Is the material in this website protected by copyright?
You bet it is! The material in this website belongs to the owners of this website, and is protected by copyright laws in local and foreign jurisdictions as well as international treaties. Furthermore, most our pictures are registered in the US, which means that there is a mandatory penalty for violating our copyright, regardless of whether you made any profit from it, you will also have to pay all our legal costs should it come to it. The material in our website cannot be used without prior written consent from the owner.
Please, ask for permission before you use our material. We may allow you to use limited portions of our content for non-commercial purposes, and at least we expect you to link back to us. Play nice, it's good for the soul.
If you wish to license our pictures, or commission some from us, we are available, please contact us for a quote. Our prices are very reasonable.
Have you found material belonging to you in our site?
All the photos and material in our site have been either donated to us, produced by us, or paid by us. It is possible that one of our members could, unbeknown to us, reproduced in our forums material belonging to somebody else. We are vigilant and proactively avoid this type of situation.
We have the utmost respect for copyright, if you have found material belonging to you, please contact us immediately and, after verifying that that is indeed the case, we will promptly eliminate it.