Questions to ask your Photographer > Queries you may have > If I buy the high-res files, do I own the copyright?
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By purchasing files, you receive a limited license to use/print the files only - The copyright is retained by me as the creator of the images. Allowing full copyright release would mean I am unable to use my own images, therefore full copyright is not released to the client. You are unlikely to find a photographer who will agree to this- and if they do it is likely to be very expensive!