Serious hypothetical question:
We all know that when a pornographer takes pics of a model, he pays her, and receives a signed model release enabling him to use the photos in whatever way he chooses... Also, that if a model pays a photographer to take pics of her, although she can use them herself, the photographer owns the copyright...
Well what would be the legal situation in the following example?
Husband shoots pics of his wife, for website that they run together.
Husband and wife get divorced. Wife continues on with control of her website. They agree verbally to split website revenue.
Couple of months later, EX wife decides she doesn't want to share revenue anymore.
Now, if like 85/90% of the photos that make up the content and the design of the site, (and I mean a good ten thousand or so photos) were taken by the husband, who technically (I think) owns the copyright to those photos...
Is the husband within his right to say that the ex wife can no longer use the photos he has taken to earn money for herself, as she is no longer splitting it with him, or does he not have a leg to stand on?
Im not saying that she wouldn't be allowed to continue her site... Just that she couldn't use any of the photos that he had taken of her as content within or as part of the design...
PS This really is just a hypothetical example, but Im interested in what the legalities would be... Thanks
