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What does © Copyright Mean?The ImagesAll images on this site are © Copyright to Paul Pavlinovich unless otherwise noted with the image and All Rights Reserved.The ArticlesAll articles on this site are © Copyright to Paul Pavlinovich unless otherwise noted with the article and All Rights Reserved.Frequently Asked QuestionsCan I use article(s) and image(s) from the site as part of a school assignment?Absolutely, any student may use any article or image from this site as a basis and part of the research for an assignment. You may not reproduce more than 10% of the words verbatim. Any teacher may take material from this site including printing it for handouts to students. In fact, if you're Australian I could not stop you if I wanted to as you have certain Statutory Licenses under the Copyright Act.Can you take them and use them on your site?By default, no you cannot. However, you can ask me if you can use an image. I rarely refuse permission for non commercial purposes and often allow it for commercial purposes where some credit back to myself and my site are given. When I give permission I will grant a written license which documents what image(s) you can use and what you can use them for.Can you link to an image on my site so it appears as part of your site?No you cannot. Ask me for reproduction rights - see above. I don't ever allow links into my site because I do change it and your pages would break if I moved something.If there is a photo of your engine on my site can you ask me to remove itYou can ask anything you want, but unless there is a particularly good reason then I won't remove the image. I do try to ensure all images are anonymous so that no-one could find you or the location you store your engine and steal it.If there is some incorrect information about your engine can you ask me to change it?Absolutely, the site must be as accurate and factual as possible particularly because many people use it as a eductional and historic resource.Does the owner of an engine own the rights to images of that engine?I had an interesting conversation with an engine owner. It revolved around my right take photos and without his knowledge or permission make them publicly available on the internet. He was also upset that the images of his engines were marked with my copyright mark.It has prompted me to write this brief article... Let's say the person's name is Fred (it isn't but I'm not out to upset someone only clear up some misconceptions). Let's say Fred has brought along a nice engine to a public show, or a private show that I've been invited to and I want to photograph it and publish that photo someplace (e.g. the internet). Do I need Fred's permission? No I do not. Fred owns the engine, but does not own the rights to the photographed image taken by me. I own those rights it is my image. I can do anything I want with it including publish it anywhere I want to. That is why I mark the images with my Copyright statement. That is my protection. Now here is what I cannot do... I cannot sneak onto Fred's property and photograph his engines. I cannot sit 200m away on a hill with a long lens and photograph his engines unless they're publicly displayed and Fred could reasonably expect people would see them. Do I need Fred's permission to take a photo of Fred himself? Now this one is a little more tricky as privacy gets involved. In this state (Victoria, Australia) I can take a photo of a person as long as they are out in public and could reasonably expect to be observed by other people. These images can be published. Generally, I try to avoid images of specific people - there are often people in my images, it is almost impossible to avoid this at a show as people get in the way!
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