Licences explained

This is a great way of describing licensing or usage rights for photography. I found it on Lincoln Barbour's website - a fantastic advertising shooter based in the US.
Anyway, back to the point - think of photography in terms of...

Music - you hear a pop song in a commercial, but that company doesn’t own the song.

Software - you buy the software, but that doesn’t mean you own the code.

Blueprints - you may own the building when it’s built, but the architect owns the design.

Sculpture - you can buy art, but you can’t copy and sell it as your own.