Copyright

This copyright statement applies to all photography & images found on this website, and any other sites belonging to Michael Croghan, visual artist michael croghan, all social media pages and affiliated pages, and or images michael croghan has entered into competitions. Please read carefully before downloading, linking to, or printing copies for use.

I. Proprietary Rights

The photographs contained on this, and any other site under the name of michael croghan, visual artist michael croghan, the journeys of some people's blog page on facebook, instagram and any images entered to competitions , are the property of michael croghan. Protected by International copyright laws. All copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property rights in this site, are the property of michael croghan.

All Photographs on this site are copyrighted.

No permission, either express or implied, is granted for the electronic transmission, storage, retrieval, or printing of the photographs contained on TStark.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 images from tstark.com, may otherwise copy, modify, publish, transmit, or distribute the contents of the photographs found herein. Express written permission must be granted, on behalf of the photographer (copyright holder, michael croghan), in order to use these photographs for any purpose that is not outlined above.

II. Personal Use Criteria

The following is the only condition where I michael croghan, give individuals permission to link to (or copy) JPEG images and other material at no charge:

Students are welcome to download images and incorporate them into school reports, presentations, etc. for free so long as proper credit/citation is given, without my further permission

III Commercial Use

Those persons who wish to use the photography found on this site in a commercial fashion must receive written consent from me, michael croghan, prior to its commercial use. To obtain consent, interested parties should send an e-mail to mbcphotographer@gmail.com. In that e-mail the following should be addressed:

Image(s) you would like to use
Where they will be displayed
How they will be displayed
Intent of its display
Duration of their public viewing
Any other information you feel would be useful

Any commercial use of my photography without prior consent is a violation of International copyright law.

V. Copyright Protection Tactics

In attempts to maintain the integrity of the copyrighted photographs found on this site, several copyright protection methods have been utilized. Some of these tactics include, but are not limited to:

Placement of watermarks
Resizing of images
Conversion of images to low resolution for web use

If you would like to use a specific photograph with some of the copyright protection tactics removed, please e-mail me at mbcphotographer@gmail.com and describe what the intended use of the imagery with the copyright protections tactics reduced.

IV. Copyright Infringement is Serious

The act of infringing on a copyright is a very serious business and is punishable by fines and/or imprisonment. I have worked very hard to present you with a quality photographic experience and I kindly ask that you will refrain from copying anything from the site onto your own hard drive, diskette(s), printer, etc. You are welcome to copy the hyperlinks to other sites found on photos.tstark.com, however, I ask that you do no copy any of the graphics, photographs, or articles from this site for your own use (other than the terms stated above). Doing so is an infringement of International copyright laws.