Reply #55: No, the photographer still owns the rights

[RagingInMiami]

If it was a simple verbal agreement like "here, we'll give you a hundred bucks to go photograph Scalia."

In that case, the photographer will take the photos, process them, pick out the ones he knows the Archdiocese will want (most likely excluding the one in question)and give him either a CD or prints.

The photographer is then allowed to sell any of those photos, including the ones he handed over to the Archdiocese, to any news publication.