7th Circuit: Church, Not Founder’s Grandson, Owns Copyright To Photo Of Founder

(June 26, 2024, 9:25 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — The son and grandson of the late founder of a Christian organization cannot bring copyright counterclaims about a photo taken of the founder by his son and used in promotional materials, a panel of the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled, affirming an Indiana federal judge’s grant of summary judgment in the company’s favor in part because the photo was a “work made for hire.”...