The photo *does* belongs to you. However, just like a book you own retains a copyright and may not be copied without theoretically being subject to a claim by the copyright holder, the photo retains a copyright owned by the photographer. When facing your problem myself, the guy at the photo store referred me to the do-it-yourself photo copying machine at the supermarket next door. (I've seen similar photo copying machines at Eckerd's drug stores.) He said the quality of the copies made there was equal to the quality of those made on his professional photo copying machine (except that the do-it-yourself machine was only calibrated every several weeks whereas his machine was calibrated daily). Jeff Palmer - [email protected] * * * Quote of the Week: "Atheism is a non-prophet organization." -- George Carlin -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 5:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE RESEARCH QUESTION This question reminds me that I have been trying to reproduce a photograph (of myself) taken about 5 years ago on one of those "glamour shot" programs. I cannot do this because it is stamped "copyrighted" on the back, and I paid over $150 for the makeup job and photo package. The company, now long gone, was in San Diego, 100 miles from here. Kinkos, WalMart, Kodak, etc., are telling me that the photo doesn't belong to me ! ! ! ! ! ! How come?? DORI in So Calif