Text, documents, and photographs with copyrights held by other indviduals are subject to terms and conditions set forth by the original author, or photographer.
Those terms are noted, or hyperlinked to, in the copyright notice for that item. Any items not containing such a notice is covered herin.
Printing of photos for personal use
License is granted for you to use any photographs in their original form for personal non-comercial use. Modification of images is acceptable so long as the original copyright notice (usually in the lower right-hand corner, or above the top of the image) remains visible.
Non-commercial Web use of photos
License is granted for use on non-commercial web sites. Modification of images, with the exclusion of sizing, is not permited. An HTML link to Swannie.net and copyright notice must be displayed benieth the image.
Acceptable HTML is:
That way people know who took the picture and also can find my on-line copyright statement. You do not need to pay for usage. Just build the best Web site you can and give it back to the community.
Commercial Web use of photos
Commercial use is of photographs is granted so long as:
The URL is registered with me (email is acceptable).
A Hyperlinked credit (As noted above) is displayed beneith the image.
The image is not modified from its original form, without my permission.
Payment for usage is not required, though I do reserve the right to deny usage to a praticular site. The use of my photographs may be rejected at any time.
If you would like to distinguish yourself from the get-rich-quick artists looking to make a fast buck off the Internet without contributing anything back to the community and you feel that my photography enhances your site, then please make a charitable donation to:
Illinois Railway Museum
MTRY 200 Fund (Diesel Dept.)
P.O. Box 427
Union, IL 60180
The muesuem is a 501(C)(3) charitable organization.
I'll also be sure to list you on my "Internet Heroes" page.
Note: Remember that pictures containing people on my pages are not model-released. Advertising usage of photos (e.g., brochures, catalogs, print ads) is very different from editorial usage of photos (e.g., newspaper and magazine articles, books). You cannot use pictures in advertising (e.g., an on-line product brochure or anything else that is selling) without getting a model release from any person whose image is recognizable in the photo. You might also have problems if an image contains a recognizable physical property, e.g., Disneyland. One of the reasons advertisers pay $1000+ for images from stock agencies is that those agencies have generally already gotten the relevant releases.
Commercial Print Use of Photographs
License IS NOT Granted for commercial print use of photographs contained within this web site. If you would like to use any, please contact me with your proposal at: swannie@swannie.com. Non-commercial print use is permited provided a photo credit to "Brian R. Swan" is printed below or next to the photograph. Please contact me if you would like the original slides or negatives for any image (please note the batch and number).
Bounty
If you see one of my pictures in a magazine, Web page, etc. and there is no credit, then it is almost surely unauthorized. If you are the first person to tell me about it, I'll send you a check for US$50.00.
Text and Stories
Please feel free to redistribute via hardcopy or email for noncommercial purposes any of my writings, but please don't break up documents (except by chapter) and please attribute the source in such a way that someone can find the most up-to-date version on the Web.
Do not ever copy any of my (text) content to a public Web server. Link to my pages instead. I guarantee not to break any of your links. The problem with you putting a page on your server is that the search engines will find it and send my readers to your server instead. Thus they will be deprived of my latest content and service innovations.
Special thanks to Philip Greenspun (philg@mit.edu) and his site photo.net for his cut-and-paste copyright notice, as well as his wonderful photographic and equipment tips and advice!
