Friday 15 August 2014

Copyright / Licensing Notice

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The right to use images on this site cannot be transferred by/to anyone without the written consent of the copyright holder (Me). If you’ve taken/received photographs without written permission for their use, it is your responsibility to secure licensing rights before using them. As a rule of thumb, a good way to avoid any misunderstandings is to contact the photographer (Me) before passing along photographs. You should also advise the party receiving the images to contact the photographer directly to secure a license granting permission for their use. Any copying, reproduction, distribution, public display or creation of derivative works of images without specific permission from the photographer is a violation of Federal copyright law. Simply having physical possession of photographs, slides, prints, transparencies or digital files does not grant the right to use them.


A LICENSE is a legal agreement granting permission to exercise specified rights to a work.

A COPYRIGHT is a collection of exclusive rights owned by the creator that controls the use of creative works.

Under the Copyright Act of 1976 and the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, photographs automatically receive copyright protection immediately upon their creation. Absence of a copyright notice does not relieve a prospective user from the responsibility of obtaining permission from the copyright holder. In addition, altering or removing a copyright notice can result in liability under the Copyright Act and several other state and federal statutes.