Image Terms of Use

Image Terms of Use

Editors typically include images as part of their blog posts and the images that they are authorized to use is the following:

Images that are licensed from vendors
Images that are supplied to our editors or released into the public domain by public relations and marketing companies for press or other purposes
Images that are supplied by readers, 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
Images that are published on Photobucket or other public photos sites with licenses granted under Creative Commons, with attribution in accordance with the CC license granted in each case
Images that are commissioned by Book OF Swag

Images that we believe to be covered by the Fair Use Doctrine, such as:

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

If Book OF Swag receives any notice that an image is posted up inappropriately such as not keeping with the terms listed above, we reserve the right to remove that image.

If you think we have published an image or text that violates your copyright, we will address your concerns; however, if the image falls into one of the listed categories above and we believe that our use of the image is legitimate, we will not remove it from the site.