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Wedding Photos. Bobby took a number of wedding photos at Jill's wedding. He was paid as the photographer. On all of the photographs, he appropriately noted in the bottom right corner the necessary information showing that he was claiming copyright protection. Jill came to see Bobby three years after the initial photographs were taken and requested that he grant her permission to make as many copies as she wanted at the local photoshop from the pictures that she initially purchased. The photoshop had refused to reproduce the photographs without his permission. When he refused to give her permission to do so, Jill started a heated argument. She told Bobby that photographs are not entitled to copyright protection. She also told him that even if he was correct that there was some copyright protection, she was engaged in fair use, and in any event, damages for copyright infringement are unavailable. Which of the following is correct regarding Jill's claim that photographs are not subject to copyright protection?
a. She is correct. Photographs are not subject to copyright protection even if taken by a professional photographer.
b. She is correct but only because family pictures are involved. Family pictures may not be the subject of copyright, but landscape photographs may be the subject of copyright protection.
c. She is partially correct. Bobby was entitled to copyright protection in the first picture. After Jill purchased the first picture, however, she could make as many copies as she wanted.
d. She is correct only because Bobby had not registered the photographs for copyright protection.
e. She is incorrect. Photographs may be the subject of copyright protection.

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Answer:

C- She is partially correct. Bobby was entitled to copyright protection in the first picture. After Jill purchased the first picture, however, she could make as many copies as she wanted.

Explanation:

Under the Federal Copyright Act of 1976, photographs are protected by copyright from the moment of creation. According to the U.S. Copyright Office, the owner of the “work” is generally the photographer or, in certain situations, the employer of the photographer.

Since she employed bobby, then she can make as many copies as she want.