EveryRose.com - Copyright

The information and images on this web site are copyright, and all rights are reserved. The photos and data presented here are not shareware or public domain. Feel free to browse this site and enjoy it, but you must not copy any material from this site for any use without express written permission from the copyright owners.

Can I use a photo on my Web page?

The only way that you can legally use a photo from EveryRose.com is to ask for and receive permission from the copyright owner.

It does not matter whether your intended use is for profit or not, whether it is for use on a Web site, a T-Shirt or in a book. You neeed to get permission in writing first <copyright@quillserv.com>. If you are planning to use it for a non-profit, non-competing purpose, there's a reasonable chance that permission will be granted at no charge. If you want to use it for commercial purposes, many of the photos can be licensed for a standard fee based on the intended use See the Licensing page.

EveryRose.com in its entirety is copyright by Quill Services Ltd. <copyright@quillserv.com>. Many photos are copyright by other contributing photographers and they have granted permission for Web display within the EveryRose.com site ONLY. Quill Services Ltd. cannot grant permission for any other use of photos taken by individual photographers - this permission can only come from the photographer themselves.

What is Copyright?

Every original creative work (including photographs, illustrations and writing) belongs to the person that brought it into being. Copyright means that the creator of the work has the sole Right to Copy the work, and the right to restrict the copying of the work. Essentially, the creator of the item has the right to say how and where their creation is used.

See the following articles for more detailed explanation of copyright laws:
"Copyright Guide for Photographers" from American Society of Media Photographers, Inc. posted on the Electronic Frontiers Foundation Intellectual Property archive.
Copyright Basics article from the US Copyright Office.
The Canadian Copyright Act from Copyright Board Canada and the FAQ page of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office.

In general, copying, re-publishing or modifying a creative work without prior consent of the copyright owner is a breach of copyright law.

Can I link to the EveryRose.com site? Where?

You can link from your Website to the main pages of the EveryRose.com site. Permission is not required for a link to <http://www.everyrose.com/index.lasso>. We discourage linking to individual rose detail pages, as these are dynamic, database driven pages and the URLs WILL change every time we update the database.

You may NOT do any of the following:

link directly to images in the EveryRose.com site

display images hosted on our server on your Web site

include intormation from EveryRose.com on your site in such a way as to prevent the EveryRose.com logo, header, footer or advertising from displaying (also known as "deep linking")

present EveryRose.com content (images or data) within a Frame on your site.

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