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When hiring a professional photographer, a license fee is paid which grants the client permission, as well as the non-exclusive and non-transferrable right to use digital copies of the original photographs for a specific period of time and for a specific use, otherwise known as “Usage Rights.” Similar to renting a hotel room or leasing an automobile, ownership does not change, however usage is granted to the client. 
 
BTW images retains the copyright (100 years, automatically renewed) to the photos, along with the right to pursue payment for any unlicensed usage of any kind. Damages as a result of this pursuit could be severe, including but not limited to a percentage of any profits if our photographic, or other work was used to sell a home or represent anything without our permission and grant of usage rights. 
 

Ownership: BTW images retains Ownership and Copyright of the Work and Rights to Use and sell the Work indefinitely, in all forms including and not limited to BTW images’ own Use for any personal or commercial portfolio, advertising, marketing, display and for resale in both print and digital media.

Photographic, or any other work produced by BTW images may not be given or transferred to another real estate agent, brokerage, or other party, including instances where a listing is lost or transferred between agents or brokerages. Usage rights must be transferred by BTW images away from the original user to the new user, for an additional fee payable by aforementioned new user. In short, nether photos, nor any other product created by BTW images “comes with” a listing. 
 
While the Internet makes digital transfer of media effortless, ease of action does not bypass usage rights, licensing, or copyright laws, nor does it give anyone rights to use copyright protected material for commercial or any other purposes without express permission and an appropriate fee paid thereof.
 

BTW images does understand the intended usage for Real Estate Photos is marketing in the MLS which propagates to other web sites and may become public domain.  BTW images reserves the right to pursue legal action and compensation if determined that the media is clearly misused beyond the agreed licensing.

BTW images does allow a copy of the photos to be provided to the home owner for their personal use.  Use of these photos by the home owner is limited to non-commercial and profit use and shall not be published in any form.

For Real Estate, the owner of the property releases all rights to the location by agreeing to have the property photographed.  For model and people photography not in a public location, BTW images will obtain model releases by all appearing in the video/image.

The above information also applies to other photographic and video services provided by BTW images.  BTW images retains the ownership over all media, and delivered products can be used solely by the client for marketing purposes as agreed to by the Client and BTW images.

BTW images does not permit alteration of our photos or video in any way other than change in resolution.

BTW images does require all published images in commercial publications to be credited to the company.