Term of use

PURPOSE OF THIS WEB PAGE: www.ingvald.com.

The purpose of this site is to systematically present a catalog of images available for licensing by Ingvald Arne Meland Photography. The images are displayed here in low resolution JPEGs to facilitate fast download times and easy browsing of large quantities of images. We encourage you to look and to enjoy for free but the images are displayed here primarily for purposes of research for parties interested in buying rights for commercial use. The images are NOT FREE; they are offered here for a negotiable price and cannot be downloaded and used by anyone without the prior permission of Ingvald Arne Meland. Any such unauthorized usage constitutes a breach of international copyright law and will be prosecuted accordingly.


IMAGE SEARCH/SKETCH IMAGES.

Are you looking for something specific? Look through our galleries at www.ingvald.com and see if you can find what you are looking for. Still can't find it? Email us at iam@ingvald.com your specific request. We might have or know of the image you are looking for. Need to get a better look at the image? Email us and we'll send you a larger JPEG sketch image.

All images on this site are JPEGs. The images are purposely made small to facilitate browsing through large selections of images (fast download times) for effective image research. Colors, brightness and contrast may appear different on various computers. We therefore encourage you to adjust your monitor/check your monitor adjustments here to make certain that you are viewing the images correctly.


LICENSING REQUESTS

(I found the picture I would like to use, now what?)
Licensing is represented directly by Ingvald Arne Meland and is subjected to the conditions below. In order for us to quote a licensing fee, we need to know specific details of your intended use of our image(s), including: cover/advertising/editorial, medium (e.g., commercial, text book, magazine, brochure, postcard/calendar, reports, web site or multimedia presentation, CD-ROM, etc.), print run (number of copies), rights (regional/domestic/worldwide, nonexclusive/first/exclusive, etc.), time period (six months, three years, one time, etc.), delivery (30MB digital file, drum scan, etc.), format/mode (TIFF or JPG / CMYK or RGB), when you need it/where you need it delivered. Image scans can be provided on CD, via email or via FTP (file transfer protocol). Originals are only available by negotiation.

INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT LAW

A publisher (whether being a webmaster or a magazine publisher) must determine ownership and obtain permission to use anything they publish BEFORE it's published. Ignorance is no defense in a copyright infringement lawsuit and it is not easier to get forgiveness than permission. If this is ignored and photography created by someone else is used, and the work was registered with the U.S. Copyright Office prior to the date of the infringement (or within a three month grace period), you might be ordered to pay either Actual Damages and Profit awards or Statutory damage awards, as well as the other side's lawyer's fee, by the courts. Actual Damages and Profit awards may be less serious than Statutory Damages, which can be as much as $150,000 per photograph. In addition, legal fees are likely to be running at $150 to $300 an hour and more, for both your lawyer and the other side's, and the courts may order you to pay both.

Professional photographers still furnish the majority of the images needed by our industry, and, like everyone, they are faced with escalating costs and must generate enough income from their craft to stay in business. Many are being much more specific about image uses they authorize and fewer images are now passed for free. Important usage specifics are: WHO may use the photography, WHAT it may be used for, and for HOW LONG.

When you consider using a photograph in a brochure or on a web site, be sure to check the usage authorization on the slide mount, the delivery memo or some other written documentation that gives permission for use. If you have none of these, contact the copyright holder directly; doesn't take anyone's word for it. If you don't have written permission with the specifics of your use, you don't have permission to use an image. For more information on Copyright Law, refer to the web site of the U.S. Copyright Office. Chapter 5; Section 504 would be a good section to read thoroughly. It is short and easy to understand. See it at http://www.loc.gov/copyright/title17/92chap5.html