This copyright statement applies to all original content found on this website. Please read carefully before downloading, linking to, or printing copies for use.

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I. Proprietary Rights

The intellectual property contained on this site are the property of Aswellian Research and are protected by United States and International copyright laws.

Your use of this website and/or viewing of this statement indicates your acceptance of these conditions.
 

II. Personal Use Criteria

The following are a list of conditions where Aswellian Research gives individuals permission to link to (or copy) images and other material at no charge:

1. You may print a copy of any photograph for personal reference without further permission.
2. Students are welcome to download images and incorporate them into school reports, presentations, etc. for free so long as proper credit/citation is given, without my further permission.
3. Anyone can download images from Desktops / Wallpapers for the express use of displaying them on screen on any personal computer that is not being used for commercial or public viewing purposes.

III. Free Web Usage Criteria

The following conditions define my authorization for use of images contain on this site or referenced by this page on the Web, free of charge, so long as proper attribution of copyright is given to Aswellian Research and the website is mentioned in said attribution:

1. You may make LINKS to the images on pages you maintain for yourself for personal, non-commercial use.
2. If you are preparing FREE online site guides for other photographers, bloggers, and photograph forums, you may make use of these images, BUT ONLY IF YOU CLEARLY DISPLAY PROPER ATTRIBUTION.
   

 

IV. Commercial Use

Those persons who wish to use the photography found on this site in a commercial fashion must receive written consent from the publisher, Aswellian Research, prior to its commercial use. To obtain consent, interested parties should use the contact form located on this site to make an inquiry. In the message, the following should be addressed:

1. Image(s) you would like to use
2. Where they will be displayed
3. How they will be displayed
4. Intent of its display
5. Duration of their public viewing
6. Any other information you feel would be useful

Any commercial use of photography on this site or referencing this page, without prior consent, is a violation of United States and International copyright law.

V. Copyright Protection Tactics

In attempts to maintain the integrity of the copyrighted photographs found on this site, several copyright protection methods have been utilized. Some of these tactics include, but are not limited to:

1. Placement of watermarks
2. Resizing of images
3. Conversion of images to low resolution for web use

If you would like to use a specific photograph with some of the copyright protection tactics removed, please use the contact form, and describe what the intended use of the imagery with the copyright protections tactics reduced.

IV. Copyright Infringement is Serious

The act of infringing on a copyright is a very serious business and is punishable by fines and/or imprisonment. It took a lot of very hard work to present you with a quality photographic experience, and the publisher kindly asks that you do no copy any of the graphics, photographs, or articles from this site for your own use (other than the terms stated above). Doing so is an infringement of United States and International copyright laws.