Contributor Terms

This document outlines the conditions under which contributors (photographers, etc) grant the DHD Multimedia Gallery (also known as the DHD Photo Gallery) the right to put up on the Internet (and through other media) works (images, sounds, etc) created by them. These conditions may evolve, and are meant as guidance; goodwill and reasonable interpretation is required on all sides to make the Gallery possible.

The Gallery acknowledges and thanks the contributors for their generosity in allowing their works to be made available to the public through the Gallery.

The latest version of the conditions on which the works are made available to users of the Gallery are available in the (http://gallery.hd.org/terms.html) terms and conditions document.

The contributor understands that:

  1. Copyright in the contributed works remains with the contributor.
  2. The contributed works, and any derivatives of them, are being made available for free personal and commercial use across the Internet and possibly in other media.
  3. The Gallery may charge visitors for access to some works to contribute to scanning and distribution (eg bandwidth) and other costs, to pay for upkeep and improvement of the Web site, and any other reasonable purpose that Damon Hart-Davis or his designated maintainer sees fit in line with maintaining a widely available and not-for-profit service. Mechanisms such as microcharging may be tested using the Gallery. If some downloads have charges attached then, where possible, some form of the work, (eg a smaller version) will be made available free.
  4. The contributed works will not be withdrawn from the Gallery by the contributor except by agreement with Damon Hart-Davis or his designated maintainer or where required by law. Once works have been published on the Internet under the terms and conditions for the Gallery it will probably prove impractical to withdraw the works in any meaningful sense and the Gallery may have expended significant effort scanning and/or classifying and/or otherwise adjusting the works to fit into the Gallery for users' benefit and so the contributor agrees not to force the Gallery to withdraw such works.
  5. Contributed works will be credited to the contributor by use of the contributor's initials in the name of the work; derived works will generally be credited to the original contributor unless major changes have been made that make a substantially `new' work.
  6. The contributor confirms that they own the copyright on works that they contribute and also that they have any model release and similar releases necessary to make the works available in the Gallery.
  7. The works may not always be available due to resource limitations or equipment failure, but the intention is to make the works readily available to a wide range of users.
  8. The Gallery may employ mechanisms to minimise anti-social behaviour by visitors to the Gallery (such as excessive use of bandwidth or attempts to systematically download significant numbers of the works for unauthorised redistribution).
  9. If significant money is offered for use of exhibits in the Gallery, though terms will be agreed with each author and if necessary for each use, a typical arrangement will be a 50:50 split of the net profit (after any real and unavoidable significant costs such as (re)scanning).



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