Legal — Delusion Studio

COPYRIGHT POLICY

Who owns the work and what that means.

Last updated: May 2025Delusion Studio · Harare, Zimbabwe
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Ownership of Photographs

Under Zimbabwean law and international copyright convention, the photographer is the author and first owner of any photograph they create. All images produced by Delusion Studio are our intellectual property, regardless of who commissioned them or who appears in them.

When you hire us, you are purchasing a licence to use the images — not ownership of them. The specific terms of that licence depend on the service and are agreed in writing before the shoot.

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What You Can and Cannot Do

Without our written permission you may not:

  • Sell or license our images to any third party.
  • Remove or alter any watermarks, metadata or credits.
  • Claim authorship or ownership of any image we created.
  • Use our images in a way that was not agreed in your licence.
  • Use our images in any defamatory, misleading or harmful context.
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Credit and Attribution

We appreciate credit wherever it is reasonable to give it. For editorial and published work, a photo credit to Delusion Studio is standard practice and expected. For commercial work, credit requirements are agreed in the project brief.

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Website Content

All photography, text, design and branding on this website is owned by Delusion Studio. You may share links to this site freely. You may not reproduce, download or republish any content from this site without our permission.

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Reporting Infringement

If you believe our copyright has been infringed, or if you believe we have inadvertently used something we should not have, please contact us at hello@delusion.studio. We take these matters seriously and will respond quickly.

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Portfolio Use

Unless explicitly agreed otherwise in writing, Delusion Studio retains the right to use any image created for a client in our portfolio, on our website, and in promotional materials. If you require full confidentiality, this must be agreed before the project begins and may affect pricing.