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Doug's
Official Copyright
Release Policy
as of July 2010:
It's OK to send copies of your photos and
digital files to friends and relatives.
It's ok to reprint our digital wedding photos at
photo labs.
It's ok for your friends and relatives to also
print those pictures at photo labs.
It's ok to post your wedding photos on personal
websites.
It's ok to e-mail them.
It's ok make archival backup copies of your
images and store them in safe places.
Our policy for the last 15+ years has been
to allow our customers to make copies and reprints
of their wedding photos for personal use. Ditto for
family portraits & event photos.
Copyright for COMMERCIAL USE is
retained by the photographer; described below.
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Here's
the only restriction --
COMMERCIAL USAGE of photos we've
taken:
If customer
wishes to use wedding/portrait photos
we've taken for any
COMMERCIAL uses please notify
us.
We will always say YES if the following
conditions are met:
1. Photo credit
is clearly given to us;
2. Photo usage
must be for an ethical reason, not in
support of any deceptive cause, and not
used in any way that implies Doug's
pictures may have been taken by a
different photographer.
3. Our photos may
not be commercially re-sold without our
permission (for example, as a stock
photo.)
Doug retains the
right to use copies of pictures he's taken
as artist's samples, for marketing, for
instructional use or publications.
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