Agnes, a photographer, captures a stunning photograph of a sunset and shares it on her public Instagram account. What can Agnes expect in terms of copyright protection for her photograph?

Question

Copyright protection is automatic and applies as soon as she takes the photograph.


She needs to include a caption as part of her Instagram post to make it explicit that she has copyright.


Copyright protection does not apply to publicly available social media posts, she should make her account private if she wants to apply for copyright.


She needs to watermark the photograph to obtain copyright protection.

Answer 1

Agnes can expect that copyright protection is automatic and applies as soon as she takes the photograph. She does not need to include a caption or watermark for her copyright to be valid, nor does she need to make her account private to receive copyright protection. Therefore, the correct answer is:

Copyright protection is automatic and applies as soon as she takes the photograph.