A lobbying group in Washington recently released "The Netsurfer's Simple Guide To Copyrights," which distills U.S. copyright law into five maxims:
- If you didn't create a written work, art, photograph, or music, or obtain distribution rights to it, you don't own it.
- If you don't own it, you can't copy or distribute it.
- The author or owner must explicitly relinquish rights for a work to be placed in the public domain.
- Fair use allows copying of small portions of a work without the owner's permission, but only for criticism, education, and news reporting.
- When in doubt, ask for permission to use a work.
Our Copyright:
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All Rights Reserved. For Information on photography, web design services, website hosting, or problems with this site, send e-mail to: NATURALIGHT Productions Ltd.
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Reproduction of images, graphics and illustrations on any website designed and maintained by Naturalight Productions by any
means (including electronic, mechanical, recording by an information storage
and retrieval system, derivative art and artistic rendering) is prohibited.
The use of any images, graphics and illustrations on any website designed and maintained by Naturalight Productions for any
purpose whatever requires the express permission in writing by Tony Rath and/or JC Cuellar/ Naturalight Productions.
That's the bad news.
The good news is that if your purpose is non-profit, educational or
conservation oriented, and if you ask, we'll probably say yes.
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