Is it illegal for a photo studio to keep negative photos of customers privately?

Whether it is illegal for the photo studio to keep the negatives of the parties is mainly based on the previous contract agreement between the two parties.

Article 100 of China's General Principles of Civil Law stipulates that

"Citizens have the right to portrait, and their portraits may not be used for profit without their consent." It is not illegal for the studio to keep the negative of the client. If the photos of the parties are used for profit-making activities such as publicity without the consent of the parties, it will infringe on the portrait rights of consumers.

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"Last month, I just finished taking pictures of my 1 year-old baby in a children's photography agency. At that time, I said 800 yuan, recorded 15, and a * * * took hundreds of pictures. Later, when I chose photos, I watched the baby's cuteness, so I added a lot of pictures, one with 50 yuan, and I added more than 20 pictures, but the photo studio didn't. Ms. Guo said.

Ms. Guo, who just took a wedding photo in a wedding photography agency, holds the same attitude. She said, "Why didn't the studio give me photos? If the studio uses them for other purposes, it will be a controversial issue.

Lin li's husband, Xu Kun, was very angry with the studio: "I want all the negatives I took from the studio, and the studio won't give them." Say it's their copyright, how can the photos of my wife and I become their copyright, or we have to spend money to buy them back. To this end, I had a big fight with the staff of the studio. "

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