Photolab won't give me my print!?

I am a graphic design student.  My assignment was to redesign a package, I chose to do Nutrigrain Cereal bars and I made them organic.  I used Illustrator and designed a new box, had it printed on cardstock at Officemax and folded it up.  As part of our final portfolio in school we were to take a photo of our new pkg. with props (I had some wheat in the pic next to box) and use the photo in our portfolio to show pkg redesign assignment.  I sent my dig file of pic to Walmart photo lab and when I went to pick it up, they treated me like a criminal telling me I violated federal copyright law and were very rude and refused to give me my picture!  They would not explain to me what they were talking about, they just gave me a brochure about copyright law, and all it says is about not being able to reprint photos from photographers.  Can anyone explain this to me?  My professor can't believe it.  None of my classmates had problems getting theirs printed.  What the ?????
very confused, and angry

This type of problem has been going on for years.
Commercial photographers were tired of being ripped off by their customers scanning a photo or even a proof and then sending the photo off to you-name-the-photofinisher to have prints made. Pressure was placed on the mass market photofinishers (such as Walmart, drug store chains,etc.) to not do such reprinting under threat of class action lawsuits.
Unfortunately, many such mass market photofinishers took the simple route in terms of complying. Any digital photo that looks "too good" is obviously a copy of some professional's work because professionals either print their own or go to professional photofinishers. It is simply CYA. Talking to a clueless manager will probably not help. As long as they don't "keep" your original digital image (I assume you still have a copy!) and don't charge you for printing what they won't give you, they are in the legal clear.
Similar problems to what you have experienced have been discussed ad nauseum on various on-line forums, especially the Digital Photography Review (DPReview.com) website.
Two takeaways from this:
(1) You've been complimented on the quality of your photography, even if by a Walmart clerk.
(2) Find a professional photofinisher. Tell them exactly what it is you are printing (tell them about the project). It will cost you more, but at least you will get your prints.
          - Dov

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