Copyright Statement

This copyright statement applies to all photography and images found on this website, and any other sites found on the safirimages.com and jonathansafir.com domains. Please read carefully before downloading, linking to, or printing copies for use.

© Copyright 1986-2020 Jonathan Safir.  All rights reserved.

I. Proprietary Rights

The photographs contained on this, and any other site under the safirimages.com domain, are the property of Jonathan Safir and are protected by United States and International copyright laws. All copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property rights in this site, are the property of Jonathan Safir.

All photographs on safirimages.com and jonathansafir.com are copyrighted.

No permission, either express or implied, is granted for the electronic transmission, storage, retrieval, or printing of the photographs contained on safirimages.com and jonathansafir.com, other than that which is related to the normal "caching" practices of web browsers. No parties/individuals visiting or viewing images from safirimages.com and jonathansafir.com, may otherwise copy, modify, publish, transmit, or distribute the contents of the photographs found herein. Express written permission must be granted, on behalf of the photographer (copyright holder, Jonathan Safir), in order to use these photographs for any purpose that is not outlined above.

Your use of safirimages.com and jonathansafir.com or viewing of this statement indicates your acceptance of these conditions.

II. Commercial Use

Those persons or agencies who wish to use the photography found on this site in a commercial fashion must receive written consent from me, Jonathan Safir, prior to its commercial use. To obtain consent, interested parties should send an e-mail to safirimages@gmail.com

In that e-mail the following should be addressed:

A. Image(s) you would like to use
B. Where they will be displayed
C. How they will be displayed
D. Intent of its display
E. Duration of their public viewing
F. Any other information you feel would be useful

Any commercial use of my photography without prior consent is a violation of United States and International copyright law.

III. Copyright Protection Tactics

In attempts to maintain the integrity of the copyrighted photographs found on this site, several copyright protection methods have been utilized. Some of these tactics include, but are not limited to: Placement of watermarks, resizing of images, conversion of images to low resolution for web use.

If you would like to use a specific photograph with some of the copyright protection tactics removed, please e-mail me at safirimages@gmail.com and describe what the intended use of the imagery with the copyright protections tactics reduced.

IV. Copyright Infringement is Serious

The act of infringing on a copyright is a very serious business and is punishable by fines and/or imprisonment. I have worked very hard to present you with a quality photographic experience and I kindly ask that you will refrain from copying anything from the site onto your own hard drive, thumb drive, printer, etc. I ask that you do not copy any of the graphics, photographs, or articles from this site for your own use (other than the terms stated above). Doing so is an infringement of United States and International Copyright Laws.