PEGASUS PHOTOGRAPHY SPOKANE COMMERCIAL IMAGES

Without a proper license from The Pegasus Media Group, Pegasus Photographers or Pegasus Associated Photographers, you are not permitted to use images from this website for advertising, brochures, editorial publications or public multimedia presentations. Also, you may not place copies of the images on electronic bulletin boards for any purpose.

Under the US Copyright Act, the creator of the original work also owns the copyright to all works derived from the original. Therefore, if all or part of our work is seen as having been derived from the original photograph (s), you do not own the copyright to the derivative work, just as you do not own the copyright to the original works.

PACA Copyright Commandments

1. When it’s created, it’s copyrighted.

2. 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 70 years.

3. 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.

4. Any unauthorized use constitutes an infringement.

5. Penalties for infringement are monetary and can be severe.

6. 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.

7. Exceeding the terms of a license has been held to be an infringement. A new license is required prior to additional use.

8. An artist’s rendering of a photograph in another medium is a derivative use of an image and does require the written permission of the copyright owner prior to use.

9. Re-creating a copyrighted photograph is a derivative use and therefore requires the permission of the copyright holder of the original image.

10. Reference use of a photograph or any part thereof requires the permission of the copyright holder.