Our Policies
Those that do Not secure written permission (contract) for use of our Images will be billed for use at a rate not in excess of $1500 per Image per day, this fee does Not includes any attorney, court expense Fees.
In short, if you want to use one of our Images, ask. We will then provide you with a reasonable Use fee for the term of your needs.
We are serious about the protection of our rights as an author of the Images we create..
Any questions should be referred to Copyright@LottsPhoto.com
WHAT IS COPYRIGHT?
Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws
of the United States (title 17, U.S. Code) to the authors of
"original works of authorship," including literary, dramatic,
musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works. This
protection is available to both published and unpublished
works. Section 106 of the 1976 Copyright Act generally
gives the owner of copyright the exclusive right to do and
to authorize others to do the following:
l To reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords;
l To prepare derivative works based upon the work;
l To distribute copies or phonorecords of the work to
the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by
rental, lease, or lending;
l To perform the work publicly, in the case of literary,
musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, panto-mimes,
and motion pictures and other audiovisual
works;
l To display the work publicly, in the case of literary,
musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, panto-mimes,
and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works, in-cluding
the individual images of a motion picture or
other audiovisual work; and
l In the case of sound recordings, to perform the work
publicly by means of a digital audio transmission.
WHAT WORKS ARE PROTECTED?
Copyright protects "original works of authorship" that are
fixed in a tangible form of expression.
Two General Principles
• Mere ownership of a book, manuscript, painting, or any
other copy or phonorecord does not give the possessor the
copyright. The law provides that transfer of ownership of any
material object that embodies a protected work does not of
itself convey any rights in the copyright.
• Minors may claim copyright, but state laws may regu-late
the business dealings involving copyrights owned by
minors. For information on relevant state laws, consult an
attorney.