Rules on rights to works
Code provisions on copyright and copyright agreements are clarified from time to time. Check articles against the current version in an official source.
Changes
Changes and news
We do not publish a news feed about other people's cases or high-profile disputes. Instead, this page offers pointers: which rules may change and where to check the current text, plus a catalogue of standalone articles written for English-speaking readers.
A summary of a rule is reliable on the day it is written. Before an important decision, always open the current text.
This section does not report or predict specific amendments or rulings. It shows where and how to check for yourself whether the conditions you rely on have changed. Rules on copyright and image rights differ by country — check your local law or a local lawyer.
What changes in the field
Areas where conditions are revised most often over time.
Tax regimes
The conditions of regimes available to authors may be revised. We do not summarise them in detail: check current conditions with your country's tax authority.
Venue and event rules
Property owners and event organisers decide for themselves where and on what terms you may shoot. Before a shoot, check the rules with the organiser.
Sports shoots (in Russian)
Terms of publishing platforms
The user agreements of sites where you post your work may change. Reread the section on rights to uploaded content.
Article catalogue for English-speaking readers
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Topics in progress
- Writing a clear brief into a shoot contract so edits do not become a dispute
- Licensing your photos to clients: usage, territory and term explained
- Model releases: what a consent form for a person in the frame should cover
- Your work used without permission: how to write a firm, polite claim letter
Editorial rules
- Articles in this catalogue are written separately for each language version and are not translations.
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- We do not publish advertising for legal services, photo schools, stock agencies or other services, rankings, prices or reviews.
How to keep track of changes
Read the primary source
Open the text of the law on an official legal information portal and check which version of the relevant article is in force.
Check tax conditions with the tax authority
Before choosing or switching a regime, check current conditions with your country's tax authority: its website describes the requirements and how to switch.
Check the venue rules
Before shooting on someone else's property or at an event, ask the organiser for the rules for photographers and keep their reply.
Review your own templates
Once a season, reread the contracts and consent forms you use, and if in doubt, show them to a lawyer.
Related sections
- Basics
How copyright arises, how a licence differs from an assignment, when you need consent from a person in the frame, and what you can shoot in the street.
- Documents
Shoot contract, licence agreement, assignment agreement, consent of the person in the frame and acceptance certificate: why each matters and what to check.
- Glossary
Key terms: copyright and exclusive right, licence, assignment, rights holder, making public, free use, original file and acceptance certificate.
- Questions
Short answers to common questions about rights to your work, commissions and payment, people in the frame and shooting in public places.
Sources
- Russian Civil Code, articles 152.1, 1234, 1235, 1259, 1276
- Your country's tax authority website (current conditions of tax regimes)
This summary is based on the Russian Civil Code. Article wording changes over time, so check each rule against the official text, check current conditions with your country's tax authority, and take a real dispute to a lawyer. Copyright and image rights differ by country — check your local law or a local lawyer.