Protection is automatic as soon as the image is taken, and the photographer is the copyright holder unless other arrangements were made. The image will be protected for the life of the photographer plus 50 years (the US and some others have extended this to life plus 70 years).
Cookbook publishers are affected by the same laws that apply to other books. copyright laws, trademark laws, and contract laws. Other issues are laws concerning fair use of recipes and photographs.
That could depend on the rules of that particular church, and perhaps the copyright laws of the country or state. You would need to consult a lawyer specializing in copyright law for a reliable answer.
Because they are original, creative works.
For photographs, in most cases, you cant - you must assume that the image carries a copyright. Learn more at www.USPTO.gov
A copyright lawyer it a layer who specializes in copyright laws and intellectual property laws. They handle cases concerning copyright infrsingement.
Plagarism or copyright Laws!
Drugs and other pharmaceuticals are protected under the patent laws not under the copyright laws.
Copying, altering, distributing, or performing/displaying a work for which you are not the copyright holder, and for which you do not have permission from the rightsholder or an exemption in the law, is a violation of copyright laws.
Everything written or recorded since 1923 is affected by copyright laws.
copyright laws
If you are creating original things--music, sculpture, poetry, photographs--your work is automatically protected by copyright as soon as it is fixed in a tangible medium.
Copyright is a federal law which would be valid in California.