Legal / Copyright

Legal Disclaimer

Accountability for content
The contents of our pages have been created with the utmost care. However, we cannot guarantee the contents’ accuracy, completeness or topicality.

Accountability for links
Responsibility for the content of external links (to web pages of third parties) lies solely with the operators of the linked pages. No violations were evident to us at the time of linking. Should any legal infringement become known to us, we will remove the respective link immediately.

Copyright

© Copyright 2009-2018 Double Shutter Images, Cindy Cardiff & Michael Kanka.
© Copyright 2019-2021 Double Shutter Images, Cindy Cardiff.
All rights reserved.

All photographs and text included in this web site are the property of Double Shutter Images. All materials are protected under the copyright law of Canada and international copyright laws and treaties which provide substantial penalties for infringement. The use of any images or other materials included herein, in whole or part, for any purpose, including, but not limited to, reproduction, storage, manipulation, digital or otherwise, is expressly prohibited without the written permission of Double Shutter Images.

Please note: These images are not royalty free and a fee is required for each specific usage. This includes the use of any of these images for use in web pages. Such usage could conflict with the interest of our other clients that have paid a usage fee for a specific purpose. Legal action could then be taken against illegal usage by the photographer and the client. Please respect copyright laws. To inquire about the use of any of these images, please contact us via this website.

Right of personal use for images offered in this web site.
Our galleries usually give you the option to order digital copies of our images.
The price mentioned on the web pages includes the following rights for your personal use:
○ Print of unlimited copies of the obtained digital image
○ Post and publishing on your private web sites or social media accounts.
Images can not be altered or otherwise manipulated. Resale of images is not allowed.

Right of commercial use.
Commercial use of our images is based on an individual contract and includes the following rights:
○ Print of unlimited copies of the obtained digital image
○ Image use on all commercial media (web site, brochures, stationary, posters, documents, etc.)
○ Image use for all kind of advertising
○ Further rights of use, outlined in the individual contract
Images can not be altered or otherwise manipulated. Resale of images is not allowed.