Somers, Nellie2016-06-212016-06-212016-06-21http://hdl.handle.net/10539/20516This paper provides an overview of copyright and ownership, with a specific focus on photographic copyright and ownership and how copyright affects photographic researchers. The discussion also covers the duration of copyright in photographs and copyright protection in the new era. Solutions are offered to some of the more commonly occurring problems that may face archivists, librarians and individuals responsible for private and public collections.encopyrightPhotographsdigitizedArticle