Copyright notice and Terms of Use
Summary
Unless explicitly mentioned otherwise,
Quang-Tuan Luong owns the exclusive copyright to
all photographs and text
appearing on the terragalleria.com site.
All images are registered with the US Copyright office.
No images are within the Public Domain.
Any use of images
outside of the guidelines outlined in this document is copyright infringement.
- PRIVATE USE, limited to:
(a) personal, non-commercial
or (b) sample, design, test, or layout use ("comp use"),
can be done without permission.
All other uses require written permission obtained through email.
- PUBLIC USE (diffusion by any means)
for non-commercial purpose by individuals and all-volunteer
organizations will likely be granted free permission, but approval is required.
Free permissions always require proper attribution (including an active backlink, if used on the Web), and no alterations.
- All others will need a licensing contract and payment. See how to
license images (a special license is provided for
use in worship or meditation media presentations by
non-profit religious/spiritual
organizations, and use as classroom teaching materials).
PLEASE READ section A and the appropriate section B below for details BEFORE contacting us.
Licenses start at $150. If you seek a free permission and your email
doesn't clearly indicate that you've read all the relevant sections of this document, we will
just refer you to it before proceeding further.
We also suggest that you read about our free use policy to
understand the reasons for these Terms of Use.
A. Image uses that require a license
Sold, or used in any way in connection with any
activity where payment is earned. This includes, but is not limited to:
- use on behalf of any organization which has paid personnel (INCLUDING NON-PROFIT,
educational,
religious, or government),
- use in your professional work (for example internal presentations, newsletters, logo, stationary, cards,
preaching materials, and
teaching materials),
- use for advertising, editorial or promotional purposes (including any fund raising activities and auctions),
- use on a commercial, advertising or self-promotional web site,
- use on a product that is sold, or contains paid advertising.
The only exception is sample, design, test, or layout use ("comp use"), for the only purpose
of evaluating how a finished piece would look like.
If you have particular concerns about image use, or
wish to reproduce any of the images for professional or commercial
purposes, please check the information about licensing
to learn how you can receive a high resolution digital file delivered on the same day.
Note that licensing fees start at $150 (minimum fee generally applies only for
small sizes and/or number of copies, or some web uses),
and that no free licenses are
granted solely in exchange for credits or links.
B. Image uses that do not require a commercial license
1. PRIVATE USE for personal, non-commercial purpose is free
Personal (and only personal) non-commercial, private use is encouraged and
include:
- Screen saver or background image on your computer (for higher
quality images, consider a subscription.)
- Emailing a copy to a friend
- Printing a few images from your printer (for something really
really nice to display on your wall, consider getting a photographic
print.)
The above image usage DO NOT REQUIRE written authorization and apply
only for the low resolution images that can be downloaded directly from
the site.
Please note that these are for private use only.
All other usage, including
the distribution or reproduction of multiple copies, performance or
otherwise use in a public way of the images or text REQUIRE written
authorization.
2. PUBLIC USE (diffusion) for personal, non-commercial purpose requires permission
Permission will likely be granted for free for the following types
of reproduction:
However, you need to email us for
authorization with ID numbers of the image(s) you wish to use, the
details of your project, or the address of your finished web page.
Please be sure to read
the section General
Conditions.
3 PUBLIC USE (diffusion) for all-volunteer organizations
requires permission
Please pay attention to the fact that "all-volunteer" and "non-profit" are NOT the same.
If you are a all-volunteer organization with no paid staff or
membership fee, and you provide only free services or information,
you will likely qualify to use free image for:
All-volunteer organization image use REQUIRE written authorization and
apply only for the dissemination of information. Free use will NOT be
granted for fund raising activities, nor for ANY organization that has
paid personel, or charges for services or membership. For consideration, email us
with the following information:
(a) Name, full address and background of the organization, (b) Intended
usage for the image(s), (c) Address of the non-profit web site (if
any). (d) State explicitly that nobody in your organization is paid
(merely stating that they are not paid for the task for which image(s) are required
is unsufficient).
Please be sure to read
the section General
Conditions.
Grant.
Free image use can only be obtained by emailing us, after you receive
an email granting the permission. If you do not receive an answer, it
probably means permission was not granted.
Applicability.
Free image usage applies ONLY for the low resolution
images that can be
downloaded directly from the site. No free PUBLIC usage will be granted
for the high resolution
images available by subscription, and no high resolution images will be
sent for free.
Attribution.
No free images or text may be used without
carrying appropriate copyright information next to the images or text,
acknowledging that the copyright to is owned by "QT
Luong/www.terragalleria.com".
No Alterations.
All free images must accurately represent the
original work and be used in their entirety.
Tampering, additions, cropping, low quality reproduction, or other
alterations and tranformations that would affect the integrity of the image are not
permitted. This include removal of the "© QT Luong/terragalleria.com" mark.
Rights.
The images or text of "Quang-Tuan Luong" which
you obtain from any source are licensed to you by Quang-Tuan Luong for
the limited purpose of personal, private use. In case of public use,
any grant of rights is only for the specific use for which you were
granted permission. Any other subsequent use requires a separate authorization.
Further no license is granted in respect of any property rights.
This does not mean that the title to
the image was transferred to you. You own the medium on which the
images or text are recorded, but Quang-Tuan Luong retains full and
complete title to the images or text, and any intellectual property
rights therein.
Donations.
If you feel like so, you can support us with a
donation via paypal, or alternatively, you can
purchase a membership which offers you
great benefits.
terragalleria.com reserves the right to make
future changes to these guidelines. By using any "Quang-Tuan Luong"
image you thereby consent to these guidelines and any future changes.
C. General terms of use of this website
Links
You are always encouraged to make a link to any of
the web pages (html files) included in this server without any
restriction.
Prohibited actions
Embedding images into a web page, that
is have a direct ("hot") link (img src) to any image (jpeg file).
Using programs to automatically download or spider
large portions of the terragalleria.com site for other purposes
than indexing.
Framing of any of the terragalleria.com web pages.
Note: We have given careful thought to those terms of use, which evolved over time after receiving a
considerable number of requests for free use. Permission is hereby granted to other
photographers to reuse the contents of this page
or further modify it, provided that a link to this page, or the terragalleria.com homepage
is given as acknowledgement.