[Gayle]

It's actually illegal to copy photographs. The copyright remains the photographers at all times, even if it's your child and even if you buy a print that's all you're actually buying - a print. You can't copy them without the photographers permission, which of course, you won't get unless you buy the digital disc which they sometimes sell as an option - then you can reproduce.

If you take school pictures to a photocopiers then they should refuse to copy them because that means that they would be breaking the law too. Scanning them and sending them in email is also against the law.