COPYRIGHT NOTICE

This copyright statement applies to content, information, or material appearing on the Steven K. Wu Photography website, StevenKWuPhotography.com domain, all social media pages associated with Steven K. Wu Photography, consisting of but not limited to 500px, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, as well as any images photographed and videos captured, are the exclusive property of Steven K. Wu and are protected under the United States and International Copyright laws. Please read carefully before downloading, linking to, or printing copies for use.

I. Proprietary Rights

The materials contained on the Steven K. Wu Photography website, StevenKWuPhotography.com domain, and all social media pages associated with Steven K. Wu Photography are the property of Steven K. Wu Photography and are protected by the United States and International copyright laws. All copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property rights on this site are the property of either Steven K. Wu Photography or their respective copyright holders.

All Images and Videos on StevenKWuPhotography.com are copyrighted.

No permission, either express or implied, is granted for the electronic transmission, storage, retrieval, or printing of the materials contained on StevenKWuPhotography.com other than that which is related to the normal “caching” practices of web browsers and activities such as downloading solely for your personal enjoyment. No parties/individuals visiting or viewing materials from StevenKWuPhotography.com may otherwise copy, modify, publish, transmit, or distribute the contents of the materials found herein. Express written permission must be granted, on behalf of the photographer (copyright holder, Steven K. Wu Photography), in order to use these materials for any purpose that is not outlined above.

Your use of StevenKWuPhotography.com or viewing of this statement indicates your acceptance of these conditions.

II. Personal Use Criteria

The following is a list of conditions where Steven K. Wu Photography gives individuals permission to link to (or copy) JPEG images and other material at no charge:

  1. You may print a copy of any photograph for personal reference without further permission.

  2. Students are welcome to download images and incorporate them into non-commercial school reports, presentations, etc., for free so long as proper credit/citation is given, without my further permission. This permission does not allow any student or anyone else to use any image for any commercial purpose without the express written consent of Steven K. Wu Photography.

III. Free Social Media and Web Usage Criteria

The following conditions define Steven K. Wu Photography’s authorization for sharing the photography, images, and other copyrighted work to Social Media sites (i.e. Facebook, Instagram, etc.) and the Web, free of charge, as long the result of sharing is a link back to the original work on StevenKWuPhotography.com and its subdomains. Proper attribution of copyright must be given to Steven K. Wu Photography and include the link to StevenKWuPhotography.com in said attribution:

  1. Sharing of the copyrighted work is for personal, non-commercial use.

  2. The copyrighted work must not be altered or changed in any way and, other than the snippet displayed as a result of sharing, must be presented in its original form.

  3. Copyrighted work can not be copied and pasted to other sites. The preferred method of sharing is to link to the image on StevenKWuPhotography.com.

  4. If you are preparing FREE online site guides for other photographers, bloggers, and photography forums, you may make use of these images, BUT ONLY IF YOU ATTRIBUTE THEM AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

IV. Commercial Use

Those persons who wish to use the photographs, images, and other work found on this site in a commercial fashion must receive express written consent from Steven K. Wu Photography prior to its commercial use. To obtain consent, interested parties should use the Contact page and provide the following:

  1. Image(s) you would like to use.

  2. Where they will be displayed.

  3. How they will be displayed.

  4. The intent of its display.

  5. Duration of their public viewing.

  6. Any other relevant information.

Any commercial use of copyrighted works without prior consent is a violation of the United States and International copyright law.

V. Copyright Infringement is Serious

The act of infringing on a copyright is a very serious business and is punishable by fines and/or imprisonment. Steven K. Wu Photography kindly asks that you refrain from copying anything from the site onto your own media, including hard drives, the “cloud”, diskette(s), printer, etc. Also, please do not copy any of the graphics, photographs, images, or articles from this site for your own use (other than the terms stated above). Doing so is an infringement of the United States and International copyright laws.