A Copyright is a protection granted to authors of original works by the U.S. Constitution and the Copyright Act of 1976. This law protects authors from the unauthorized duplication of their original works by imposing monetary damages and/or criminal penalties on those who violate the author's copyright. This means that if someone makes an unauthorized reprint of a copyrighted photo, both the Customer and the photo lab making the picture could be criminally liable for copyright infringement. Please observe all Copyrights!