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COPYRIGHT

All images presented on the Photofocus are copyrighted by their respective owners. Photofocus itself is copyright Scott Bourne, Bourne Media Group, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 – All Rights Reserved.

The RSS feed of Photofocus.com is intended SOLELY for the personal and private use of our readers at Photofocus.com. Content aggregators that use the Alltop.com model are welcome to syndicate our content providing:

1. No photographs from the RSS feed are published
2. The aggregation is limited to the first sentence of each post and a link back to the original content

Any other use of our RSS feed isn’t authorized and will be prosecuted. It is illegal to use any of the material herein without the express written permission of the Copyright holders, unless said use falls under the Fair Use exemption to the U.S. Copyright Act. Please don’t make the mistake of assuming all use is “fair use.” It isn’t. In every single case where we have prosecuted an infringer in US District Court, that defense has been tried. It’s never worked against us. Most people go way beyond fair use and simply hope they won’t get caught.

We vigorously prosecute all Copyright violations. Really! If you publish, re-publish, sell, or otherwise distribute the content found here without our written permission you face serious, severe and swift consequences which may include both civil and even criminal sanctions.

TERMS OF USE

Please read these Terms of Use carefully. By accessing this web site you agree to be bound by the Terms listed herein. Photofocus reserves the right to revise and update these Terms of Use at any time by posting the amended terms to this web site. If you do not agree to them, do not access or use this web site.

DISCLAIMER

While Photofocus will make every effort to ensure that the information on this web site is accurate, up to date and virus-free, Photofocus does not warrant or make any representations as to the accuracy, usefulness or completeness of any information, graphics or links on this web site, or that this web site will be free of viruses or other contamination. Photofocus disclaims all responsibility and all liability (including through negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages and costs you might incur as a result of the information on this web site, or any linked web site, being inaccurate, unhelpful or incomplete or contaminated so that it interferes with or damages your computer system, software or data. Use this web site at your own risk.

THIRD PARTY LINKS

Hypertext links to web sites that are external to Photofocus are provided as a convenience to you and other users. Photofocus is not responsible for any information provided by any external sites and linkage to a site is not an endorsement of anything offered or provided on such site, including its accuracy, currency or reliability.

PRIVACY

Photofocus will not sell or rent any private information about you such as your identity, e-mail address or postal address without your permission. Photofocus does not actively collect information about its audience members who are less than 18 years of age. Photofocus is not responsible for theft of private information it may or may not collect in the course of operating this web site by employees, vendors or third parties accessing such information with or without Photofocus’ permission.