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Terms of use
Terms and conditions of use for any of the photos presented in VascoPlanet.com photo library are quite simple. All of the images on this web-site are copyrighted and the sole copyright holder and the original author of all works is Vyacheslav Argenberg (VascoPlanet.com).
All photographs are published under generic Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution license which allows you to freely download, copy, distribute, transmit and adapt pictures from VascoPlanet.com photo archive provided you properly attribute it in the manner specified below.
People usually use photos from this web-site in one of the following ways:
Personal use
Besides simple browsing and online viewing, many people prefer to download VascoPlanet images to their local computers, and use those images as their computer desktop backgrounds (wallpapers). Also people print and optionally frame images from this library. You are free and welcome to do it! In this case you are not required to attribute anything. But we would much appreciate if you could tell other people, your friends and family about VascoPlanet.com, so that more people could get to know and appreciate VascoPlanet photography.
Internet publishing
Some people may need to use an image on their web-page or post some pictures to their blog. You are free to do it. In this case you need to place an attribution link back to the VascoPlanet.com web-site in the manner recommended on the actual photo download page. Please do link back to either the country page or place page. The link is required.
If you're an editor for an online magazine or a web-site, please follow the same rules. The link attribution is required. In rare cases this requirement may be waived, but this requires prior agreement. Please contact Vyacheslav Argenberg directly in case you have any questions. Please contact the author if you plan to borrow more than five images at one go for use in a single setting.
Print publishing
Pictures from VascoPlanet.com photo archive are often used by various editors to include visual materials into printed media, such as magazines and news-papers, in particular, travel, educational, discovery and news magazines.
Occasionally, pictures are published in books, such as travel guide books, history books, and educational books.
You are free to use images in any kind of printed media, provided you attribute the original copyright using the following format:
© VascoPlanet.com
http://www.vascoplanet.com/
Although not strictly necessary, we invite you to contact Vyacheslav to let him know about your magazine or book and your upcoming production. Please contact the author if you plan to borrow more than five images at one go for use in a single edition.
Special licensing
Any kind of special licensing is possible, including exclusive right transfers for certain images or sets of images. This web-site presents publicly only about 50% of entire collection of available images.
Vyacheslav Argenberg is open to offers from print media publishers, both small ones and established publishing companies. He is naturally interested in opportunities to publish authentic photo books and magazines. Revenues are not that important. Creative expression, circulation and brand awareness come first.
If you're an editor for a publishing company or a magazine please don't hesitate to contact the author directly.
Feedback
Your feedback is welcome! If you're going to use images from this web-site or simply have any questions, you're welcome to contact the author, Vyacheslav Argenberg, directly, using the contact form below. You can also write an e-mail at , or either leave a message or send a fax at +1 (206) 339-7727.
