© COPYRIGHT and TERMS AND CONDITIONS

It is an urban myth that pictures published on the internet are free from copyright because they are in the public domain and can be freely copied.

Courts do not have any difficulty applying traditional copyright laws to web sites and the internet. The owner of a copyright enjoys certain exclusive benefits, which include the rights to reproduce, distribute and display a work. Without the consent of the owner of a copyright, it is copyright infringement to place the work on the internet or to download/copy it from the internet.

Even if an image is significantly altered, the new image may infringe upon the copyright in the first image by being a "derivative work."

An Internet service provider can also be found liable for copyright infringement even when they are not directly engaged in the copying of protected materials

Please do not steal any of the photography from this website.

Ignorance is not an excuse.