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About the Photographs Images as displayed on this site have been reduced in resolution and size and may be watermarked (Images/prints sold will not be resolution reduced or visibly watermarked).
| Who is Sun Stock Photo? Sun Stock Photo evolved from a personal site of photographs taken by Brian Poirier & Dawn Uebelhart and their passion for photography. Visitor requests for copies and corporate/media interest for purchase as stock or one time use photos eventually resulted in the formation of the company and this site to enable the sale & distribution of the photos and images. Sun Stock Photo was established to bring quality stock photos and limited use images to the public, media, and corporate worlds. Images are offered as CD collections, single purchase digital files, and as fine art prints (limited edition, numbered and signed). We also offer unique greeting cards useful for all occasions. At the request of clients & associates, Sun Stock Photo also
performs limited commercial & event photography. |
All of the images on this site are copyrighted to Sun Stock Photography, Brian Poirier, and/or Dawn Uebelhart. They may not be reproduced without the prior written consent on Sun Stock Photography, this includes the use on personal websites, by non-profits, or reprinting for personal use. Those uses are NOT an exclusion under the "Fair Use" clause of the copyright act.
About Copyrights
Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States to the authors of certain "original works of authorship" including "pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works" (photographs) as defined in Section 101 of the 1976 copyright Act. Under subsection 201(a) of the Act, ownership of a copyright in a work vests initially in the author or authors of the work. Section 101 further defines a copyright owner by referring to the exclusive rights that the owner enjoys as enumerated in section 106 of the Act. Section 106 provides that the owner of a copyrighted photograph is vested with the exclusive rights to reproduce the photograph in copies; to prepare derivative works based upon the photograph; to display the photograph publicly; and to distribute copies of the photograph to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending. 17 U.S.C.S. Secs. 101, 106 and 201.
Section 202 of the Copyright Act states:
"Ownership of a copyright, or of any of the exclusive rights under a copyright, is distinct from ownership of any material object in which the work is embodied. Transfer of ownership of any material object, including the copy or phonorecord in which the work is first fixed, does not convey any rights in the copyrighted work embodied in the object; nor, in the absence of an agreement, does transfer of ownership of a copyright or of any exclusive rights under a copyright convey property rights in any material object." 17 U.S.C.S. Section 202.
In other words, the sale or transfer of an original photograph, photographic negative, or copies thereof, does not carry with it any rights of copyright.
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