Copyright Infringement in edited photographs? Photographs are under the subject matter of copyright which means that photographs are artistic works that attract copyright protection. The author of an artistic work, in case of a photograph, is the author who has originally captured the photograph, and is deemed to be the original owner of the photograph and thereby made the holder of copyright. In India, photographs enjoy copyright protection under Section 2 (c) i of the Copyright Act, 1957, which mentions the certain types of artistic works granted copyright protection in India. In USA, the person who presses the shutter button of a camera becomes the copyright holder of the photograph, in certain cases the person who sets up the camera has also been held as the copyright holder of the photograph. More Info:- https://www.biswajitsarkar.com/blog/copyright-infringement-in-edited-photographs.html