belongs to the photographer.

Otherwise, can we say that the photos of Tiananmen Square belong to Tiananmen Square?

China's relevant laws and regulations are not perfect, so some boundaries are still vague.

The charging standard of American photography industry is that the fees paid by customers (whether the photographer or the photo agency) are linked to the number of times the photos are used, usually once. That is to say, even if the customer gets the negative, if he prints it next time, he will have to pay the copyright fee (except for one-time buyout of copyright and written authorization by the author).

If the customer prints privately without the photographer's consent, the photographer has the right to obtain compensation through legal channels once he has a factual basis. Although few people do this, this is the concept of intellectual property protection.

The Spring Festival Evening uses a photo as the background of the program without the author's consent. Results The original author claimed 6,543,800 yuan from CCTV Spring Festival Evening Program Group. The result is unknown, but it is enough to show that the photographer owns the absolute copyright of the work.