So sorry, but our book sold out of two printings and Barnes and Noble who owns Sterling and Lark is divesting itself of it’s Lark photography books. So it’s no longer available here.
So look for our eBook version something this year. We’re working on a revised and expanded version. Yippee.
You can still find copies on Amazon and eBay, but it now sometimes sells for more than it’s list price of $24.95.

Now more than ever, anyone who wants to make money with a digital camera needs this authoritative and approachable guide. Written by the former president of the Professional Photographers of America, and a leading New York copyright attorney, it provides photographers and visual artists with the most authoritative legal advice available. Everything is covered, from contracts, subcontracts, releases, and permissions to the copyright laws and all the steps artists should take to register and protect their work. Find out how to use copyright to protect your work from infringement, insure you are properly paid for your work, and how to proceed if your rights are infringed upon.



#1 by James Lynch on January 15, 2010 - 12:45 pm
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My 15 year old son and I thoroughly enjoyed Jack’s lecture last night at the CDIA at BU. We were both inspired to do better work. I am looking forward to buying a copy of this book. Thanks.
#2 by Daemon King on January 19, 2010 - 4:09 pm
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I would like to ask if I may get permission to use the jpeg image from your website at http://thecopyrightzone.com for my article on the Examiner.com. Below is the text that will be in my article.
The Copyright Zone
A new blog by commercial photographer, Jack Reznicki and copyright lawyer, Edward Greenberg began December 19, 2009. They created the blog to reflect their article in Photoshop User Magazine also called the Copyright Zone. Pegged as a survival guide for photographers, musicians, artists and the confused, the first articles feature commentary on the changes that new technology have made to photojournalism and live music.
Look for their book coming out in June 2010 titled Photographer’s Survival Guide.
#3 by admin on January 21, 2010 - 10:28 am
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Sure, go for it.
#4 by Phil on May 4, 2010 - 11:04 pm
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Is there going to be an e-book version?
#5 by admin on May 5, 2010 - 1:44 am
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Not that we know of at this point, but not 100% sure.
We’ll ask our publisher and get back to you if there is one.
#6 by Michael Corbin on August 28, 2011 - 5:03 pm
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Since you both will be at PS World, I trust you’ll have copies of this book available for purchase? Either way, I will see you there!
#7 by Jack and Ed on August 28, 2011 - 8:49 pm
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Yes, we will have some books with us.
#8 by Edward C. Greenberg on September 13, 2011 - 8:21 pm
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We are pleased to report that we sold several cases – our entire stock – of books at PhotoShop World. For the immediate future we will be unable to ship any books. Amazon and Barnes & Noble have it in stock at this time.
Ed & Jack
#9 by Osceola Refetoff on November 4, 2011 - 5:48 pm
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Great book. Thanks for all the useful info. Highly recommended.
I would like to reproduce the Terms & Conditions fine print from your sample contract for the reverse side of my licensing contract. Would it be OK to adapt the basic text, and do you have any plans to make the text in the book available as a text file. Thank you!
#10 by Bryan Sampsel on December 29, 2011 - 1:25 pm
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I tore through the book. It was much better written and more practical than anything else I’ve ever seen…and has me re-thinking some things I’d misunderstood.
I, too, was wondering if you were planning on making available the template files of the T&C, releases, etc. It would save me from messing up when I hand-jam the very legalese you advise.
Thank you for writing this book. Well worth the money to buy and time to read.
If you do an e-book format, I’d recommend either e-pub, an industry standard format, or the PDF format through an outfit like rpg.drivethrustuff.com.
#11 by Teresa Westman on January 11, 2012 - 1:37 pm
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Hi Ed and Jack -
I, too, am wondering if there is an electronic file that I can download with all of your legal document examples. I just got your book, which is just what I need – I’m just getting started and want to do it right from the beginning. I was thinking of scanning the pages in the book, but, as the previous poster mentioned, I can see that this might produce more error than electronically downloading.
Thanks – you guys have already been a great help!
#12 by terrellcwoods on July 20, 2012 - 1:39 am
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I tried to email you at info@thecopyrightzone.com but it was kicked back
I would like to purchase your book for a young photographer in another
state. Is it possible that you also sign it to her? I told her parents
about how this book would go a long way in helping them all to better
understand copyright, registration etc.
Thank you
terrellcwoods
#13 by Jack and Ed on August 1, 2012 - 8:20 pm
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Hey Terrell,
If you still want a book, you can send me an email directly at jack@photonews.net
Ed and I have to sell our books at retail, $24.95 plus $5 cost to send it priority mail. We both sign it for .05 cents which brings it up to $30 even.
If you want to save a few bucks, Amazon sells it for about $14.
#14 by Bret Farris on November 24, 2012 - 12:15 am
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Hi Guys! Love the book. I’m getting ready to do my first upload of images to the Copyright Office but, I have a question. Over the last year I have shared some of my travel images on Facebook, Google+, Pixoto; in other words I’ve “published” them. However, I did not register them yet. In the book you talk about the fact that you have to registered published works separately. Since most of what I’ve published is outside of the 90 day grace period, do I still need to register them as published? Or is it OK if I just include them in with all the others I’m going to register at the same time.
None of them have been infringed upon, and probably won’t be since they are not very good (I just got my first DSLR a year ago). I’m most concerned about making sure I get all future photos registered but, want to make sure I don’t break any laws or something by registering already published works in with the unpublished ones. I realize that it would make the registration effective on the same day but, since I’ve already missed the deadline… What do you think?
Thanks again for a great read and Awesome Advice in the book!
#15 by Jack and Ed on November 24, 2012 - 10:24 am
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Bret, You can not register published and unpublished images. There is no exception. Mixing teh two in a registration can cause the registration to be voided by a judge. The question though is how you showed them online. Was it to a fixed group or was it open to anyone? If a fixed group, that may be considered not published. Your best bet, so there is no question, is to do two registrations, one of unpublished images and one of published work. In the future, if you register before publishing as unpublished, you will be fully protected when they are published.
#16 by Bret Farris on November 24, 2012 - 1:52 pm
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Thanks! It adds a little extra work but, I guess that’s the price of not knowing it all before you do it. :) I remember you mentioned on TWIP that you can now register multiple published images together now in a beta program. Is that open to everyone? Or just a select few?
#17 by David G. Yocum on January 23, 2013 - 12:15 am
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Do you know what the final disposition of Daniel Schrock v. Learning Curve International, Inc. 7th Cir. 08-1296 was? I saw that it was reversed but I couldn’t find anything else about it.
I shoot artwork for painters and sculptures and would like to know where the law stands on the photo’s I take.
#18 by Chris S on January 29, 2013 - 10:23 am
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I have the printed version – but I am looking for a digital version that I can put on my iPad. I reference the book all the time in my workshops – but it would be much better (for me and you) if I had a copy on my iPad that I could put in the hands of participants.
Please send me a link where I can purchase it…
#19 by Jack and Ed on January 29, 2013 - 10:31 am
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No digital version at this point. Ed and I are talking about doing one so we can add and update the book. It wouldn’t be very soon, but stay tuned.
#20 by Carol Klein on May 6, 2013 - 2:14 pm
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In your book, you describe how to create a Photoshop action to prepare images to upload. I will be using Lightroom to do this. Do you have any recommendations for the image quality and the limit file size settings? Thanks
#21 by Jack and Ed on May 6, 2013 - 8:05 pm
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Hi Carol,
Easy enough. JPEG compression of 50, 72 PPI, 600 to 700 pixels on the longest side. Set it up as an export preset and you’re good to go.