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:
- Copyright in the contributed works remains with the contributor.
- 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.
- 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.
- The contributed works will not be withdrawn from the Gallery by the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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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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