Material Media Image Terms of Use

Material Media is committed to the presentation of online content that provides the best possible user experience, while also protecting the copyrights of the content producer as outlined in the Digital Millenium Copyright Act.

Material Media hosts a variety of blogs, articles and features that contain images posted by bloggers and editors. The types of images bloggers and editors are authorized to use on Material Media sites include:

• Images licensed from photographic archive vendors
• Images supplied to our editors or released into the public domain by public relations and marketing companies for press purposes
• Reader-submitted images, with the implied representation that the person submitting the image owns the copyright in the image and the right to give it to us for use on our site(s)
• Images published on Flickr or other public photo sites with licenses granted under Creative Commons, with attribution in accordance with the CC license granted in each case
• Images commissioned by Material Media
• Images that we believe to be covered by the Fair Use Doctrine, such as:

- Thumbnail images of 150x150 pixels or less, cropped or reduced in size from the original source
- Images used to illustrate a newsworthy story, where the image itself is the story
- Images used in a transformative manner, such as for parody
- Images so widely distributed that they are deemed to have become part of the news

If Material Media receives notice that an image posted is not in keeping with these terms and conditions or the intended use of the Comments section where it is posted, we reserve to right to remove that image.

If you think we have published an image or text that infringes your copyright, and does not fall into the categories listed above, we will address your concerns. If it does not comply with our terms and conditions we may remove the image from our site.

Please note that we will respond only to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The text of the Act can be found at the U.S. Copyright Office Web Site: www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

To file a notice of infringement with us, please fax (212-625-8929) or mail a written complaint to Material Media, ATTN: Copyright Complaint; 520 Broadway, 9th floor, New York, NY 10012, and/or email .

To enable us to address your concerns, please provide the following information:

1. For each allegedly infringing image or piece of text that you wish to have removed from one of our sites, provide the exact permanent URL for the page containing the material.
2. Provide information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you: an email address is preferred, as well as a telephone contact number.
3. Provide the following information detailing your claim to ownership of the copyright in the allegedly infringing material:

• Proof of copyright in the image or text concerned, namely proof of registration of the Image under the DMCA,

OR, absent such registration,

• a detailed description of where the photograph was taken, by whom, who or what the subject of the image is, AND
• Evidence to support your claim that you own the copyright in the image.
• Include the following statement: "I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed."
• Sign the document and fax or mail to the above address.

Any questions or concerns about the photo policy or copyrights please email .