COPYRIGHT LAWS

This website is owned and operated by Science & Society Picture Library, an all elements of the site, including the content and the general design are protected by copyright, trademark, trade dress and other US and international laws relating to intellectual property. The copyrights to the Images on this Science & Society Picture Library site are owned by the individual photographers who created the Images and/or Science & Society Picture Library. The Images on this site may only be used as outlined under "PERMITTED USAGE" in our site terms of use . It is illegal to copy or reproduce these Images beyond the "PERMITTED USAGE," including use on other web sites without the prior written consent of Science & Society Picture Library. It is illegal to use any portion of our Images as reference for another photograph, illustration or derivative work in any form.

Copyright Basics

Artwork, including photographs, drawings, paintings and illustrations are all "intellectual property" and in so being are protected by the U.S. Federal Copyright laws and the Berne Convention. These copyright laws were put in place to protect the interest of the artist. Without these protections it would be difficult for an artist to control the use of his/her work or to simply make a living. Permission MUST be obtained from the artist of the image or his/her agent before ANY use takes place. Failure to obtain this permission is a violation of the U.S. Federal Copyright laws and the Berne Convention. Since the copyright law, like any law, can be difficult to interpret for the general public several attempts have been made to make it easier to understand. One of those attempts "The Copyright Commandments" was put together by PACA-The Picture Archive Council of America and are listed here for your convenience. Not knowing the law does not excuse you from the law. Please, know your responsibilities when it comes to intellectual property.

"The Copyright Commandments"

When it's created it's copyrighted. Use the copyright notice. ©
The photographer or his agent has the exclusive right to exploit the copyright in each image. That right is for the life of the photographer plus 75 years.
Permission to use a copyrighted photograph for any purpose whatsoever must be obtained in advance, in writing, to avoid possible violation of the Federal law on copyright.
Any unauthorized use constitutes an infringement.
Penalties for infringement are monetary and can be severe.
Combining, altering or scanning photographs or any part thereof, including electronically, is an exclusive right held by the photographer and permission to combine or alter should be obtained in writing prior to any such changes or uses.
Exceeding the terms of a license has been held to be an infringement. A new license is required prior to additional use.
An artist's rendering of a photograph in another medium is a derivative use of an image and requires the written permission of the copyright owner prior to use.
Re-creating a copyrighted photograph is a derivative use and therefore requires the permission of the copyright holder of the original image.
Reference use of a photograph or any part hereof requires the permission of the copyright holder.

For more information on copyright, visit the US Government copyright site at:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/

Privacy Policy

We collect certain information about you to enable us to do business with you and improve our services. This privacy policy informs you about our online collection and how we use information that identifies you personally when you use this site.

By submitting your information to Science & Society Picture Library you agree to the practices described herein. Information collected from this site may be retained indefinitely, and may be stored, accessed, and used in jurisdictions whose privacy laws may be different or less protective than those of your home jurisdiction. Science & Society Picture Library may disclose this information to affiliates, subsidiaries, agents, third party content providers, and necessary payment processors, whose privacy policies and practices may be different from those of Science & Society Picture Library, and for which Science & Society Picture Library assumes no responsibility. Information about our customers, including personal identifying information, may be disclosed as part of any merger, sale of the company assets or acquisition as well as in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership in which personal information would be transferred as one of the business assets of the company. We reserve the right to disclose your personal information if required to do so by law, or in the good faith belief that such action is reasonably necessary to comply with legal process, respond to claims, or protect the rights, property or safety of our company, employees, customers, or the public. Other than as described above Science & Society Picture Library does not sell or rent information about its customers to third parties.

What Information Is Collected From This Website

When you visit this website, some information may be collected automatically as part of the site's operation such as your IP and email address and navigational information. Your name, address, phone number, email address, password and other information, are collected when you register online with us. Registration enables you to access higher resolution images and to enter into a license to use images for comp purposes.

If you wish to license an image from us, your username, password, full name, telephone number, email address and postal address, your credit card number or other personally identifying information is collected, complete the license agreement or to receive products or services. Your email address is used to confirm the licensing transaction.

From time to time we may ask you questions relating to your user preferences in order to better serve you and improve the use of our website. Providing information regarding your usage and preferences is always voluntary, however, if you choose not to provide the information, some products and services may not be available to you.

We collect information about your use of the website and our customers in the aggregate in order to improve our service and our website.

We collect your orders, your use of light boxes and other account information as part of your sales history with us. You may review and correct your information by contacting us at piclib@nmsi.ac.uk.

We may disclose to carefully chosen third parties navigational and transactional information in the form of anonymous, aggregate usage statistics and demographics but only in forms that do not reveal a your identity or confidential information.

About Cookies

When you visit our web site, a text file called a cookie is placed in the browser directory of your computer's hard drive. A cookie is information that a website can store on your web browser and later retrieve. The information that cookies collect includes the date and time of your visit, your registration information and your navigational and licensing. It allows the web browser to recognize the pages you have been to when you are visiting the site, and allows you to quickly return to viewed pages. Cookies are not linked to you as an individual and cannot be used to track where you have been either before or after you visit our web site.

Most browsers allow you to decline cookies, but if you elect to do so, certain pages and user features such as light boxes may not display properly. You are free to delete cookies after your session, and your browser should contain instructions on how to do this.

Security of Our Data

Whenever you submit an order to Science & Society Picture Library, you can do so over a secure (i.e., encrypted) connection. This ensures that your personal information is not at risk. Additionally, we encrypt your credit card information and store it in a secure location, which can be accessed only by authorized personnel.

Links to Other Websites

The sites to which we link, including but not limited to the sites of subsidiaries and third party content providers, may have different privacy policies and practices from those disclosed here. We assume no responsibility for the policies or practices of linked sites.

Children

Science & Society Picture Library does not intend to either solicit or collect personal information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are under 13, you should not use or enter information on this website.

Changes to This Online Privacy Policy

Science & Society Picture Library reserves the right to modify its Privacy Policy at any time without notice. Any changes to the policy will be posted on this page. Your continued use of this website will be deemed conclusive acceptance of such modification.