PHOTO LICENSES

The license of each photo is specified in the caption of the photo itself.
If no license is specified, please assume it’s ALL RIGHTS RESERVED!

All Rights Reserved Licenses

Images marked as ‘All Rights Reserved’ are published in high resolution exclusively for digital archiving, study, and personal viewing purposes. The availability of the file in high resolution does not constitute in any way a grant of rights for commercial, editorial or advertising use, nor does it constitute a release of third-party rights including but not limited to trademarks (e.g. logos), privacy (e.g recognisable persons), property (e.g. houses or animals) and copyright (e.g. art or architecture) that are depicted in the images themselves. Anyone who downloads and uses these files assumes full and exclusive legal liability for any violation of copyright (including the photographer’s copyright), privacy, property or trademark laws.

General Disclaimer Regarding Third-Party Rights & Content

1. Scope of the Creative Commons Licenses
While many photographs on this website are released under Creative Commons licenses (e.g. CC BY, CC BY-SA, CC BY-SA-NC, etc.), please remember that these licenses grant permissions solely regarding the photographer’s copyright in the images themselves, i.e. the artistic compositions and the digital files. These licenses also state which further uses the photograper allows, e.g. commercial, not commercial, share alike, no derivatives, etc.

Whatever Creative Commons licenses are applied to these images, the licenses do not extend to the subjects depicted in the images themselves. The photographer does not hold, and therefore cannot grant, rights to the underlying contents, properties, trademarks, objects or persons visible in the photographs.

2. No Warranties of Third-Party Rights
The images are provided AS IS: unless explicitly stated otherwise in the specific image description, no warranties are made regarding the existence or validity of third-party rights.

You, the user, must be aware that the content of the photographs may be subject to additional laws and restrictions, including but not limited to:

– Personality and Publicity Rights: if an image depicts identifiable persons, even incidentally, their permission may be required for certain uses, especially if commercial or promotional, of their image. No Model Releases have been obtained for any images on this website unless otherwise stated.

– Property Rights (including Animals): images may depict private property, interiors of buildings, museums, historical sites, or privately owned animals, including but not limited to pets, livestock, racehorses, circus and zoo animals. The owner of the property or animal may have rights to restrict certain uses, especially if commercial or promotional, of images taken of their property or animal. No Property Releases have been obtained for any location or animal depicted unless otherwise stated.

– Trademarks and Trade Dress: images may contain visible logos, brand names, signage, or architectural designs that are registered trademarks. The presence of these marks does not imply an endorsement by their holders, nor does the license grant you the rights for your intended use, i.e. additional permits may be required, especially for commercial or promotional purposes.

– Copyrighted Works: images may depict sculptures, works of art or architectural works that are subject to third-party copyright. Depending on the jurisdiction of use, you may need permission from the original artist, architect or whoever may detain the exploitation rights in order to reproduce these elements for your intended use, especially if commercial or promotional.

3. User Responsibility and Liability
You are solely responsible for ensuring that your particular use of any image downloaded from this website complies with all applicable laws, regulations, and third-party rights.

By downloading and using these images, you agree that the effort of determining whether further releases or permissions are needed rests exclusively with you. The photographer disclaims all liability for any legal action, claims, or damages arising from your use of the subjects depicted in these photographs.


Finally: please, don’t write me asking if you can use a photo for some particular case. I will not answer to these emails. Read the license and, if you think it’s appropriate (see the disclaimer above), just use it with proper attribution.
For ATTRIBUTION please write “Photo by Giorgio Galeotti” followed by what the particular CC license requires..

On the other hand, if you think a photo on this web site violates some kinds of Rights, don’t hesitate to write me at:
p h o t o . g a l e o t t i @ g m a i l . c o m