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COPYRIGHT

COPYRIGHT. Under the United States Copyright Revision Act of 1976 (effective January 1, 1978), a statutory copyright exists for a work as soon as it is created in some tangible form, even if it has not been published, and regardless of whether or not it is registered with the registrar of the United States Copyright Office. This entire Web site, its pages, and all of its individual graphics and editorial content (exclusive of works that fall within the Public Domain, are used with the permission of others, or fall under the Fair Use doctrine) have been created by Richard Dennis Robles and are owned by Richard Dennis Robles. There is a copyright notice on every page of this Web site to indicate the period of coverage to which this copyright applies.

COPYRIGHT-OWNERSHIP. Per the U.S. Copyright Office, ownership of a 'copy' of a photograph (the tangible embodiment of the 'work') is distinct from the 'work' itself (the intangible intellectual property). The photographer will own the copyright in the photograph (the intangible intellectual property) unless the copyright in the photograph is transferred, in writing and signed by the copyright owner, to another person. If the photographer is no longer living, the rights in the photograph are determined by the photographer’s will or are passed as personal property by the applicable laws of intestate succession. The photograph may eventually fall into the public domain (see next paragraph).

COPYRIGHT-PUBLIC DOMAIN. All of the photographs on this site were taken by Richard Dennis Robles. Per the U.S. Copyright Office, photographic images fall into the public domain if they were: (a) created, published, or printed prior to 1923; (b) were published without copyright notice prior to 1963; (c) were published without copyright renewal prior to 1963; (d) were created by an anonymous photographer more than 120 years ago; or (e) were created by a photographer who died more than 70 years ago.